Lebanon

Lebanon proposes anti-US sanctions over embassy move

Dec 10, 2017 02:45

Lebanon's foreign minister has told an emergency Arab League meeting that imposing economic sanctions should be considered against the US over its embassy relocation move.
Fire in Lebanon refugee settlement kills 7 Syrian children

Dec 09, 2017 04:10

The UN refugee agency says a fire in a Syrian refugee settlement in eastern Lebanon has killed seven children.
US al-Quds move to pose new security challenges to Mideast: Lebanese PM

Dec 08, 2017 13:43

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has warned that US recognition of al-Quds as Zionist entity’s capital will pose new challenges to the security of the Middle East.
Trump's decision on Quds insults Muslims, violates intl. law: Nasrallah

Dec 07, 2017 14:22

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says US President Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds as Israel’s capital of the illegal Zionist entity is an insult to all Muslims and a violation of international law.
Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri rescinds resignation: Cabinet

Dec 05, 2017 10:29

Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri has revoked his resignation, the country’s cabinet says, one month after he made a surprise departure announcement in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and threw the Middle Eastern country into political turmoil.
HRW warns of health risks of Lebanon garbage crisis

Dec 01, 2017 15:59

Human Rights Watch has warned that the open burning of garbage in Lebanon is posing serious health risks for the residents.
Hariri: I may withdraw resignation if conditions remain positive

Nov 30, 2017 02:19

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri has announced that he may retract his resignation by next week.
Hariri to ‘certainly’ remain Lebanon PM: President Aoun

Nov 29, 2017 06:35

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun says Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who recently walked back on his shock resignation, will “certainly” remain in office.
Hariri says will resign if Hezbollah doesn’t stay neutral

Nov 28, 2017 10:09

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri says he will resign if the Hezbollah resistance movement refuses to remain “neutral.”
Hezbollah chief to be assassination target in future war: Israeli army

Nov 28, 2017 10:07

The Israeli military has threatened that Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s resistance movement, will be a target of assassination in Tel Aviv’s next war against the Arab country.