2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (382+ words) MP Ali Ammar of Hezbollah on Thursday responded to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, lamenting that “day by day, the United States’ blatant interference in Lebanese affairs is intensifying and Lebanon’s sovereignty is crudely violated -- whether through…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (738+ words) Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily on Wednesday quoted a senior Lebanese official as telling it that Lebanon may be facing its “last chance” to achieve peace with Israel, urging the Israelis to give the Lebanese government time and political space to…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (228+ words) U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa has told President Joseph Aoun that Israel would escalate its attacks on Lebanon if Hezbollah doesn't disarm - and would accept nothing less, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported Thursday. The daily claimed that Issa conveyed this message…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (156+ words) The Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, told U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa that Lebanon's Shiite community did not take up arms by choice, but out of necessity to confront Israeli occupation, Al-Liwaa newspaper reported Wednesday. During their…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (213+ words) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday stated that “just as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always stood by Lebanon during every crisis it has faced, it is our duty, as Lebanese people, to stand united with the Kingdom…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (75+ words) Naharnet Israel's actions in Syria could constitute war crimes: UN investigators Israel's military activity in Syria including the detention of hundreds of people could constitute war crimes, United Nations investigators said Tuesday. "The Commission is deeply alarmed about continued Israeli…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (283+ words) Contacts made by President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam, in addition to Arab and international efforts, have contributed to pacifying the situation in the city of Nabatieh, Al-Jadeed TV said on Tuesday, after 27 people were killed…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (200+ words) Naharnet Aoun warns that Israel's attacks undermine framework agreement and deescalation efforts President Joseph Aoun declared Monday that "Israel's repeated attacks, the killing of innocents, including children and women, the destruction and burning of homes, and the bulldozing of property…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (422+ words) Israeli airstrikes overnight killed 12 people in a south Lebanon village, including two infants, Lebanese state media said Monday, a day after separate raids left seven dead. Israel has been intensifying strikes in the southern Nabatieh area after it said Thursday…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (121+ words) Naharnet Israeli army says will continue to 'remove threats' from Hezbollah Israel’s military said Monday it was committed to the ceasefire but would continue to "remove threats" from Hezbollah, after Lebanese state media reported overnight strikes killed 11 people. The…...