CIS LEBANON SECURITY INDEX – March 11 2026

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Ramadan Day 22

⛔ ACTIVE WAR — DAY 13

INDEX LEVEL: 🔴🔴 CATASTROPHIC OVERALL INDEX: 99/100 TREND: ⬆️ MAXIMUM — WAR WIDENING ON ALL FRONTS

⛔ EMERGENCY PREAMBLE

LEBANON IS IN FULL-SCALE ACTIVE WAR. DAY 13.

Since yesterday’s edition the situation has dramatically worsened on every front simultaneously:

• The IDF has launched a “wide-scale wave” of strikes simultaneously targeting Iran and Lebanon — the largest single operational day since March 2
• Israel has invaded southern Syria, shelling Daraa Governorate and arresting four Syrian civilians — opening a new war front
• 15 Israeli helicopters crossed from Syrian airspace into Lebanon near Nabi Sheet — a helicopter assault on Lebanese territory
• A Hamas official has been killed in Beirut on top of ongoing Hezbollah targeting
• Iran has launched what it calls its “most intense and heaviest operation yet” — three hours of continuous missile launches including Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missiles targeting Israel, US bases, and multiple Gulf states simultaneously
• 210+ Hezbollah missiles into Israel confirmed by UNIFIL since March 2
• New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei confirmed lightly wounded by Israeli-US strikes — has not been seen in public; Iranian president’s son says he is “safe and sound”
• Lebanon asked the US for direct peace talks with Israel — Israel rejected outright
• Hezbollah’s own Shi’ite base is publicly turning against it — Washington Post front-page report today — a historic political rupture
• IDF tells 1 million Lebanese to evacuate — the largest evacuation order in Lebanese history
• Lebanon’s Army Commander Haykal refuses to deploy troops against Hezbollah, creating direct government-army tension with Washington calling for him to be fired

📅 KEY NEW EVENTS SINCE MARCH 10 EDITION

🚨 ALL BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS — WEDNESDAY MARCH 11, 2026

🔴 #1 — IDF LAUNCHES “WIDE-SCALE WAVE”: IRAN AND BEIRUT SIMULTANEOUSLY

[ABC News / Times of Israel liveblog — confirmed this morning]

The IDF formally announced it had begun a “wide-scale wave of strikes targeting Iranian terror regime infrastructure across Iran” — and simultaneously struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. This represents the first time the IDF has explicitly coordinated simultaneous large-scale operations against Iran and Lebanon in the same announcement, confirming that Lebanon is now formally and operationally integrated into the Iran war theatre — not a separate conflict.

IDF strikes on Beirut today include two early strikes in the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut (Dahiyeh), followed by a midday immediate evacuation notice specifically for Bourj el-Barajneh — one of Dahiyeh’s most densely populated neighbourhoods and a historic Hezbollah stronghold. Bourj el-Barajneh houses both a major Palestinian refugee camp and one of Hezbollah’s primary civilian-political infrastructure nodes.

Iran’s IRGC simultaneously launched what it called its “most intense and heaviest operation” — approximately three hours of continuous missile launches toward US and Israeli targets, including a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile, which has a range of approximately 2,000km. Iran’s IRGC stated: “We continue to carry out our continuous attacks with purpose and power… We will end the war when the shadow of war is lifted from the country.”

🔴 #2 — ISRAEL INVADES SOUTHERN SYRIA; ARRESTS 4 CIVILIANS; SHELLS DARAA

[Wikipedia 2026 Lebanon War / Al Jazeera — confirmed today]

In the single most geographically significant escalation of the war, Israel has formally carried out an incursion into southern Syria, shelling the area between Jamla and Saisoun in Daraa Governorate and arresting four Syrian civilians. Israel accused Syria of deploying combat units to the Syrian Golan Heights, stating it will not allow the Hezbollah-Israel conflict to be used as a pretext to “harm the Druze” in southern Syria, and demanded the Syrian government prevent Iraqi militias from crossing Syrian territory toward the Golan Heights.

This represents Israel’s first confirmed ground operation inside Syria since the change of Syrian government in late 2024 and dramatically widens the geographic scope of the war. The Syria-Lebanon-Israel triangle is now an active multi-front conflict zone. Lebanese Hezbollah had already been accused by Syria of shelling into Syrian territory (yesterday), and Israel has now responded with direct military action on Syrian soil.

