With religious leaders, royals, presidents and prime ministers, and hundreds of thousands of mourners — security at Pope Francis’ funeral was a complex and critical operation.

Israeli jets have struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in the third such attack since a ceasefire began in late November.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says warplanes last year intercepted Iranian aircraft headed toward Syria in a bid to rescue the country’s embattled president at the time, Bashar Assad.