BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has condemned recent Iranian statements regarding Tehran’s readiness to negotiate with France on implementing the UN Resolution 1701, characterizing the remarks as an unwarranted intervention in Lebanese affairs. Mikati’s statements come after comments made by Iranian Parliam...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday welcomed a joint call for a temporary cease-fire between Israel and the Hezbollah group amid escalating cross-border attacks. Late on Wednesday, the US, the EU, and nine other nations urged the two sides to agree to a 21-day cease-fire. In his speech at a Security […]
BEIRUT (AA) – At least 274 people have been killed and 1,024 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Monday morning, Lebanese Health Miniser Firas Abiad said. Some 21 children and several women were among those killed in the attacks, he added during a press conference held in Beirut. The Israeli army said that […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on the UN Security Council to take a “firm stance” against Israel following two waves of detonation of wireless communication devices across the country. At least 37 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured on Tuesday and Wednesday in explosions that targeted th...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP France’s top diplomat on Sunday urged de-escalation between Israel and the Hezbollah movement during his second visit to Lebanon since cross-border tensions flared alongside the Gaza war. Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group have exchanged near-daily fire since Israel’s war on Gaza bega...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday warned of an all-out war in the region due to Israeli “provocations.” “The continuation of Israeli provocations in southern Lebanon could lead to a deterioration of the situation and the outbreak of an all-out war in the region,” Mikati said during a meeting with [&helli...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has announced the closure of all government offices and institutions nationwide on Monday in solidarity with Gaza and the southern Lebanese villages affected by Israeli attacks. In an official statement, the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers, Mahmoud Mekkiya, announced that Prime Minister ...
ANKARA (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has blamed Israel for the country’s climate crisis, saying the Israeli army’s aggressive use of bombings, particularly phosphorus weapons, has caused irreparable damage to more than 5,000 square meters of agricultural land and forests. “The serious environmental deterioration in Le...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon does not want to go to war, said the country’s prime minister while speaking on recent developments in neighboring Israel and Palestine on Lebanese TV. Najib Mikati said security and stability is essential for Lebanon, but added: “However, I could not get assurances about the developments from any par...
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 […]