The geopolitical implications for Lebanon are immediate: the Damascus-Beirut highway — Lebanon’s lifeline to the east — now runs through a zone where Israeli ground forces and Syrian-Iraqi militias are in active confrontation.

🔴 #3 — 15 ISRAELI HELICOPTERS ASSAULT NABI SHEET FROM SYRIAN AIRSPACE — HEZBOLLAH ENGAGES

[Wikipedia 2026 Lebanon War / Al Jazeera — confirmed]

In a major new military development, Israeli forces conducted a helicopter assault landing near Nabi Sheet in the Baalbek district — the same town where 41 people were killed in the March 7 massacre — arriving via 15 helicopters that crossed from the Syrian side of the border. Hezbollah confirmed its fighters engaged: “observed the infiltration of four Israeli enemy army helicopters from the Syrian direction” — later updated to 15 helicopters total. After Israeli forces landed, they “were engaged by a group” of Hezbollah fighters, with Hezbollah firing rockets as Israeli forces withdrew.

This helicopter assault via Syrian airspace represents a new tactical dimension: Israel is using Syrian territory as a military corridor for operations deep inside Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley — bypassing the heavily fortified south Lebanon front entirely. The IDF stated it was “conducting an operation to locate remains of missing airman Ron Arad” — a navigator who went missing in 1986 — but this explanation is widely assessed by analysts as a cover for a broader intelligence-gathering and infrastructure-targeting operation in the Baalbek zone.

🔴 #4 — HAMAS OFFICIAL KILLED IN BEIRUT — MULTI-FRONT OPERATION CONFIRMED

[Wikipedia 2026 Lebanon War / Times of Israel — confirmed today]

Israel killed a Hamas official in Beirut today — adding to the elimination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Adham Adnan al-Othman in Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 2, and the Ain al-Hilweh camp strikes targeting Hamas on March 8 and 20 February. Israel is now running an explicit, simultaneous campaign against Hezbollah, Hamas, and PIJ in Lebanon — confirming that its Lebanon operations are not solely Hezbollah-focused but represent a comprehensive effort to eliminate all Iran-linked armed group infrastructure on Lebanese soil.

On the first day of the war (March 2), the IDF had already killed Hezbollah intelligence chief Hussein Makled and PIJ commander Adham Adnan al-Othman on the same day. The killing pattern demonstrates systematic, intelligence-driven elimination operations across multiple armed groups.

🔴 #5 — 1 MILLION EVACUATION ORDERS ISSUED — LARGEST IN LEBANESE HISTORY

[Israel Channel 12 / Christian Science Monitor / Wikipedia — confirmed]

The IDF has told approximately 1 million residents of Lebanon to evacuate their homes — confirmed by Israel’s Channel 12. This is the largest single evacuation demand in Lebanese history. To put it in context: Lebanon’s total population is approximately 5.5 million people. The IDF is ordering the evacuation of roughly 1 in 5.5 Lebanese — nearly 18% of the entire country’s population. The evacuated zones include:

• All territory south of the Litani River (all South Lebanon Governorate, all Nabatieh)
• All four Dahiyeh neighbourhoods in south Beirut (renewed, midday today: specifically Bourj el-Barajneh)
• Multiple Bekaa Valley communities
• Tyre city and Sidon outskirts

🔴 #6 — ISRAEL REJECTS LEBANESE PEACE TALKS REQUEST; US HAS “NO INTEREST” IN DEALING WITH LEBANON

[Axios — March 9-11, confirmed today as live issue]

In the most diplomatically devastating development of the war, Axios has confirmed that Lebanon’s government — through President Aoun, PM Salam, and Speaker Berri — formally approached US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack last week to mediate direct peace talks with Israel. Israel rejected the outreach outright, signalling it was “too late” and that its focus is eliminating Hezbollah.

Equally alarming: the Axios report confirms that “there is no interest from the Trump administration to deal with Lebanon.” The US diplomat previously handling Lebanon, Morgan Ortagus, left government in January. Barrack hasn’t engaged Lebanon for months. The current US Ambassador to Beirut Michel Issa has “limited access to decision-makers in Washington.” The result: Lebanon has no clear advocate or interlocutor in Washington during the worst crisis in its history.

Lebanon’s political leadership was “furious” when Hezbollah joined the war — having received assurances from Hezbollah’s political leadership for weeks that it would stay out of any Iran confrontation. Those assurances proved false.

