Tag Archives: Lebanon

Lebanon’s army said on Wednesday it had exchanged smoke bombs with Israeli troops at the border, the second such incident in a week. The Lebanese army, in an online statement, said Israeli troops had fired smoke bombs at a Lebanese patrol that was accompanying workers removing “infringements” that the army …

Prime Minister Muhammed S. Al-Sudani, met the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of UN General Assembly. The meeting involved discussions on enhancing bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and exploring avenues to strengthen their partnership across various sectors, according …

At least 10 people have been reportedly killed and dozens of others injured in renewed clashes between rival groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon over the past days. After a month-long shaky ceasefire, the violence broke out on Thursday between affiliated members of Fatah movement and armed …

The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had arrested a prominent Al Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town, northeast of the city of Tripoli. It identified the arrested man only as “T.M.” and said in a statement that the arrest took place on Friday. “T.M. is one of the most …

According to statistics on the number of refugees in Arab countries, Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees, followed by Jordan and Iraq. The numbers vary among countries, depending on their location in conflict areas, their capabilities to bear the burden of refugees, and their own people’s needs. Due to …

Two Israeli military officials say the Tel Aviv regime decided to launch air strikes on positions of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip after a spate of rocket attacks against the occupied territories, apparently to avoid a wider conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement. …

Lebanon’s struggling banks on Friday decided to suspend their strike, which started earlier this month, for one week after caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked them to do so. The Association of Banks in Lebanon did not give further details about the suspension. The strike began Feb. 7 in protest …

Lebanese lawmakers have failed to elect the country’s next president for the seventh time, nearly a month after the previous head of state Michel Aoun left the Baabda Palace. Christian MP and presidential hopeful Michel Moawad, who is seen as close to Washington, was the front-runner with 42 votes in …

Six people including children drowned when a boat carrying migrants destined for Italy sank off the coast of southwestern Turkey, the coast guard said on Tuesday. In a statement, the coast guard said a total of 73 migrants from four lifeboats were rescued on Tuesday while search and rescue operations …

The northern section of the grain silos damaged two years ago by a blast at the Beirut port collapsed early on Tuesday after warnings the structure was leaning too far to stay up. The crash sent a cloud of brown-grey dust billowing over the waterfront, the LBCI television station reported. …

Lebanese media reported on Friday that a massive fire broke out in a building located near Beirut port.

The first grain-carrying ship to leave Ukrainian ports in wartime safely anchored off Turkey’s coast on Tuesday. At the same time, a senior official said Ankara expects the roughly one-grain ship to depart from Ukraine every day as long as the export agreement holds. The first ship, the Razoni, carrying …

The Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Monday the official results of the parliamentary elections in five districts, hailing the democratic achievement of holding the vote. Mawlawi announced the names of the winners as follows: 1- Bekaa I: Ramy Abu Hamda, George Akis, Michel Daher, Elias Estephan, Salim Aoun, …

Polls have closed in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, which many hope could set the stage for recovery from economic woes fueled by US-led sanctions on the country.

Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that “It is the Resistance that protects Lebanon from the Zionist aggression.” Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks during a speech at a Hezbollah election ceremony held simultaneously in the two southern cities of Tyre and Nabatiyeh on Monday, Al-Manar reported on …

Lebanese citizens living abroad began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, with many set to back political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war led to widespread poverty and a wave of emigration. Nearly 200,000 Lebanese living overseas are eligible to participate in the election, the …

Condemning the terrorist attack on Egypt’s the Sinai Peninsula, Hezbollah expressed sympathy for the country’s army.

Syria is the Middle East’s main producer of drug Captagon and Saudi Arabia is the main consumer market. Iraqi security forces seized more than six million pills of the amphetamine-type stimulant Captagon, making several arrests and breaking up a drug trafficking ring. “Around 6.2 million pills” were uncovered in a …

Lebanon’s cabinet ordered the military court on Tuesday to investigate the capsize of a migrant boat after colliding with a naval vessel giving chase, with at least six dead and dozens missing. The boat carrying Lebanese and Syrian migrants sank off the coast near the impoverished northern city of Tripoli …

Israel says the move came after a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon, landing in an open area across the border. Israeli forces have fired dozens of artillery shells into southern Lebanon after a rocket was launched over the border from Lebanon. An Israeli military spokesperson tweeted that artillery forces …