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Lebanon expects a written offer from U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein concerning the demarcation of a maritime border with Israel by the end of the week, Lebanon's presidency tweeted on Monday.

Lebanon’s parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stressed the need to elect a new president to succeed Michel Aoun, whose term ends on October 31. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: “The election of a president is more than necessary.” He also underscored the need to form a new government to…

Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian called on Saturday for the election of a president who is “ethical and responsible.” The president must be “wise, have a sense of national responsibility, integrity and ability to bring together all Lebanese,” he told a delegation of Sunnis MPs at Dar al-Fatwa in…

Around 150 people, mostly Lebanese and Syrians, were on board the boat 

Thousands hold prayers for Palestinian refugee among the dead as UN refugee chief laments ‘heart-wrenching tragedy’

More people are believed to be missing as up to 150 people were on board the small boat that sank off Syria.

Thousands of Palestinians have held prayers in a small football field in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon for one of the scores of migrants who lost their lives this week when their boat sank off Syria’s coast

Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians on the boat were trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon, which is mired in a financial crisis, in hopes of a better future in Europe

Lebanon’s northern region has been transformed into a trafficking hub for migrants looking to escape the country on “death boats” that sail across the Mediterranean nation’s open waters. Smuggling migrants has become an organized and profitable crime pursued by Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals. Lebanese authorities, with their modest capabilities,…