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By Nadine Osman (The Muslim News): Lebanese demonstrators were attacked by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Friday in southern border of Lebanon. According to Anadolu Agency, IDF police hurled smoke bombs at Lebanese demonstrators who were protesting the IDF’s bulldozing of their land in front of the Kafr Shuba border crossing in southern Lebanon. The demonstrators […]

26th Sep 2022

Lebanon: Death toll from migrant boat accident rises to 94

By Naim Burjawi BEIRUT (AA): The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Syria after sailing from Lebanon has risen to 94, Lebanese authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the secretary-general of the official Higher Relief Commission, Mohammad Khair, said four new bodies were recovered, bringing the […]

24th Apr 2022

Lebanon: Boat capsizes near coast of Tripoli killing one, 27 missing

(Agencies): One child was killed and 27 others missing after a boat carrying 60 irregular migrants capsized off the coast of the Lebanese city of Tripoli, according to the Lebanese Red Cross on Saturday. “The boat, 60 people on board, sank. For the people, the Lebanese Red Cross has sent seven ambulances to the port […]

19th Mar 2022

Hezbollah denies sending fighters to Ukraine amid Russian war

By Stephanie Rady BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) : Lebanese group Hezbollah has categorically denied sending fighters to Ukraine to support Russian troops as Moscow’s war on Kyiv enters its fourth week. “I categorically deny any of these claims,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech late Friday. “These claims are lies that are bare […]

30th Oct 2021

Saudi Arabia expels Lebanese envoy over Yemen war criticism

By Idris Okuduci BEIRUT (AA): Saudi Arabia on Friday recalled its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations and asked the Lebanese ambassador to leave the kingdom within 48 hours, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Arabia also banned all imports from Lebanon until further notice after Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi criticized the Saudi-led war […]

23rd Jan 2021

Syria: Family of 4, including 2 children, killed by Israeli missiles

Agencies: Israeli warplanes fired several missiles towards Hama, in north-west Syria, early on Friday, killing a family of four — including two children — and wounding four other people, according to Syrian News Agency, SANA. According to SANA, the four civilians were a father, mother and their two children. They also said a woman, two […]

6th Aug 2020

Lebanon: Death toll increases, 135 killed, 5,000 injured in massive explosion

By Cindi Cook (AA): A massive explosion that rocked Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday evening has increased the death toll to 135 with dozens missing and nearly 5,000 injured according to Health Minister. More than 300,000 people are reported to have lost their homes. The explosion occurred at the city’s port which officials believe was […]

5th Aug 2020

Lebanon: 100 killed, 4,000 injured in the Beirut explosions

By Ria Shartouni BEIRUT (AA) – The secretary-general of the Lebanese Red Cross on Wednesday said victims of Tuesday’s explosion at the Port of Beirut have risen to 100 and more than 4,000 were injured. In a televised statement aired by Lebanese broadcaster LBC, George Kettaneh said Beirut hospitals no longer have the capacity […]

4th Aug 2020

Lebanon: Massive explosions in Beirut kills dozens, injures hundreds

Beirut, Lebanon (The Muslim News): According to local media,dozens of people have reportedly been killed, hundreds injured, due to massive explosions in Beirut, Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the blasts is unknown. Lebanese LBC television channel quoted Public Health Minister, Hamad Hasan, that very high number of people have been injured in the […]

26th Aug 2019

Lebanon: Hizbullah leader warns retaliatory action to Israeli drone attacks

By Wassim Seifeddine and Edward Haddad BEIRUT (AA): Hizbullah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, warned in a televised address that it will retaliate against drone attacks on Lebanon by Israel on Sunday. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah responding to the drone attacks, said in a televised address: “Hezbollah will not allow such an aggression,” he said in a televised […]

26th Dec 2018

Israeli warplanes strike targets in Syria from Lebanon

By Faruk Zorlu, Esat Firat (AA): Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon fired missiles at targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, Syrian state media reported. Most of the missiles were shot down before hitting their targets, although an arms depot was struck and three soldiers were wounded, according to the regime-run […]

1st Mar 2018

Saudi envoy’s visit to Lebanon ‘positive’

By Fouad Shehab BEIRUT (AA): Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday termed the visit of the Saudi Royal Court Adviser, Nizar bin Sulaiman Al-Alula, to Lebanon over the past two days as a “very positive” development. Berri said the Saudi official offered “very positive words” about Lebanon and its historic and civilized role, according […]

11th Feb 2018

Lebanon to report Israel’s airspace violation at UN

By Furkan Guldemir BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Lebanon on Saturday decided to file a complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council for violating the country’s airspace, according to the country’s presidency. Israel has been violating Lebanese airspace regularly for years.The UN Security Council has taken no action against Israel in the past. Lebanese President […]

22nd Jan 2018

Lebanon: 17 Syrian refugees frozen to death

By Muhammed Ali Akman BEIRUT (AA):The number of Syrian refugees who froze to death due to a snowstorm in eastern Lebanon rose to 17 in three days, according to the Lebanese Civil Defense source. Two more bodies were found late Sunday, the source said. Lebanese soldiers found the bodies, identified as a 30-year-old woman […]

11th Nov 2017

Ex-Lebanon PM being ‘held’ by Saudi Arabia: Nasrallah

By Wassim Seifeddine BEIRUT (AA): Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s recently resigned prime minister, is being held against his will by Saudi Arabia, which isn’t allowing him to return to Lebanon, Hezbollah [Hizbullah] Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said Friday. Hariri’s abrupt resignation last week — which he announced from Saudi Arabia — was “illegitimate, unconstitutional, illegal and […]

5th Nov 2017

Lebanese PM Hariri announces his resignation in Saudi Arabia

By Mahmoud Barakat (AA): Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned Saturday after accusing Hezbollah and Iran of destabilizing the region. The accusation came during a televised address from Saudi Arabia in which Hariri also said he feared an assassination plot. Hariri gave his resignation to Lebanese’s President Michel Aoun during a telephone conversation, according […]

17th Sep 2017

Lebanon: Survivors recall 1982 Sabra, Shatila massacre

By Rabea Damaj BIRWA, Palestine (AA) – Although 35 years have passed since the horrific massacre in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camp, those who survived cannot forget the ghastly scenes they witnessed there. Shortly after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Phalange party – a Lebanese Christian militia – in collaboration with the Israeli […]

13th Feb 2017

Lebanon: Hizbullah backs Syria peace deal

By Furkan Guldemir BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Shia Muslim Hizbullah movement Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that his group supported the cease-fire deal in Syria between the Damascus Government and opposition groups. “We support the agreement that will stop the bloodshed and create a national consensus in Syria,” Nasrallah said in a […]

10th Jan 2017

Saudi Arabia: President Aoun 1st visit as Lebanon president

By Ahmed al-Masri BEIRUT (AA): Lebanese President Michel Aoun set out for Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday for his first official visit abroad since assuming office late last October, Lebanese media has reported. According to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry, the visit comes in response to an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. […]

5th Mar 2016

Tunisian parties, groups decry Hizbullah ‘terror’ listing

By Ayman Jamali TUNIS (AA) – Several Tunisian political parties and syndicates have condemned this week’s decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Council of Arab Interior Ministers to designate Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement a “terrorist” group. In a Thursday statement, the Tunisian General Labor Union voiced its “rejection” of the decision, describing the […]

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