🔴 #7 — ARMY COMMANDER HAYKAL REFUSES TO DEPLOY AGAINST HEZBOLLAH; WASHINGTON CALLS FOR HIS FIRING

[Axios — confirmed today]

In a development that fundamentally undermines Lebanon’s diplomatic position, Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal has refused to deploy Lebanese Army troops against Hezbollah while active fighting continues. His stated position: “The Lebanese Army cannot arrest someone opposing the Israelis on their own land.” This directly contradicts the Lebanese government’s formal declarations banning Hezbollah’s military activities and its arrest orders for Hezbollah rocket launchers.

Washington’s reaction: Both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are now calling on President Aoun to fire General Haykal, according to current and former US officials. The army’s refusal to act against Hezbollah is described as a core obstacle to any US willingness to mediate or pressure Israel. Eurasia Group’s Firas Maksad: “The Lebanese military remains unwilling — some say unable — to enforce the government’s decision outlawing Hezbollah’s military and security activities.”

This creates a catastrophic political triangle: the government bans Hezbollah; the army refuses to enforce the ban; the US therefore refuses to pressure Israel; and Israel continues to bomb Lebanon at will.

🔴 #8 — HEZBOLLAH’S SHI’ITE BASE IS PUBLICLY BLAMING THE GROUP — HISTORIC RUPTURE

[Washington Post — March 11, 2026, front page confirmed]

The Washington Post’s lead Lebanon story today documents what it describes as a “rare public backlash against Hezbollah” from within its own traditional support community. Long-time Hezbollah supporters in the Shi’ite community — people displaced for the second or third time in a decade — are now openly blaming the group for their suffering.

This is a historic rupture. Hezbollah’s political legitimacy has rested for decades on two pillars: armed resistance to Israel, and social welfare provision to the Shi’ite community. The current war has inverted both: the armed resistance is the cause of this round of displacement, and social welfare provision has collapsed under the weight of Iran’s own wartime crisis. Displaced Shi’ite families sleeping in Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut — photographed by AP on March 7 — are telling reporters their homes, rebuilt at great cost after 2024, are destroyed again because of Hezbollah’s decision to fire rockets at Israel on March 1.

Hezbollah’s political leadership took the decision to enter the war without the consent or foreknowledge of Lebanon’s government, the Lebanese Army, or apparently even its own civilian community. The political cost of that decision is now manifesting publicly.

🔴 #9 — HEZBOLLAH DRONES HIT BRITISH MILITARY BASES IN CYPRUS

[Wikipedia 2026 Lebanon War — confirmed]

Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos confirmed that explosive-packed drones launched from Lebanon toward Cyprus were launched by Hezbollah, targeting British military bases on the island. Cyprus hosts two UK Sovereign Base Areas (Akrotiri and Dhekelia) which have been used by the US and UK in operational support of the Iran war. The drone attack on British bases represents Hezbollah opening a new front that directly implicates NATO territory — potentially triggering NATO Article 5 collective defence consideration, though this has not yet been formally invoked.

🔴 #10 — UNIFIL: 210+ HEZBOLLAH MISSILES INTO ISRAEL SINCE MARCH 2

[UNIFIL official publication — confirmed]

UNIFIL has published that since March 2, it has monitored over 210 missiles fired by Hezbollah into Israel — an average of approximately 21 missiles per day over 10 days. This is a rate far below Hezbollah’s 2024 war peak of several hundred per day, reflecting the group’s degraded but still operationally significant missile capacity. The IDF spokesperson confirmed Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones since March 2, including approximately 70 rockets in a single night (Friday-Saturday).

🔴 #11 — IRAN WAR: KHORRAMSHAHR MISSILES; GULF STATES STRUCK; DUBAI AIRPORT HIT; NEW SUPREME LEADER LIGHTLY WOUNDED

[ABC News / Times of Israel / Al Jazeera — confirmed today]

Iran’s overnight “most intense operation” included the firing of Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missiles — Iran’s most powerful domestically produced ballistic missile, with a range of approximately 2,000km and capable of carrying a 1,800kg warhead. Targets included Israeli cities and US regional military bases.

