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The US Treasury Department Tuesday sanctioned seven Lebanese tied to the powerful Hezbollah group and its financial arm, Arab News reports. The six of the seven people according to the Treasury Department were the group’s “shadow bankers,” who used the Read more
Syria has announced the death of its foreign minister and faithful to embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Walid al-Moalem, 79, according to the Syrian government died today Monday and will be buried later on Monday in Damascus. The Syrian government did Read more
A UN-backed tribunal in charge of the investigation of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has postponed final ruling on the case owing to the Tuesday deadly blast that rocked capital Beirut and killed more than 113 people. Read more
Lebanese powerful Shia movement Hezbollah Tuesday brushed aside possibility of war with Israel amid heated incident between the two sides in recent day. In an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy leader of the Iran-backed movement said it Read more
Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters demonstrated Wednesday in capital Beirut to denounce the visit a top US military commander, The New Arab reports. The protestors occupied the road to leading to Beirut international airport as the US Central Command chief Kenneth Read more
Head of the Lebanese powerful Shia movement Hezbollah Monday criticized Germany for blacklisting the movement, arguing that the Iran-backed group does not operate in the European country. Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech said Germany’s last week decision was made Read more
The German Interior Ministry Thursday put Lebanese powerful Shia movement, Hezbollah, on its shortlist of terrorist group few year banning its military wing, Anadolu news agency reports. Interior minister, Horst Seehofer, according to the ministry ordered ban on movement’s activities Read more
The Lebanese army Wednesday shot rounds at two of three Israeli drones which reportedly entered the air space of the Arab country anew following Sunday illegal incursions that targeted positions of the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. The Wednesday evening shots according Read more
Lebanon’s President on Monday condemned the crash of two Israeli drone in a suburb of capital Beirut and said that his country has the right to respond to what he compared to a “declaration of war”. Tensions have escalated between Read more
US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced the withdrawal of American forces from war-torn Syria after he claimed victory over the Islamic State group (ISIS) that he said was the only reason of the American military presence in the Middle East Read more