ANKARA (AA) – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged conflicting sides to exercise restraint to prevent further escalation of tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border. “We urge everyone to exercise restraint and make use of UNIFIL’s liaison and coordination mechanisms to de-escalate to prevent a fast deterioration of the security situ...
Beirut, Lebanon – – AFP Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said Sunday that it has fired “large numbers of artillery shells and guided missiles” at Israeli positions in a contested border area, as war raged between Israeli and Palestinian militants. The assault was “in solidarity” with a large-scale air, ...
BEIRUT (AA) – The United Arab Emirates reached an agreement on Thursday with Lebanon to reopen its embassy in Beirut, which has been closed since 2021. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who is visiting the UAE, was received by President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Al Shati Palace in the capital Abu Dhabi, according […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has been unable to elect a new president since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. France sought to mediate between Lebanese political forces, sending its envoy Jean Yves Le Drian twice to the country in a bid to end the deadlock. The efforts, however, did not yield any results. […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has announced that its security forces arrested a suspected gunman involved in last week’s shooting attack on the US Embassy in Beirut. In a statement, the Directorate of Internal Security Forces (ISF) said a 26-year-old man was arrested in the southern Beirut suburb of Al-Kafa’at. The suspect admitted to o...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned on Thursday about further negative effects of the Syrian migrant crisis in his country and urged the international community to produce a sustainable solution. Mikati’s remarks came during his speech in New York at the UN General Assembly 78th session, acc...
BEIRUT (AA) – Unidentified gunmen opened fire outside the US Embassy in Beirut late on Wednesday, but there were no injuries, the mission said on Thursday. Embassy spokesman Jake Nelson said in a statement that the incident took place at 10.37 p.m. local time (1937GMT) in the vicinity of the embassy entrance, and involved the […]
BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese government continued to remain silent Thursday over Israeli allegations that Iran and Hezbollah are building an airport in southern Lebanon to be used for launching cross-border attacks against targets in Israel. Hezbollah has declined to issue a statement. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed M...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups late Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to fighting in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, state media reported. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the call by the two groups were announced during a meeting between the leader of the Islamic Jihad group [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from renewed clashes between Palestinian armed groups in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon has reached 15 after a week of clashes, local media reported on Thursday. According to the National News Agency, the clashes which erupted last week between the Fatah movement and a rival Islamist [&hel...
