The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Hundreds of Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Wednesday, the first day of repatriations organised by Beirut, their mood more subdued than celebratory amid concerns over a scheme that rights groups say may involve elements of coercion.

Lebanon’s General Directorate of General Security said there are currently 2,080,000 Syrian refugees on the Lebanese soil, noting that those registered are only 900,000. General Security Director Major General Abbas Ibrahim said in a press conference on Tuesday that nearly 540,000 displaced Syrians have returned voluntarily to their country since…

A U.S.-brokered maritime border deal between Israel and Lebanon will be signed on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday.

A delegation headed by Lebanon's deputy speaker of parliament, Elias Bou Saab, is due to visit Syria on Wednesday to discuss delineating their maritime border, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Twitter on Monday.

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi described on Sunday the parliamentary sessions to elect a new president as a “play.” In his Sunday sermon, the Patriarch warned Lebanon’s MPs that a presidential vacuum is happening while some nations are seeking to change Lebanon's identity without resorting to the will of the…

Lebanon's parliament failed on Monday to elect a president for the fourth time, with just a week left until outgoing President Michel Aoun's term ends and warnings of a constitutional crisis growing louder. With parliament more fractured than ever after May's elections, political blocs have been unable to reach consensus…

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights groups fear the program may not be as voluntary as it purports to be, at a…

Lebanon's parliament failed on Monday to elect a president for the fourth time, with just a week left until outgoing President Michel Aoun's term ends and warnings of a constitutional crisis growing louder.

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up.