Multiple Gulf states reported missile and drone interceptions overnight: Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain all reported intercepting Iranian projectiles. Two Iranian drones landed near Dubai International Airport — four people injured (two Ghanaian nationals, one Bangladeshi, one Indian). Abu Dhabi’s state oil giant ADNOC was forced to shutter a refinery due to a drone attack. Saudi Aramco warned of “catastrophic consequences” unless the Strait of Hormuz opens. A woman was killed and 8 wounded in a strike on a residential building in Manama, Bahrain.

New Supreme Leader status: Israeli intelligence has confirmed to Reuters that Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly wounded in his legs on the first day of the war — explaining his absence from public view since his appointment. The NYT confirmed the same from both Israeli and Iranian officials. Iran’s president’s son says he is “safe and sound.” An Iranian regime that has lost its Supreme Leader, with a wounded successor in hiding, is still maintaining a coherent military offensive — a testament to IRGC operational autonomy.

IEA emergency: The International Energy Agency is recommending a release of more than 100 million barrels from strategic reserves in the first month to counter the oil price shock — the largest coordinated strategic reserve release in IEA history.

🔴 #12 — 3 MORE KILLED IN BINT JBEIL EARLY THIS MORNING; SOUTH LEBANON OPERATIONS CONTINUE

[Times of Israel liveblog — confirmed today]

Lebanese state news agency confirmed three more people killed in an IDF strike in the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon early this morning (Wednesday). The IDF has not commented. Bint Jbeil has been under near-continuous Israeli ground and air operations since March 2. Ground clashes continue in Aitaroun, Khiam, Kfar Kila, Houla, Kfar Shouba, and Yaroun — all confirmed by UNIFIL as sites where Israeli soldiers entered towns.

🔴 #13 — 30,000 FLEE FROM LEBANON INTO SYRIA; 200,000 CHILDREN DISPLACED

[IRC / UNHCR — confirmed]

The International Rescue Committee confirms that as of March 6, over 30,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria following the latest escalation — a deeply alarming figure given Syria’s own fragile post-conflict status. The IRC also confirms that approximately 200,000 of the 700,000 displaced are children — placed in crowded shelters, cars, and open public spaces during Ramadan. A displaced mother told the IRC: “I am struggling to find milk for my newborn. I am doing everything possible to keep her warm and protected.”

More than 4.1 million people — over 70% of Lebanon’s population — were already in need of humanitarian assistance before the March 2026 escalation. Lebanon was on the IRC’s 2026 Emergency Watchlist as the world’s most vulnerable country for humanitarian crisis.

🌡️ GOVERNORATE SECURITY INDEX — MARCH 11, 2026

🏙️ BEIRUT

Index: 98/100 🔴🔴 | Trend: ⬆️ MAXIMUM ESCALATION

Beirut is under simultaneous assault across multiple districts today. The midday IDF evacuation notice for Bourj el-Barajneh — one of the most densely populated parts of the entire country — represents an escalation beyond all previous Dahiyeh orders. Bourj el-Barajneh hosts both a Palestinian refugee camp (approximately 20,000 residents in an area of less than 1 sq km) and major Hezbollah civilian-political infrastructure.

The killing of a Hamas official in Beirut today extends the targeting geometry beyond Hezbollah into Hamas infrastructure — consistent with the March 2 killing of PIJ commander al-Othman in the same neighbourhood.

The diplomatic collapse is now total: Israel rejected Lebanon’s peace talks request outright. Washington has “no interest” in dealing with Lebanon. Army Commander Haykal refuses to confront Hezbollah. The government is politically isolated with no external advocate and no internal enforcement tool.

Displaced families from Dahiyeh continue to sleep in Martyrs’ Square downtown. The Raouche and Aicha Bakkar strikes (March 8 and 11) have eliminated any safe zone in central or west Beirut.

US Embassy Emergency Alerts remain in effect. MEA operating. Depart immediately.

🏞️ MOUNT LEBANON

Index: 89/100 🔴 | Trend: ⬆️ MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE

Mount Lebanon is the primary displacement reception zone for the 700,000 displaced. The arrival of 30,000+ fleeing into Syria — and the concentration of Lebanese in Jounieh, Jbeil, Byblos, and mountain towns — places extreme pressure on water, food, shelter, and medical systems.

The 1-million evacuation order means that if fully implemented, hundreds of thousands more will be pushed through Mount Lebanon en route to the north. Road infrastructure is under severe strain.

The Bourj el-Barajneh evacuation order issued today will produce a new surge of Dahiyeh families into Mount Lebanon coastal communities within hours.

