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Aoun Reaffirms Commitment to Diplomacy and Welcomes French Role in Mechanism Committee

This is Beirut, 08/12 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun underscored on Monday Lebanon’s openness to an enhanced French role within the framework of the “Mechanism Committee,” stressing that any such involvement must support the committee’s core negotiation goals. In his remarks during a meeting at Baabda Palace with French President Emmanuel Macron’s ...

Teetering on the Edge: Escalation Along the Lebanon–Israel Border

Amal Chmouny, 08/12 14:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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The Israeli-Lebanese border is now one of the Middle East’s most volatile fronts, where a “low-intensity” conflict feels less like crisis management and more like a dress rehearsal for an imminent war. U.S. and Israeli officials are no longer debating whether fighting will erupt again, but how quickly and extensively it could escalate, ...

Washington Weighs New Visit by Lebanese Army Chief

This is Beirut, 08/12 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, announced that discussions are underway for a new visit by the Lebanese army chief, Rodolphe Haykal, to Washington. The announcement follows his Monday meeting with Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi. The army commander’s visit had previously been canceled on November 18 due to a statement issued by the ...

Iran Says Dual National Arrested During 12-day War on Trial for Spying for Israel

This is Beirut, 08/12 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's judiciary said Monday that a dual national arrested during the recent 12-day war with Israel has been referred to trial on charges of spying for the enemy. The judiciary's Mizan Online news agency did not name the defendant, describing him only as a "dual national who lives in a European country" and was arrested in Iran during the June ...

The Compelling Challenge of Israel’s Diplomatic Opening to Lebanon

Charles Chartouni, 08/12 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter’s diplomatic opening to Lebanon is a major turning point amid the encumbered political horizons, uncertainties, and doomsaying enveloping the country. Coming at the heels of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s peace offer, the benevolence and the moral density of this statement cannot be overlooked ...

Israel, Qatar and US Hold Trilateral Meeting in New York

This is Beirut, 08/12 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States, Israel, and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York Sunday, a senior White House official told AFP, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, targeting Hamas leadership. The White House official confirmed that the meeting had taken place but did not provide any further details. Two sources told US news ...

Lebanese MP Yacoubian Files Complaint Against Antoun Sehnaoui Over “Illicit Relations with Israel”

This is Beirut, 07/12 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanese parliamentarian Paula Yacoubian has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Economy and Trade, specifically with the Office for the Boycott of Israel, against Antoun Sehnaoui, chairman of the board of Société Générale, accusing him of maintaining “illicit relations with the enemy Israeli entity,” according to Lebanon 24. The media ...

Israel Says It Destroyed a Hezbollah Tunnel and Weapons Depot in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 07/12 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced Sunday that it destroyed “a tunnel opening” and “a weapons storage site” attributed to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, according to a statement posted on X by its Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee. According to Adraee, forces from the 601st Battalion, under the command of the 769th ...

Mediators Qatar and Egypt Call for Next Steps in Gaza Truce

This is Beirut, 06/12 19:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called on Saturday for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilization force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement. The measures were spelt out in the US- and UN-backed peace plan that has largely halted fighting, though the ...

Sharaa Says Israeli Push for Buffer Zone Would Endanger Syria

This is Beirut, 06/12 16:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa warned Saturday that Israel's demand for a demilitarized zone in southern Syria would endanger his country, as Israeli forces continue to operate in the area. Israel sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone, which has separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights since 1974. Sharaa's Islamist forces ...

Mediators Egypt, Qatar, Others 'Concerned' About Israel Opening One-Way Gaza Exit

This is Beirut, 05/12 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar and six other Muslim-majority countries said on Friday they were concerned about Israel stating it would open a one-way crossing for Palestinians to exit the Strip. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates "expressed their deep concern ...

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