Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Saturday, saying he would welcome any effort to prevent a security vacuum in the south if UN peacekeepers withdraw as planned at the end of the year. Lebanon president asks French FM for help preventing security vacuum in south Barrot is in Beirut … Read more
By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson Exclusive-Trump move to restart direct US flights with Lebanon hits roadblock Oct 16 – The United Nations aviation agency has found Lebanon’s main airport lacks valid certification, according to a report summary seen by Reuters, in a setback to US President Donald Trump’s move to revive direct US-Beirut flights. … Read more
BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities were investigating how a former Syrian militia commander suspected of committing crimes during the government of ousted President Bashar Assad was abducted in Lebanon and taken to Syria, judicial and security officials said Friday. Lebanon opens investigation into Syrian militia leader’s abduction and transfer to Syria Syria’s intelligence department said Thursday … Read more
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday that Lebanon needed a UN-sponsored international force to stay in the country’s south after the current UN peacekeeping mandate expires. Lebanon needs international force after peacekeepers leave, PM tells UN chief The UN Interim Force in Lebanon , which currently counts around … Read more
The journalist and his cameraperson were injured in the strike Footage shows a reported Israeli air strike hitting near a Lebanese TV journalist amid concerns over renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah despite a June ceasefire.The incident occurred on September 6 as Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Chbib was preparing to go on air. He was … Read more
Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and injured 23, the Lebanese health ministry said. Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill three: ministry The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyr and Nabatieh regions and the Bekaa region in the east. … Read more
By Nazih Osseiran, Eman Abouhassira and Emily Rose Lebanon says Israeli strikes in south of the country kill at least 11 BEIRUT, – At least 11 people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, some of the deadliest in the weeks since the country agreed to a … Read more
NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji is scheduled to visit Syria and Lebanon in September, New York Post reported. Greater NYC Zohran Mamdani‘s wife Rama Duwaji has a trip to Syria and Lebanon on her schedule in September and that has triggered a major row as it is not clear whether she will be accompanied by … Read more
Hezbollah warns ‘disarmament of non-state armed groups’ could trigger ‘civil war’ (AP) The US-Israel-Lebanon trilateral framework unveiled on Saturday (local time) called for the complete and verified disarmament of all “non-state armed groups” across Lebanon as part of a roadmap to end decades of conflict, but Hezbollah quickly rejected the deal and warned that attempts … Read more
BEIRUT – Lebanon has suffered the deadliest spillover effect of a regional war sparked by a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran more than three months ago that will end with a deal between Washington and Tehran. The toll of recent Israel-Hezbollah war on Lebanon The conflict spread to Lebanon on March 2, when Iran-backed Hezbollah opened … Read more