No fighting overnight as Lebanon’s prime minister calls on US and France to ‘intervene’ to prevent escalation. A cautious calm has returned to the southern Lebanese border amid international calls for restraint after Hezbollah and [ More … ]
Raid latest in series of cross-border Israeli attacks in Syrian and Lebanese territory Israeli air strikes targeted a Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon before dawn on Monday, Lebanese state media and the group said. “Three [ More … ]
Sanctions target two Lebanese lawmakers and a top aide to Hassan Nasrallah The United States has imposed sanctions on Hezbollah political officials, including members of the Lebanese parliament, accusing the group of threatening the “economic [ More … ]
Lebanon’s new government will start preparing its policy statement on Monday, it said on Saturday, as investors monitor commitment to reforms aimed at boosting the economy. Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri told reporters he expected the [ More … ]
Playing host to an Arab economic summit, Lebanon also proposed creating an Arab bank to finance reconstruction in war-torn nations Lebanon urged world powers to step up efforts for Syrian refugees to return home regardless [ More … ]
Lebanon was plunged into crisis in November when Hariri resigned as prime minister while in Saudi Arabia, saying he feared assassination and criticizing the Saudis’ regional rival Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. Lebanese officials [ More … ]
Lebanese lawmakers designated Prime Minister Saad Hariri for a third term in office Thursday, less than three weeks after elections that saw his movement lose ground in parliament. “The head of state summoned prime minister [ More … ]
Preliminary results suggest potential coalition government by Hezbollah-Amal coalition and Free Patriotic Movement. The political coalition of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement is leading in preliminary results from Sunday’s Lebanese general elections. The coalition is [ More … ]
Last year outgoing US president Barack Obama abstained, allowing a vote against Israeli settlements to pass The United States vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on Monday that rejected President Donald Trump’s move to [ More … ]
Whether the government is led by Mr Hariri or someone else, it is still Hezbollah that will call the shots, said The Economist in a report on the rivalry of Iran and Saudi Arabia in [ More … ]
Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri had been in Riyadh since announcing his resignation there on 4 November Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, arrived in Paris on Saturday [ More … ]
A much-awaited live interview was done with Hariri on Sunday night by Future TV, a channel associated with his political party. It sought to dispel those rumors, but also raised some new questions. When Lebanon’s [ More … ]
Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah said the recent, unprecedented resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister was imposed by Saudi Arabia, during a speech reacting to the move on Sunday. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has claimed that the [ More … ]
Saad Hariri has announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister and implicitly blamed Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, for his decision. In a televised address from “Saudi Arabia”, Hariri criticized Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, accusing [ More … ]
Shell is considering buying gas from the Israeli Leviathan field in the Mediterranean for sale in the Egyptian market, according to media reports. Royal Dutch Shell is considering buying Israeli gas for sale in Egypt [ More … ]
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