Lebanon

Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil downplays US sanctions

Nov 07, 2020 02:59

The leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, says he is not intimidated by the sanctions that the United States has imposed against him.
Billions locked in troubled Lebanese banks behind economic crisis: Syrian President

Nov 05, 2020 09:37

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the financial downfall in neighboring Lebanon and not the sweeping US sanctions as the root cause of the ongoing economic crisis in the war-torn country.
French freedom of speech based on double standards: Nasrallah

Oct 31, 2020 03:25

The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement condemned the French president's Islamophobic remarks, saying the freedom of expression is based on double standards there.
Lebanese torch French flag to condemn desecration of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Oct 24, 2020 11:16

Lebanese youths have set fire to France’s national flag in a show of anger at the projection of offensive cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) onto government buildings in the European country.
Lebanese president tasks Hariri with forming new government

Oct 22, 2020 09:35

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has appointed former prime minister Saad Hariri as the country's prime minister-designate just a year after his resignation from office.
Is Israel about to launch another war against Gaza or even Lebanon?

Oct 20, 2020 05:03

Palestinian political factions, including the two most prominent Party’s Fatah and Hamas, have vowed to follow a joint comprehensive plan of action to combat normalization, annexation, and the Israeli-US assault on the Palestinian cause.
Hezbollah, Amal oppose Lebanon’s team in demarcation talks with Israel

Oct 14, 2020 04:03

Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Amal movements have expressed their opposition to the makeup of the delegation tasked with negotiating the country’s southern border demarcation with Israel, calling for changes to the team ahead of the first round of talks.
Zionist regime targets Lebanese fishermen on eve of maritime border talks

Oct 13, 2020 16:26

Zionist regime have reportedly transgressed upon Lebanon’s maritime border, opening fire on Lebanese fishermen on the eve of high-stakes maritime border talks between the occupying regime and Beirut.
Fuel tank blast, fire kill 4 people, wound dozens in Beirut

Oct 10, 2020 02:50

At least four people have lost their lives and many others sustained injuries when a fuel tank exploded in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, more than two months after a colossal explosion almost razed to the ground the Beirut port.
Rare maritime talks do not mean normalization with Israel: Hezbollah

Oct 09, 2020 04:49

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says a UN-brokered indirect maritime negotiations with Israel do not signify "reconciliation" or "normalization" with the Zionist entity.