🌊 NORTH LEBANON & TRIPOLI

Index: 85/100 🔴 | Trend: ⬆️ ELEVATED

Tripoli is receiving unprecedented numbers of displaced persons. Infrastructure built to serve 500,000 is now serving a vastly larger population. Collective shelters are entirely overwhelmed. NGO food distribution continues but is far below required scale.

The Syria border crossing surge — 30,000 people crossing into Syria from Lebanon — primarily uses northern Lebanon corridors, placing pressure on Akkar and North Lebanon border zones.

🌲 AKKAR

Index: 87/100 🔴 | Trend: ⬆️ CRITICAL — SYRIA WAR FRONT ADJACENT

Israel’s invasion of southern Syria today (Jamla-Saisoun, Daraa Governorate) and the helicopter assault via Syrian airspace near Nabi Sheet transform Akkar’s risk profile. The Damascus-Beirut highway — running through Akkar’s adjacent zones — is now a conflict corridor. Iraqi militias attempting to cross Syrian territory toward the Golan Heights are being interdicted by Israel, with fighting near the Lebanon-Syria border area adjacent to Akkar and Hermel.

Syrian refugees in Lebanon — approximately 1.5 million people, the highest per capita in the world — are among the newly displaced in this escalation. Many are crossing back into Syria via northern corridors.

🍇 BEQAA VALLEY

Index: 98/100 🔴🔴 | Trend: 🚨 ACTIVE HELICOPTER ASSAULT — MAXIMUM DANGER

The Bekaa Valley today saw the single most dramatic new military development in this edition: 15 Israeli helicopters crossing from Syrian airspace, landing near Nabi Sheet, and engaging in direct combat with Hezbollah fighters. This helicopter assault via Syria represents a completely new operational dimension and effectively means Israeli forces can now approach any part of the Bekaa from multiple directions.

The IDF’s claimed purpose — searching for Ron Arad remains — is not credible as a primary mission. Analysts assess this as: (a) infrastructure targeting in the Baalbek zone; (b) intelligence gathering on Hezbollah Bekaa command positions; (c) testing Hezbollah’s reaction to Bekaa incursions via Syrian airspace as a precursor to larger operations.

Nabi Sheet itself received at least 13 IDF airstrikes on Friday alone (confirmed NNA), with 9 killed. The town — already devastated by the March 7 massacre (41 killed) — is now a primary target for helicopter-borne assault operations.

The Bekaa is also home to Hezbollah’s deepest strategic missile infrastructure — the very assets that the Riyaq operation (February 20, 10 killed) was pre-emptively targeting. With Iran’s war continuing and Hezbollah confirmed to have been preparing missiles for an Iran-war strike, the Bekaa remains Israel’s primary target zone.

THE BEKAA VALLEY IS AN ACTIVE HELICOPTER ASSAULT AND AIRSTRIKE ZONE. EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

🕌 BAALBEK-HERMEL

Index: 99/100 🔴🔴 | Trend: 🚨 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM — MULTI-VECTOR ASSAULT

Baalbek-Hermel is today the most dangerous governorate in Lebanon. It is being attacked from the air (IDF airstrikes), from the east via Syrian airspace (15-helicopter assault on Nabi Sheet), and is directly adjacent to the new Syrian front (Israel invading Daraa Governorate, demanding Syrian government prevent Iraqi militia crossings toward Golan).

The Hermel corridor — Hezbollah’s primary overland supply route from Iran via Syria — is now under effective Israeli interdiction from multiple vectors: air strikes, Mount Hermon ground positions, and now direct helicopter operations via Syrian airspace.

Hezbollah’s Bekaa regional commander Hussain al-Namr was killed in the Riyaq operation (February 20). His death has created a command vacuum in exactly the governorate now under maximum assault.

NO CIVILIAN SHOULD BE IN BAALBEK-HERMEL. THIS IS AN ACTIVE MULTI-FRONT WAR ZONE.

🏛️ KESERWAN-JBEIL

Index: 83/100 🔴 | Trend: ⬆️ ELEVATED — DISPLACEMENT RECEPTION CRISIS

Keserwan-Jbeil is not directly targeted but is under severe humanitarian pressure as a primary displacement reception zone. Jbeil (Byblos) and coastal communities are hosting tens of thousands of displaced families. The Bourj el-Barajneh evacuation order today will send a new wave of families northward through this governorate.

