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A Lebanese policeman stands guard next to a bank window that was broken by depositors on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Hussein Malla/Associated Press Two people in Lebanon staged bank holdups Wednesday, demanding money from their own bank accounts. One of them said she needed to withdraw money for her sister's cancer treatment. Banks in crisis-hit […]
Russia is talking to Lebanon about Moscow’s plans for the mass return home of Syrian refugees, the Lebanese prime minister’s office said on Tuesday. Lebanon hopes the Kremlin’s initiative would tackle what Beirut calls a “displacement crisis.” The UN refugee agency UNHCR says there are about a million Syrians in Lebanon, around a quarter of […]
Published time: 11 Apr, 2018 07:04 Edited time: 11 Apr, 2018 07:24 Moscow’s envoy to Lebanon has warned that the Russian military reserves the right to shoot down missiles and destroy launch sites in the event of US aggression against Syria. “Russia will comply with its president’s statement on US aggression against Syria, downing the […]
A small IDF surveillance drone was lost in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border on Saturday. It’s the fourth drone lost by the Israeli military this year, according to local reports. The drone was identified by Lebanese media as a Skylark, a tactical surveillance UAV used by Israeli artillery troops. According to reports in Lebanon, […]
Published time: 9 Dec, 2017 21:47 Edited time: 9 Dec, 2017 21:59 Arab League nations should pressure the US to reverse its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Lebanon’s foreign minister told a gathering in Cairo, which condemned the move as “dangerous and unacceptable.” “Pre-emptive measures (must be) taken against the decision, […]
Aziz Taher/Reuters The resignation last month of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the hands of Saudi Arabia has put Hezbollah, a Shia jihadist group, at the helm of Lebanese politics. Impoverished Sunnis, many who feel leaderless and have radicalized over the decades as a result, may become pushed into sectarian violence with Shias in the […]
Published time: 25 Nov, 2017 20:15 The prime minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation earlier this month while in Saudi Arabia, but has returned to Beirut and postponed it, has said his latest change of heart is based on a desire to keep the country out of regional conflicts. The decision to […]
Jamal Saidi Saad al-Hariri returned to Lebanon’s capital. He recently resigned as the country’s prime minister during a broadcast from Saudi Arabia. Rumors that he was forced to quit began spreading. BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri returned to Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister in a broadcast […]
Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 12:33 Riyadh will hand a protest note to Germany’s ambassador to the Kingdom rebutting comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. Earlier this week, Gabriel criticized Saudi interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs. His statement has […]
Published time: 11 Nov, 2017 19:19 The Foreign Minister of Egypt is set to visit a number of countries in the Middle East to discuss the situation around Lebanon amid the “mysterious” resignation of its Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and the escalating tensions between Hezbollah, Iran and Saudi Arabia. While Egypt routinely holds discussions with […]
