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Hochstein to Arrive in Lebanon on Monday

US envoy Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Monday for a new round of talks with Lebanese officials focused on ways to restore calm in southern Lebanon in the wake of a possible cease-fire in Gaza, according to local TV station MTV. Hochstein will kick off his talks with a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, whose political ...

Southern Lebanon: Intensive Israeli Bombardment

The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Saturday afternoon, following a morning marked by the deaths of three Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli raid on the Naqoura highway. In the afternoon, Israeli artillery bombarded the southwestern sector of Mays al-Jabal, setting fire to the village's neighborhoods but causing no ...

Precarious Calm on the Southern Front

A precarious calm prevailed in southern Lebanon on Sunday evening, after a day marked by intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli Army bombarded on Sunday Naqoura, Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Ramya, Kfar Kila, Khiam, and the outskirts of Hula. At the same time, phosphorus bombs were dropped on Kfar Kila and ...

Bishop Audi Denounces Hezb's Unilateral Decisions

The Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, denounced on Sunday "the unilateral decisions taken by a section of the Lebanese," in reference to the war waged by Hezbollah against Israel in southern Lebanon since October 8, in support of Hamas in its war against the Hebrew state in Gaza. Warning against the risk of the war spreading to Lebanon, ...

After Berri, Hochstein Holds Talks With J.Aoun and Walid Joumlatt

US envoy Amos Hochstein kicked off his third visit to Lebanon in less than five months on Monday by calling on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. His round of talks with Lebanese officials included Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, caretaker Minister of Water and Energy Walid Fayyad, and former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid ...

Three Hezbollah Members Killed in Israeli Bombardment of Odaisseh

Three Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli bombardment of the village of Odaisseh in South Lebanon. Israel targeted a center of the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Association where the three party members, Hussein Ibrahim, Ali Hassan Soueidan and Abbas Hojeij, were killed. Their deaths were announced by Hezbollah in a statement. A ...

Hochstein Did Not Hear Anything New, So He Set the Record Straight

Hochstein left Lebanon realizing that he does not have a magic wand for a solution and that a sustainable solution may never exist because, for Hezbollah, the issue of its weapons is much more important than the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, as it amounts to a regional role exercised by Iran, and it is not yet time to curb it. Hochstein did not hear ...

National Moderation Initiative: Hezbollah Calls for Time to Reflect

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the National Moderation parliamentary bloc, composed mainly of former Hariri supporters, to push through its initiative to break the deadlock in the presidential election. Kataeb practically rejected it. The Lebanese Forces, for whom "the devil is in the detail," are skeptical about its final outcome. And ...

‘Ramadan Truce’ in Gaza: How Favorable Is It for Lebanon?

A meeting was held on Sunday (March 3) in Cairo between officials from Hamas, Qatar and the United States to discuss the Gaza ceasefire agreement. If Israel agrees to the demands of the Palestinian movement and if Tel Aviv obtains – under its conditions – a comprehensive list of the names of surviving Israeli detainees, the ceasefire would ...

MP Raad to Israel: Hezbollah Has More Weapons in Store

The head of Hezbollah's 'Loyalty to the Resistance' Bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, declared on Tuesday that his Iran-backed party has not unveiled all of its weaponry and that “reserves for (a potential) open warfare are still in store.” During a memorial ceremony held in the southern town of Kfar Melki, Raad said that Hezbollah is still adhering to ...

Kataeb Party Rejects Any Initiative Against Lebanon's Sovereignty

The Kataeb party stressed that "any initiative that does not take into account Lebanon's sovereignty and the provisions of the Constitution will be opposed by all available means," referring to a possible settlement on the southern border, where artillery exchanges have continued between Israel and Hezbollah since October 8. In a statement issued ...