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Turkey’s police has arrested Wednesday at Istanbul airport a US diplomat (US consulate in Beirut), suspected for issuing a fake passport for a Syrian national in exchange for $10,000, Daily Sabah reports. The diplomat, not identified according to the Turkish Read more
Iran Thursday indicated Thursday it is willing to build two power plants in Lebanon to help the Middle East country to easy the energy crisis in place for months, reports say. Visiting Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the top diplomat of the Islamic Read more
A small aircraft with three people onboard crashed Thursday in Keserwan district, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut, reports saying citing aviation sources. The sources told Reuters news agency the occupants; a pilot and two passengers, were killed in the Read more
Lebanese defense minister Zeina Aker Sunday issued an indefinite ban on firearms licenses amid fears that escalating popular protests could descend into armed conflict, Middle East Monitor, MEMO, reports. The caretaker minister’s directive will take effect from Monday but will Read more
Kuwait will rebuild Lebanon’s largest silo plant destroyed in Beirut port explosion that has caused the death of at least 180 people, reports say. “We decided that the best and most appropriate way to start with the material aid is 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
Popular British radio presenter, Gavin Ford of Radio One, has been found dead in his apartment in Beirut with police handling the case as a homicide, reports say. The widely known anchor who gained fame with his show “Gavin Ford Read more
President Michel Aoun of Lebanon Monday said Washington’s withdrawal from the multinational nuclear deal will have negative repercussions on the Middle East region. “The unilateral US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement [in May] will have negative repercussions for security and Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron Monday took credit for solving the November political crisis that erupted in Lebanon after Prime Minister Saad Hariri was allegedly abducted in Riyadh following a visit to the kingdom wherefrom he announced his resignation. “If France Read more