Victoria Coates discussed with NTD’s Steve Lance a potential ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah and Russia’s escalation in the Ukraine War. Coates is a former deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump and vice president of the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation.

A cease-fire agreement to halt the fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist group is nearly final, according to Michael Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to the United States. “We are close to a deal,” Herzog said on Monday in an interview with Israel’s Army Radio, adding that there were still points that needed to be addressed. […]

Israel and Lebanons militant groupand Iranian terror proxyHezbollah seem set to reach a temporary ceasefire deal, despite increased conflict over the weekend. The Israeli cabinet... Read MoreThe post

There's new hope for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. White House officials say talks are moving in a positive direction. But as CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta explains, there are some final hurdles before the deal is complete.

U.S. officials say progress is being made toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. But as those negotiations go on, the deadly fighting continues. Debora Patta has the latest.

A massive explosion from an Israeli strike reduced a building in Beirut, Lebanon, to rubble over the weekend. With months into the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, a possible ceasefire deal could be right around the corner. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the details.

Some strikes landed close to central Beirut and near Christian neighborhoods and other targets where Israel had issued evacuation warnings.

District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss his election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump. Smith cited Justice Department policy as the reason. What are the terms of a proposed cease-fire deal with Israel and the terrorist group Hezbollah? And how will the United States tackle Middle East […]

More than 200 emergency and medical workers have been killed since last October, Lebanon's health ministry says. Many believe Israel's military is targeting them in its war against Hezbollah.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT >> President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between the armed group Hezbollah and Israel imminently, four senior Lebanese sources said today.

Israel is reportedly poised to sign a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah that would pause hostilities for two months, remove fighting forces from both sides of the war-torn border, and deliver "significant relief from the arms embargo imposed by the U.S. on Israel."The post

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US says ceasefire is imminent in Lebanon Israeli officials have also hinted that a 60-day temporary ceasefire could soon be reached with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. AP White House national security spokesperson John Kirby did...

We are close to a deal, the Israeli ambassador to theU.S.,Michael Herzog, told Israels Army Radio on Monday, adding that some final points still needed to be addressed. It could happen within days.

Israels security cabinet will consider a deal that could end fighting and push back Hezbollah.

FIUGGI, Italy Foreign ministers from the worlds leading industrialized nations met Monday as signs emerged of progress on a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah and a certain pressure to advance diplomatic efforts in both the Mideast and Ukraine wars ahead of the new U.S. administration taking office.

After previous hopes for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire were dashed, US officials warn that negotiations are not complete.

Israeli airstrikes are hitting Lebanon with airstrikes as negotiations progress toward a ceasefire between the country and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants

Israel's Ambassador to Washington Michael Herzog said a deal could be reached "within days."