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Aoun Hails State Control of Arms and Pledges Continued Reforms
Aoun Hails State Control of Arms and Pledges Continued Reforms

This is Beirut 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun stressed on Tuesday that the Lebanese government last year took a historic step by endorsing a plan aimed at confining weapons to state authority and extending state control over Lebanese territory exclusively through its own forces, calling the move a major turning point despite the challenges of implementation. Addressing ...

Why Lebanon’s Shia Opposition Sees Opportunity in the 2026 Elections
Why Lebanon’s Shia Opposition Sees Opportunity in the 2026 Elections

Claudia Groeling 19/01 15:41 - Reading : 11 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections are shaping up as a test of Hezbollah’s political standing at a moment of vulnerability, after the group suffered a major military blow in the 2024 war with Israel and faces mounting pressure from the Lebanese government’s pledge to disarm it nationwide. Since the 1992 parliamentary elections, the ...

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon
Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 19/01 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel struck southern Lebanon on Monday, shortly after the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, announced that Israeli forces were striking Hezbollah targets in the area. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that one was wounded in the airstrike in the town of Zabqin in the Tyre district.  According ...

Naim Kassem Slams Lebanon’s Foreign Minister
Naim Kassem Slams Lebanon’s Foreign Minister

This is Beirut 17/01 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Kassem on Saturday sharply criticized Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, accusing him of “acting against the presidency, the government, the Lebanese people, and the resistance.” In a speech during a religious ceremony, Kassem said the absence of an effective foreign minister had ...

Syrian Financial Conduit of Assad Regime Detained in Lebanon
Syrian Financial Conduit of Assad Regime Detained in Lebanon

This is Beirut 16/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syrian national Ahmad Dunya, who was collaborating with former affiliates of the Bashar Al-Assad regime plotting to destabilize the new Ahmad al-Sharaa regime, was arrested in Lebanon on Friday. Since December 2025, Syrian and Lebanese officials have engaged in discussion over the status of over 200 exiled members of the Assad regime who fled to ...

Who are the Shia Opposition Seeking to Break Hezbollah’s Stranglehold?
Who are the Shia Opposition Seeking to Break Hezbollah’s Stranglehold?

Claudia Groeling 16/01 19:29 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections, coming on the heels of the 2024 Hezbollah–Israel war that devastated the organization and its core constituencies, have reopened the question of Shia political representation. For decades, Lebanese political discourse has treated the Shia community as a unified political bloc, electorally ...

Israel Kills Hezbollah Operative: South Lebanon
Israel Kills Hezbollah Operative: South Lebanon

This is Beirut 16/01 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced on Friday the assassination of a Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon following strikes in the area on Thursday and Friday.  Spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that the Israeli army launched a strike in the eastern Zawtar area in the Nabatieh district on Thursday and "eliminated a Hezbollah ...

Lebanon’s Lost Coast: How Public Rights Became Privileges for the Few
AnalysisLebanon’s Lost Coast: How Public Rights Became Privileges for the Few

Natasha Metni Torbey 16/01 11:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s coastline, which belongs to the state and is considered maritime public domain, is once again in the spotlight. On Tuesday, the cabinet reopened debate on this long-neglected national asset, directing relevant state bodies to coordinate efforts to increase revenues from these seaside properties. The discussion reflected a widely ...

What Iran’s Fate Could Mean for Hezbollah and Lebanon
AnalysisWhat Iran’s Fate Could Mean for Hezbollah and Lebanon

Marwan El Amine 16/01 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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As Iran’s nationwide protest movement intensifies, a key question is dominating regional and international discourse: what lies ahead for the Islamist regime if unrest continues, and how might its potential collapse impact Middle Eastern states shaped by four decades of Iranian policy? Since Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, Iran has ...

Israel Strikes Two Buildings in South Lebanon Village, Issues Further Evacuation Orders
Israel Strikes Two Buildings in South Lebanon Village, Issues Further Evacuation Orders

This is Beirut 15/01 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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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 ...

Lebanon’s Disarmament Gamble: Fragile Gains and Uncertain Path Forward
AnalysisLebanon’s Disarmament Gamble: Fragile Gains and Uncertain Path Forward

Amal Chmouny 15/01 13:30 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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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. ...

Conference in Support of Lebanese Army to be Held on March 5 in Paris
Conference in Support of Lebanese Army to be Held on March 5 in Paris

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 ...

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