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Israel struck two buildings in Lebanon’s southern village of Sohmor on Thursday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure after evacuation warnings. Shortly after the Israeli military announced having struck positions in Lebanon, its Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee warned of a second evacuation order, this time for the south Lebanon ...
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Lebanon is preparing to confiscate Hezbollah’s weapons north of the Litani River, a step that will test whether the state has the capacity to follow through on the government’s stated commitment to disarm the group. On January 8, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced that it had completed the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani. ...
This is Beirut 14/01 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon said Wednesday that a conference in support of the country's army as it seeks to disarm militant group Hezbollah would take place in Paris on March 5. The announcement follows recent promises of support to the military, which lacks funds, equipment and technical expertise. Presidency spokeswoman Najat Charafeddine said President Joseph ...
Samar El Kadi 14/01 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s parliamentary elections are officially scheduled for May, but an impasse over proposed changes to the electoral law has cast doubt on whether the vote will go ahead on time. While most parties have publicly committed to holding the vote as scheduled, the election date and key rules governing it have become bargaining chips in ...
This is Beirut 13/01 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said an Israeli tank fired near its peacekeepers on Monday, and warned that such attacks were becoming "disturbingly common". UNIFIL has repeatedly reported Israeli fire near or towards its personnel in recent months, and less than two weeks ago said gunfire from an Israeli position hit close ...
This is Beirut 13/01 08:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivered one of his clearest and most direct statements to date on Hezbollah’s arms on Sunday, urging the militia to “act rationally” and fully integrate into the Lebanese state. In a televised interview marking the second anniversary of his election, Aoun laid out his vision for restoring state ...
This is Beirut 12/01 15:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi delivered a firm message to his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, denouncing the involvement of Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in an interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday. According to Raggi, Hamas’s support for the war brought Lebanon “destruction, death, and suffering,” noting that the ...
This is Beirut 12/01 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The five-nation committee of ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar, Egypt, and the United States met with Lebanese Prime Minister Salam to discuss the ongoing weapons inventory, among other issues, reaffirming their support for the Lebanese state and urging timely progress on the disarmament file. Egyptian diplomat Alaa Moussa said, “We ...
This is Beirut 12/01 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel on Sunday evening struck a residential building in Kfar Hata in Saida, which lies north of the Litani River, claiming to strike an underground site used to store Hezbollah terrorist weapons. The building was inspected by the Lebanese Army and UN peacekeepers who disproved Israel’s claims that it was being used by Hezbollah. The ...
This is Beirut 09/01 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who arrived Thursday in Beirut, met Friday with President Joseph Aoun and Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. During the meetings, FM Rajji asked his counterpart if Iran would accept an illegal armed organization on its territories. FM Araghchi said that Iran supports Hezbollah as a ...
This is Beirut 09/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel struck several areas in southern Lebanon on Friday, reportedly hitting Hezbollah targets and infrastructure. The agency said that the strikes targeted areas between the towns of Kfar Fila and Ain Qana in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region, as well as nearby areas in southern Lebanon. Additional airstrikes also hit locations between the towns ...
This is Beirut 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts. According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...