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Judge: Family can't sue Lebanon over dead man's captivity

A judge has denied a family’s attempt to sue Lebanon on allegations that the country’s security agency kidnapped and tortured…

The Independent UK

Residents of Rushdie Suspect’s Lebanese Village Say Incident Has Little to Do With Them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Residents of Rushdie suspect's Lebanese village say incident has little to do with them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman…

Reuters

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Minister: Syria Ready to Repatriate Refugees from Lebanon

A Syrian Cabinet minister said Monday that Syrian refugees in neighboring Lebanon can start returning home, where he said they…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Location of 1st Ship to Leave Ukraine Carrying Grain Unknown

The first grain ship to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal has had its cargo resold several times and there…

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Minister: Syria ready to repatriate refugees from Lebanon

A Syrian Cabinet minister says Syrian refugees in neighboring Lebanon can start returning home, where he says they will get…

The Independent UK

Suspect's father refuses to speak about Rushdie attack - Lebanon town mayor

The father of a man charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in at his home…

Reuters

Ship Carrying First Ukraine Grain Cargo Nears Syria

The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was…

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Bassil Seeking Lebanese President with Sizeable Parliamentary, Ministerial Support

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP Gebran Bassil stressed that he opposes vacuum in the position of president.…

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Jumblatt to Hezbollah: Lebanon’s President Should be Accepted by All Sides

The head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, and political advisor to Hezbollah's Secretary General Hussein Khalil have discussed…

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Lebanon: Jumblatt, Nasrallah’s Aide Stress Need to Put Aside Differences

Following a long period of political rift between the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and Hezbollah, a meeting on Thursday brought…

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Iraq to provide Lebanon with fuel for another year: Lebanon PM

Beirut (AFP) - Iraq has agreed to renew a one-year deal to provide Lebanon with fuel for its power plants…

AFP

Iraq Extends Lebanon Fuel Deal for One Year

Iraq's government has agreed to continue supplying Lebanon's electricity company with heavy fuel oil for another year, Lebanon's caretaker prime…

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'Hero' Lebanon hostage-taker turns self in after bank drama

Beirut (AFP) - Bystanders hailed as a hero an armed customer who held bank staff hostage for hours Thursday in…

AFP

Gunman who held up Lebanon bank to withdraw own money arrested as siege ends

The armed man’s wife supported her husband’s actions, claiming he ‘did what he had to do’

The Independent UK

Gunman exits Lebanon bank, ending hostage situation

A Lebanese man who had held six people hostage at gunpoint inside a commercial bank in Beirut for around six…

Reuters

Furious man armed with shotgun threatens hostages at bank -demanding his own money

The gunman entered the Federal Bank of Lebanon in Beirut and drew his firearm when he was told he couldn't…

Daily Mirror

Armed client holds Lebanon bank staff hostage to access savings

Beirut (AFP) - An armed customer threatening to set himself ablaze held bank workers hostage throughout the day Thursday in…

AFP

Lebanese Bank Hostage Situation Ends after Partial Funds Payout

A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings so that he…

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Hostage standoff at Beirut bank ends with gunman’s surrender

Banks in Lebanon have implemented informal capital controls amid ongoing economic crisis, effectively freezing savings.

Al Jazeera

Armed man demanding frozen deposits takes hostages at Lebanese commercial bank

An armed man demanding deposits frozen by his bank took an unspecified number of hostages on Thursday at the Federal…

Reuters

Lebanese Buyer Cancels Order of Ukrainian Shipment After 5-Month Delay

A Lebanese buyer refused to accept a grain cargo from Ukraine, citing a delay in delivery terms, announced the Ukrainian…

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Lebanon seizes property of two MPs charged over Beirut blast

A Lebanese court ordered on Thursday the temporary seizure of property owned by two parliamentarians charged in connection with the…

Reuters

Lebanon: Judge Orders Seizure of MPs' Property over Port Blast

A Lebanese judge on Wednesday ordered the temporary seizure of the property of two deputies in the case of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Assassination of Fatah Official in Lebanon Stokes Security Fears

The assassination of a senior officer of the Fatah movement inside the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in South Lebanon has…

Asharq Al-Awsat