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Israel strikes missile site in eastern Lebanon, cites Hezbollah threat
Beirut: Israel’s air force carried out airstrikes Friday on eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported without giving any word on casualties. The Israeli military said it struck a site used…
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Israeli drone crashes into UN peacekeepers’ HQ in Lebanon
Beirut: An Israeli drone crashed into the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon but didn’t cause any casualties, the force said in a statement Wednesday. The force, known as…
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Israeli drone strike kills 5, including 3 children, in southern Lebanon
Beirut: An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed five people Sunday, including three children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said four of the killed, the three children as…
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Hezbollah warns of street protests as Lebanon pushes to disarm militants
Beirut: Hezbollah has warned it could mobilise supporters in the streets if Lebanon’s government moves ahead with a decision to disarm the Iran-backed group by the end of 2025, senior official Mahmoud…
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Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Beirut: Israeli drones dropped four grenades close to UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel as they were working to clear roadblocks, the force said Wednesday. No one was…
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UN to end Lebanon peacekeeping mission with nearly 1,000 Indian troops
United Nations: The UN Security Council has decided to end the peacekeeping operations in Lebanon, in which nearly 1,000 Indian troops are deployed. The Council voted on Thursday to shut down in…
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Netanyahu backs Lebanon move to disarm Hezbollah by 2025
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he welcomed the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 2025 and it could…
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Lebanon orders army to draft plan to disarm Hezbollah by year-end
Beirut: The Lebanese government asked the national army on Tuesday to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons in the small nation by the end of the year,…
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Hezbollah leader warns of ‘missiles inside Israel’ if it resumes war on Lebanon
Beirut: The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned Tuesday that if Israel intensifies its military operations against his group, the Iran-backed armed faction will resume firing missiles toward Israel. Naim Kassem’s comments came…
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Israel targets suspected Hezbollah weapon sites in Lebanon
Beirut: Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according to Lebanese official media and an army source. …
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Bahrain opens permanent diplomatic mission in Lebanon
Manama: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has announced the opening of a permanent Bahraini diplomatic mission in Beirut, marking a renewal of the Kingdom’s full diplomatic relations with Lebanon. The…
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US envoy emphasises diplomatic efforts in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire
Beirut: US special envoy Thomas Barrack underscored Washington’s diplomatic efforts to support Lebanon’s sovereignty and peace process, noting that it cannot force Israel to do anything. “The US has no business in…
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Lebanon rules out normalisation with Israel
Beirut: Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbour, the…
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1 killed, 11 wounded in intense Israeli strikes on south Lebanon
Nabatieh: Israel’s air force carried out intense airstrikes on mountains overlooking a southern Lebanon city Friday in an attack that the Israeli military said targeted underground assets of militant Hezbollah group. Shortly…
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UN peacekeeping force confronted in southern Lebanon
Beirut: The force, known as UNIFIL, said one of its patrols was confronted between the villages of Jmayjmeh and Khirbet Selm Friday by a large group of people in civilian clothing who…
