The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri affirmed that the country is ready now "but not forever” to go into indirect negotiations with Israel under US mediation to demarcate the maritime borders. "The ball now is in the US court, and we're not advocates of war, but if our sovereignty gets threatened, we…

Forty years since it was founded, Lebanon's Hezbollah has transformed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East

The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday strongly condemning harassment, intimidation, attacks and restrictions against the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. It also called on Lebanese authorities to accelerate deployment of ground and naval forces to the area, which borders Israel. The resolution, which extends the mandate…

On the still blue bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of north Lebanon, the crew of the specialised exploration submarine Pisces VI found their first corpse.

Lebanon's president on Wednesday returned to parliament an amended banking secrecy law that lawmakers passed around a month ago, saying it needed further tweaks to strengthen it. Parliament's passage of the legislation on July 26 was considered a modest first step towards reforms required for Lebanon to access $3 billion…

Internet shutdowns rippled through cash-strapped Lebanon on Tuesday after employees of the country's state-owned telecom company went on strike, demanding higher wages. It was the latest reflection of one of the world's worst economic disasters, which has pulled three quarters of Lebanon's 6 million people into poverty. The Lebanese pound…

Lebanon's president on Wednesday returned to parliament an amended banking secrecy law that lawmakers passed around a month ago, saying it needed further tweaks to strengthen it.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who also heads a major Shi'ite Muslim political party, on Wednesday urged Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to retract his resignation from politics.

Internet shutdowns are plaguing Lebanon, as the country's telecom workers go on strike

Seif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of late Libyan ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi, denied allegations that he had struck a deal for the release of his brother, Hannibal, who has been jailed in Lebanon for six years. Seif al-Islam's lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi, denied the claims of the deal that were reported by France’s…

Saudi Ambassador to Beirut Waleed Bukhari demanded on Tuesday Lebanese authorities to arrest and turn over to Riyadh a suspect who had made threats to the Saudi embassy earlier this month. Bukhari met with Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi. The envoy said the suspect, a Saudi national called Ali…