🌴 SOUTH LEBANON

Index: 99/100 🔴🔴 | Status: TOTAL WAR ZONE

South Lebanon is a full active combined-arms battle space. UNIFIL has confirmed Israeli soldiers entered Kfar Kila, Houla, Kfar Shouba, Yaroun, and Khiam. Ground clashes continue in Aitaroun and Odaisseh. Three more people were killed in Bint Jbeil this morning. The IDF has issued evacuation orders for the entire area south of the Litani River — telling all residents to move north. The 1-million total evacuation order encompasses all of South Lebanon Governorate.

White phosphorus use (HRW-confirmed, Yohmor, March 3) remains an active health hazard on soil contaminated during and after the spraying.

There is no safe location in South Lebanon. Do not enter under any circumstances.

⛪ NABATIEH

Index: 99/100 🔴🔴 | Status: ACTIVE MULTI-DISTRICT COMBAT

All three Nabatieh districts remain active combat zones. UNIFIL-confirmed Israeli entry into Yaroun and Khiam. Active ground clashes in Aitaroun and Odaisseh. Ongoing airstrikes across Bint Jbeil District. The 1-million evacuation order covers the entirety of this governorate. No civilian presence in Nabatieh is safe.

🎯 CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY — MARCH 11, 2026

🔥 TODAY’S ACTIVE THREAT MATRIX

⚠️ DIPLOMATIC CATASTROPHE ASSESSMENT

Lebanon has no ceasefire path today. The full picture:

• Israel: Rejected peace talks. Focused on eliminating Hezbollah. Expanding operations to Syria
• US: “No interest in dealing with Lebanon.” No clear Lebanon portfolio owner in Washington. No active mediation
• Hezbollah: Firing 210+ missiles at Israel. Engaging IDF on ground. Attacked Cyprus. Will not disarm
• Lebanese Army: Refusing to confront Hezbollah. Commander under pressure to be fired
• Lebanon Government: Banned Hezbollah military activity but cannot enforce it. Furious at Hezbollah. Diplomatically isolated
• UN Security Council: France called emergency session. 1701 briefing delivered. No new resolution likely given US veto threat on any ceasefire demand on Israel
• Russia: Says it is “ready to contribute to a return to peace” — no concrete action
• Iran: Fighting for months. New Supreme Leader wounded. Still launching “heaviest operations yet”

Assessment: No ceasefire in next 72 hours. Probability of further escalation: HIGH. Probability of Israeli large-scale Bekaa ground operation: ELEVATED given helicopter assault precedent today.

📊 LEBANON WAR DASHBOARD — MARCH 11, 2026

📱 EMERGENCY GUIDANCE — MARCH 11, 2026

🚨 IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAFETY ACTIONS:

BOURJ EL-BARAJNEH, DAHIYEH: IDF evacuation order issued at midday today. Leave immediately. Do not return for any reason. Strikes imminent.

ALL DAHIYEH: Under continuous strike campaign — 26+ rounds since March 2 and escalating. If you have not left, leave now via northern routes.

BEKAA VALLEY / BAALBEK-HERMEL: 15 Israeli helicopters conducted an assault at Nabi Sheet today via Syrian airspace. The Bekaa is now under multi-vector assault including helicopter-borne troops from Syrian airspace. Evacuate westward toward Zahle and north immediately.

SOUTH LEBANON / NABATIEH: Covered by the 1-million evacuation order. Active ground combat in Bint Jbeil, Yaroun, Khiam, Aitaroun, Odaisseh. Three killed in Bint Jbeil this morning. Do not enter. Do not attempt return.

CENTRAL BEIRUT: Raouche struck March 8. Aicha Bakkar struck March 11. No hotel or residential building in Beirut can be definitively assessed as safe. Maintain a personal emergency plan. Know your nearest exits.

AMERICAN CITIZENS: US Embassy emergency alerts remain active. MEA flights operating from Rafic Hariri Airport. Contact US Embassy immediately: BeirutACS@state.gov | State Dept: +1-202-501-4444.

FAMILIES WITH NEWBORNS AND CHILDREN: IRC confirms 200,000 children now displaced. Formula, medicine, and infant supplies are critically scarce. Contact IRC Lebanon or the Lebanese Red Cross immediately: 1760.

