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Lebanon closes public offices in solidarity with Gaza
Beirut: Lebanon on Monday closed all government offices and public institutions across the country in solidarity with Gaza, according to an official statement. Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced the closure “in response…
- Middle East
Israeli PM Netanyahu threatens to turn Beirut into Gaza
Amid Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since October 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to turn Beirut and southern Lebanon into Gaza and Khan Yunis if Hezbollah goes…
- Middle East
Lebanon’s flatbread ‘Al-Manouche’ made it to UNESCO heritage list
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added a popular Lebanese flatbread ‘Manouche’ to its intangible cultural heritage list for 2023. The food item “Manouche, an emblematic culinary practice…
- Middle East
IDF issues apology after strikes kills Lebanese solider
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued an apology to the Lebanse army after its missile attack hit a Lebanese military base killing one soldier and injuring few more. IDF…
- Middle East
3 killed in renewed confrontations on Lebanon-Israel border
Beirut: Three people were killed and three others injured as confrontations on the Lebanese-Israeli border renewed after the collapse of the temporary humanitarian truce in Gaza. Lebanese military sources told Xinhua news…
- Middle East
France keen to support Lebanon’s security: Macron
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has ssured that his country is keen to support and enhance Lebanon’s stability, security and independence. “We have constantly supported these goals,” Macron was quoted as saying…
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IDF intercepts aerial object fired from Lebanon
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has intercepted an aerial object allegedly fired from Lebanon into the Israeli airspace. Sirens set off in several areas of Western Galilee after the object…
- Middle East
2 killed, 5 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
Beirut: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and military sources have reportedly said that two people were killed and five others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon. A civilian was killed, and…
- Middle East
5 Hezbollah fighters, including senior member’s son killed in Israeli strike
At least five fighters of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, including the son of a senior member, have been killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Beit Yahoun in south Lebanon on Wednesday,…
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Hezbollah vows to retaliate against Israel’s killing of journalists in Lebanon
Beirut: Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia military group, has vowed to retaliate against Israel’s “brutal aggression” after two journalists from Lebanese TV channel Al-Mayadeen were killed in Israeli attacks on the southern village…
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Israel strikes Lebanon’s Nabatieh for first time since 2006 war
Beirut: An Israeli drone attacked the Lebanese southern city of Nabatieh for the first time since the July 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told the media. The drone fired…
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Australian govt urges citizens to leave Lebanon
Canberra: The Australian government has urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave the Middle East country as soon as possible over “volatile security situation”. In a statement on social media on Sunday…
- Middle East
Leaders of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad meet as war with Israel escalates
Amidst the war between Israel and Hamas, the secretary-general of Lebanese group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday, October 25, met with deputy leader of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arouri and leader of the Islamic…
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Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to leave Lebanon ‘immediately’
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Beirut on Wednesday, October 18, called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country immediately. In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter,…
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Three dead, 16 injured in Lebanese prison fire
Beirut: Three prisoners were killed and 16 others injured in a fire inside a prison in Zahle, located in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon, the media reported. The fire was set…
