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The Israeli intelligence and defense ministries have rejected Hamas accusations that Israel was behind the bomb attack against one of its figures in Lebanon, who had been wounded in a car-bomb blast in the Lebanese city of Sidon. Mohamed Hamdan, Read more
The Islamist Hamas Movement ruling Gaza Strip has warned against the holding of the Palestinian National Council meetings in Israel-occupied West Bank arguing that the move opposes the agreement reached by factions in Beirut early this year. The movement’s spokesperson Read more
Egypt and Lebanon expressed their shared resolve to stand together against the dangers of terrorism challenging the whole region. This came during the meeting in Cairo between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Lebanese President Michel Aoun who was on his first Read more
Libyan security forces have prevented a suicide bomb attack in capital Beirut after a man wearing an explosive belt was arrested while entering a café. The terrorist was arrested on Saturday evening in Hamra neighborhood, west of the Lebanese capital, Read more
Syria’s economy and foreign trade minister Humam al-Jazaeri has lamented about the “surprising” and “regrettable” Lebanese decision to stop the importation of the country’s produce but Beirut claims that the move is in the interest of local Lebanese farms. The Read more
Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in a statement about the anti-Hezbollah US sanctions law act stressed that banks operating in the country should comply with it for “achieving the interest of Lebanon and its economy, for the sake of Read more
The Iranian parliament has requested that the government should demand for compensation from the US for its “hostile actions and crimes” towards the country for the past 63 years. The law voted by the parliament on Tuesday accused the US Read more
A statement from Hezbollah confirmed the death of its top military commander, Mustafa Badreddine, in an explosion in Syria and hailed him as “great jihadi leader.” The group said investigations are ongoing and it could only establish that he was Read more
The first round of local elections held only in Beirut and the eastern Bekaa Valley could be contested because two major political fronts are already claiming victory ahead of the release of official results. Hezbollah has claimed victory in the Read more
Politicians in Lebanon are in disarray following the $3million military aid suspension to the Lebanese army by Riyadh that was followed few days after by travel warnings from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait to the country. The decision is believed Read more