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Lebanon’s PM Diab announces formation of new government
Jan 22, 2020 02:58Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab has announced the formation of the country’s new government, saying his cabinet will try to meet the demands of protesters.
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Lebanon’s Hariri says he does not want to return to premiership
Jan 21, 2020 14:27Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says he does not intend to return to the premiership and head a new government, stating that he has moved on from the post and that he is not obstructing the formation of a new cabinet amid a deep financial crisis.
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Lebanon in urgent need of new government to avoid crisis: Hariri
Jan 20, 2020 11:47Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has once again called for the urgent formation of a new government to stop the worsening economic and security conditions in the country.
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Fears of radicalization as violent protests hit Lebanon
Jan 20, 2020 09:04Lebanese security forces have clashed with protesters whose once peaceful protests have increasingly turned violent after about three months of unrest.
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Hariri urges new government formation to 'calm popular storm' in Lebanon
Jan 19, 2020 14:09Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has urged politicians to urgently form a new government and “stop wasting time” to find solutions for the Lebanese economic crisis in order to “calm the popular storm.”
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Lebanon security forces, protesters clash near parliament building
Jan 19, 2020 04:55Security forces in Beirut have fired tear gas and used water cannons in clashes with protesters armed with tree branches and sign posts near Lebanon's parliament.
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UK freezes Hezbollah assets following designation of entire group as 'terrorist'
Jan 18, 2020 07:41Britain's Treasury has expanded the scope of its asset-freezing measures against Hezbollah to cover the Lebanese resistance movement in its entirety.
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Lebanese continue protests, demand release of detainees
Jan 16, 2020 03:13Fresh clashes have erupted between Lebanese protesters and security forces a day after banks came under attack in the capital Beirut during an angry demonstration against stiff capital controls.
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Iran missile strikes on US bases dispelled Washington’s invincibility myth: Senior Hezbollah official
Jan 13, 2020 11:11A top official from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Iran's precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), dispelled Washington’s invincibility myth.
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Nasrallah: Iran missile strikes showed all US bases in West Asia within range
Jan 12, 2020 15:30Iran's precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq sent the message that all American targets in West Asia are within the range of Iranian missiles, says the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.