Lebanon
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Israel, Lebanon Agree to Ceasefire, Conditional on Hezbollah Withdrawal, Disarmament
Israel & Lebanon Agree To Ceasefire, Conditional On Hezbollah Withdrawal & DisarmamentIANS Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire following two days of US-brokered talks in Washington, with…
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Lebanon To Discuss Army’s Plan To Disarm Hezbollah
The Lebanese government is set to discuss on Friday an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed group opposes, accusing the cabinet of playing into the hands of Israel…
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UN Security Council Votes For Lebanon Peacekeepers To Leave In 2027
The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old…
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UN Security Council To Decide Fate Of Peacekeeper Mandate In Lebanon
The UN Security Council is set to vote Thursday on the future of the blue helmet peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon, which has faced US and Israeli opposition. Some 10,800…
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UN Security Council To Vote On Embattled Lebanon Peacekeepers
The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday on the future of the blue helmet peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon that has faced US and Israeli opposition. The Council will…
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Palestinian Camps In Lebanon Begin Disarming
Some armed Palestinian groups in Lebanese refugee camps began handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday after reaching a deal earlier this year, with Washington hailing the move…
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US Envoy Says Israel’s Turn To ‘Comply’ As Lebanon Moves To Disarm Hezbollah
US envoy Tom Barrack on Monday called on Israel to honour commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese government launched a process to disarm…
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Lebanon Cabinet Meets Again On Hezbollah Disarmament
Lebanon’s cabinet met on Thursday for the second time in days to discuss disarming Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed group rejected the government’s decision to take away its weapons. The meeting…
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Bahaa Hariri and the Battle for Lebanon’s Future
During a golden age, Beirut was known as the “Paris of the Middle East”—a cosmopolitan mecca that gleamed with fancy restaurants and hotels. The fashion magazine Vogue went so far…
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Trump Froze Nobel Prize Winning Lebanese-American Scientist’s Grant. Then China Offered Him Funding at Any School
A Nobel Prize winning Lebanese-American who left his war-torn country for America in 1986 now has the opportunity to take his research to China after the Trump administration froze his…
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Israel Targets Hezbollah In South Lebanon As US Envoy Visits
A strike Sunday that Israel said targeted Hezbollah killed two people in south Lebanon, according to authorities, as a US envoy was visiting for talks on the militant group and…
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Israel Kills Hamas Commander In Lebanon Strike
Israel killed a commander of Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday in a pre-dawn strike in the Lebanese port city of Sidon that also killed his adult son and daughter.…
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Israel Hits South Lebanon After Threatening Beirut Over Rocket Fire
Israel carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon Friday after its defence minister threatened Beirut over new rocket fire, rattling an already fragile truce that largely ended more than a…
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Girl Among Two Dead As Israel Strikes Lebanon After Cross-border Rocket Fire
Israel conducted deadly strikes on Lebanon Saturday in response to a rocket attack from across the border, as militant group Hezbollah denied responsibility for the launch. Lebanon’s official National News…
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Israel Reports Rocket Fire From Lebanon, Warns Of Severe Response
Israel threatened a severe response to three rockets it said had been fired from Lebanon Saturday, prompting the Lebanese prime minister to warn the country risked being dragged into a…
