Lebanon holds elections, with a likely loss of parliament majority by Hezbollah and its allied parties, according to early reports. The preliminary results from Lebanon’s parliamentary election suggest allies of the Iran-backed Hezbollah have lost [ More … ]
Salim Jamil Ayyash found guilty of committing a terrorist attack and murder over the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, and 21 others in 2005 The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on [ More … ]
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 … ]
Although Egypt’s financial backers put great expectations on it in the latest escalations with Iran, however it seems that al-Sisi tries to avoid any direct fight with Tehran. “Egypt faces high expectations from Saudi Arabia and its other Gulf Arab [ More … ]
Lebanese prime minister said that while he would be returning to Lebanon, his family would be remaining in the kingdom Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Twitter that he would be returning from Saudi [ More … ]
On Friday afternoon, Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, declared in a televised speech that Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s recently resigned prime minister, is being held against his will by Saudi Arabia, which is why “we deem the resignation [ 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 … ]
The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side [ More … ]
The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah said on Sunday that it is time for the world to accept that Assad will stay on as Syria’s leader. The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group [ More … ]
Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State militants from a remote corner near Syrian border Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to [ More … ]
US Special Forces are operating in Lebanon ahead of an imminent battle with Islamic State group militants near the north-eastern border with Syria, the department of defence has confirmed. US Special Forces are operating in [ More … ]
The refugees and fighters from al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch arrived in bus convoys into the rebel-held area of Al-Saan in the central Syrian Hama province. Nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees and fighters from Lebanon arrived in [ More … ]
Thousands of refugees on the Syria-Lebanon are set to be transferred to Syria’s Idlib province under the second phase of the ceasefire deal struck between Hezbollah and Nusra Front. Thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon [ More … ]
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