Lebanon

White House: U.S. Backs Israel Against Hezbollah, Warns of Military Action

The U.S. administration supports Israel’s military efforts to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, arguing that diplomacy has failed to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon.  “The United States backs Israel’s efforts to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, as diplomacy has failed to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon,” a ...

Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood

Lebanon must pick a side in the regional map of alliances. One seeks peace, prosperity and higher standards of living for all and consists of the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain, and Morocco, enshrined by the Abraham Accords. The rival alliance—Qatar, its ATM, and Turkey, its NATO muscle, as well as Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia—dismisses ...

Depositors’ Cry Association: Yassine Jaber, Accomplice or Powerless in the Banking Crisis?

The Depositors’ Cry Association sharply criticized Finance Minister Yassine Jaber over the proposed Financial Gap Law, accusing him of failing to protect bank customers’ funds amid Lebanon’s ongoing banking crisis. In a statement, the association questioned whether Jaber is “a conspirator on depositors’ money” or simply ...

Association of Banks Criticizes Draft Gap Law

The Association of Banks in Lebanon addressed an open letter to the three presidents, as well as to all Lebanese citizens—particularly depositors—in which it expressed its opposition to the contents of the draft law on the financial gap, whose ninth version was recently leaked. The Association said that “the draft contains serious ...

Israel Accuses Hezbollah of 1,900 Ceasefire Violations

The Israeli army on Wednesday accused Hezbollah of violating the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire more than 1,900 times since it took effect late last year. The Israeli military said it conducted targeted operations in around 30 locations across southern Lebanon since early October, resulting in the killing of approximately 40 fighters. The Northern ...

Clashes Between the Lebanese Army and Syrian General Security at Border

According to information reported by LBCI, clashes broke out between the Lebanese army and members of Syria’s General Security, lasting around 20 minutes in the Machrafa area between Hermel and Qaa on Sunday, as the army was attempting to cut off one of the smuggling routes in the region. Al-Jadeed also reported that the Lebanese army returned ...

Israeli Strikes Hit Yater and Chebaa, Security Measures Tightened in Yanouh

An Israeli drone carried out an airstrike at around 11:15 a.m., targeting a motorcycle in the Tir Harma area of the town of Yater (Bint Jbeil district), wounding at least one person, according to concordant reports. Earlier in the morning, an Israeli drone struck two bulldozers with three projectiles in the al-Wastani neighborhood of Chebaa, with ...

Army Denies Presence of Weapons in a House in Yanouh

The Lebanese army said on Sunday that it had carried out two successive inspections of a building in the town of Yanouh, in southern Lebanon, without finding any weapons or ammunition, following an Israeli threat to strike the property. In a statement posted on X, the army said the first search was conducted on Saturday with the consent of the ...