ANYONE IN CONTACT WITH SYRIAN BORDER AREAS: Israel has invaded southern Syria and is interdicting Iraqi militia movements near the Golan. The Lebanon-Syria border is now an active Israeli military operation zone. Do not attempt border crossings into southern Syria.

🚗 MARCH 11 TRAVEL STATUS

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ALL SERVICES ACTIVE — MARCH 11, 2026:

🚨 EMERGENCY EVACUATION COORDINATION Priority extraction from Bourj el-Barajneh, all Dahiyeh, Bekaa Valley, Baalbek-Hermel, south Lebanon, and Nabatieh. Real-time road condition monitoring updated every 15 minutes. Safe routes north avoiding Israeli ground operation zones in southern Syria and Syrian border area.

🛡️ BEIRUT HOTEL AND BUILDING SECURITY ASSESSMENT Following Raouche and Aicha Bakkar strikes without warning — every Beirut hotel and residential building should be assessed for IDF targeting risk based on occupancy profile. CIS provides rapid building security assessments for all Beirut districts.

📡 LIVE INTELLIGENCE — MARCH 11 PRIORITIES

• Bourj el-Barajneh strike monitoring (midday evacuation order — strikes imminent)
• Nabi Sheet / Bekaa helicopter assault tracking — further operations likely
• Syrian border military corridor monitoring (Israel-Daraa incursion)
• Hezbollah Cyprus drone follow-up (British base targeting — NATO dimension)
• Iran Khorramshahr missile trajectory tracking and Gulf state interception updates

👨‍👩‍👧 FAMILY REUNIFICATION 200,000 children displaced. CIS coordinates family reunification services across all collective shelter zones. Coordination with IRC, Lebanese Red Cross, UNHCR, and LAF welfare units.

📞 EMERGENCY CONTACTS — ALL ACTIVE

CIS Security 24/7 Emergency: +961-3-539900 Website: www.cissecurity.net US Embassy Emergency: +1-202-501-4444 | BeirutACS@state.gov Lebanese Red Cross: 1760 Civil Defence: 125 ISF Emergency: 112 IRC Lebanon Emergency: Operational in all governorates MEA Reservations: Check MEA directly — flights operating

⚠️ FINAL ASSESSMENT — MARCH 11, 2026

Today marks the most complex single day of the war. In 24 hours:

• Israel is now simultaneously bombing Iran and Lebanon
• Israeli ground forces are inside Syria
• Israeli helicopters assaulted the Bekaa from Syrian airspace
• A Hamas official killed in Beirut
• Iran fired its most powerful missile type at Israel
• Gulf states attacked simultaneously by Iran
• Dubai Airport hit by Iranian drones
• Hezbollah drones targeted British military bases in Cyprus
• Israel rejected Lebanon’s peace talks request outright
• Washington admitted it has no interest in dealing with Lebanon
• Lebanon’s Army Commander refused to fight Hezbollah
• Hezbollah’s own Shi’ite base is publicly blaming the group
• 1 million Lebanese ordered to evacuate — largest order in Lebanese history
• New Iranian Supreme Leader confirmed lightly wounded, in hiding

The war is widening, not narrowing. Every new front opened today — Syria, Cyprus, Iran “heaviest operation” — reduces the probability of a near-term ceasefire. Lebanon is trapped in the centre of a regional war that its own government did not start, cannot stop, and for which it has no external advocate.

CIS Security urges all clients to treat today as the most dangerous day yet and to act on emergency plans immediately.

CIS Lebanon Security Index™ | Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Ramadan Day 22 | ACTIVE WAR — DAY 13 Sources: Times of Israel liveblog (March 11, published today); Al Jazeera Iran war live (March 11, published today — 2 minutes ago); ABC News live updates (March 11, 3 minutes ago); Washington Post (“rare public backlash,” March 11, 12:54am EDT);

Axios (Lebanon peace talks, March 9); Wikipedia 2026 Lebanon War (updated 14 hours ago); Wikipedia 2026 Hezbollah-Israel strikes (updated 1 day ago); IRC Lebanon crisis report; Anera Lebanon escalation report; Security Council Report March 2026 Forecast; Christian Science Monitor (March 5); UNIFIL published monitoring data. All casualty figures from Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. All displacement figures UNHCR/IRC/Social Affairs Ministry. All strike data verified from named correspondents and official statements. Index compiled: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 — 23:59 Beirut time.