BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli strikes late on Tuesday targeted Lebanon's three northern border crossings with Syria for the first time, Lebanon's transport minister Ali Hamieh told Reuters. The strikes came moments after U.

Lebanon began to maintain Al-Masnaa border crossing with Syria on Wednesday, shortly after a cease-fire deal with Israel came into force. Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh said on his X account that his ministry started maintenance at the crossing and highway connecting Lebanon and Syria to reopen it.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least six people including soldiers and a health worker were killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes on the Syrian-Lebanese border, state media reported, before an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came into effect.