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Lebanon backs Palestinian boycott, will not attend US-led confab in Bahrain
Jun 12, 2019 01:40Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil says his country is boycotting the forthcoming US-led conference in Bahrain in support of President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for “peace” between the Israeli regime and Palestinians, dubbed “the deal of the century,” because Palestinians are not taking part in the event.
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Iran Judiciary agrees to free Lebanese man jailed for spying for US
Jun 11, 2019 08:30Iran’s Judiciary says Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese national serving a jail term in Iran for espionage for the United States, is set to be released, following mediation efforts by President Michel Aoun of Lebanon.
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Israel military drills seizure of Lebanese village: Report
Jun 10, 2019 07:54Military cadets at an Israeli officer training school have drilled how to occupy a village in Lebanon in a future war, Israel's media reports say.
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Militant guns down 2 policemen, 2 soldiers in northern Lebanon
Jun 04, 2019 01:06A militant has attacked a security patrol in northern Lebanon, killing two members of the country’s security forces and two army soldiers.
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Israeli paper betrays scandalous details of 'deal of century'
Jun 02, 2019 02:05US President Donald Trump's "the deal of the century" wants Palestinian refugees to be naturalized and settled in several countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, Israeli daily Haaretz reports.
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Zarif congratulates Lebanon on Liberation Day
May 30, 2019 00:02Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated the Lebanese people, government and resistance groups on the anniversary of the liberation of southern parts of the Arab country from the Israeli occupation 19 years ago.
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Lebanon's government endorses austerity budget
May 28, 2019 01:21The Lebanese government has approved a long-awaited austerity budget aimed at revitalizing the country’s ailing economy.
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Lebanese MP warns of West's 'deep plan' for Syrian refugees
May 27, 2019 08:43The West's opposition to the return of Syrian refugees to their home country now that Daesh and other terrorist groups have been defeated shows that "a deep plan" is in the works about Syria's upcoming presidential election, says deputy speaker of Lebanon's parliament.
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Zionist regime calls Hezbollah ‘strategic threat’ to provoke world against it: Nasrallah
May 25, 2019 13:49The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Israeli authorities have described his group as “a strategic threat” to the Tel Aviv regime in an attempt to mobilize support and provoke the international community against it.
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Lebanon economic situation very difficult, but we can overcome challenges: President Aoun
May 22, 2019 02:46Lebanese President Michel Aoun says even though the country’s economy is in the doldrums, economic reforms and austerity measures envisioned in the 2019 state budget will help the economic future look certain.