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National mourning in Lebanon after Sheikh Qabalan passing
Sep 07, 2021 03:32Lebanon is in the second day of national mourning after the passing of head of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon at the age of 85.
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Leader condoles with Hezbollah chief over senior Shia figure’s passing
Sep 07, 2021 01:04Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei condoles with the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over the passing of a prominent Lebanese Shia figure.
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Assad: Syria will stand by Lebanese people, support them on all levels
Sep 06, 2021 00:57Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country will continue to support crisis-hit Lebanon and stand with its people at all levels.
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Iran fuel shipment to break US financial, economic, political siege on Lebanon: Lawmaker
Sep 05, 2021 01:50A member of the Lebanese parliament says the American financial, economic and political siege has started to break with the forthcoming arrival of the first Iranian ship loaded with fuel to Lebanon.
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Highest-level Lebanese govt. delegation in first official Syria visit in 10 years
Sep 04, 2021 11:06A delegation from the caretaker Lebanese government is due to visit Damascus in the highest level visit in years to discuss plans to import natural gas through war-torn Syria’s territory and ease a power crisis in Lebanon.
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Iran ready to sell ‘more fuel’ to Lebanon if needed: FM Amir-Abdollahian
Sep 03, 2021 09:59Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran is ready to sell more fuel to the Lebanese government and businessmen if need be, as an Iranian ship transporting fuel for the crisis-hit country has entered Syria’s territorial waters.
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Iranian fuel-laden ship to reach Lebanon ‘soon’: Envoy
Sep 03, 2021 01:31Iran’s ambassador to Beirut says the vessel that has been loaded with Iranian fuel for Lebanon is to reach its destination shortly.
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Lebanon-bound Iranian fuel ship enters Syrian territorial waters: Al-Akhbar
Sep 02, 2021 04:17An Iranian ship carrying fuel for crisis-hit Lebanon has entered Syria’s territorial waters, the Beirut-based al-Akhbar daily reports.
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Hezbollah on alert as first Iranian fuel tanker for Lebanon enters Mediterranean
Aug 31, 2021 01:07Iran’s first fuel tanker that set sail toward Lebanon two weeks ago has entered the Mediterranean Sea, as a second ship also begins its journey to assuage the sufferings endured by the Lebanese people under severe fuel shortages and American sanctions.
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Tehran warns US against blocking Iranian fuel shipments to Lebanon
Aug 30, 2021 09:40The US is in no position to block Iran’s legitimate trade with other countries, says Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, referring to Iranian fuel shipments to Lebanon as the Mediterranean country suffers from ongoing shortages amid American sanctions.