ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Thursday said its embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut was attacked by people of Armenian origin, but there were no injuries. “About 50 people of Armenian origin … struck the fence around the administrative building of the embassy and threw bottles containing paint and explosives,” the Foreign Min...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is close to carrying out a military campaign against Lebanon, the country’s permanent delegate to the United Nations has warned. Israel is “the nearest to launching military action in Lebanon since the 2006 [war],” Gilad Erdan told Army Radio, citing what he called Hezbollah escalation along the border. The ...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP The head of Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah warned on Monday evening against renewing on the same terms the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country’s south. The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, which expires Thursday, was extended last year with a slight modification th...
