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Majority of Presidential Terms in Lebanon End in Conflicts, Wars or Vacuum

Lebanon only twice witnessed a smooth transition of power from one president to a successor in its 79 years of independence. Out of 12 presidents who had come to power since 1943, only twice was the transition a smooth process, underlining the extent of the complexities that have plagued the…

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Gantz Demands US Retains ‘Military Option’ to Deter Iran

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the United States needs to maintain a viable "military option" against Iranian nuclear facilities, even if a new agreement is reached with Tehran. Gantz met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday. During the meeting, he indicated he had reached a…

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Hezbollah Threatens Israel, Intensifies Attack on US

Hezbollah intensified its attack on the United States, accusing it of “working to weaken and blackmail Lebanon to subject it to Israeli conditions.” The party has also threatened Israel over the border dispute and the oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean. With the arrival in June of the Energean…

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Mamlouk-Fidan Talks: Mutual Demands, Russian Solutions

The security talks led by the Director of the Syrian National Security Office, Major General Ali Mamlouk, and the Director of Turkish Intelligence, Hakan Fidan, in Moscow highlighted a continuous gap between the two parties on the one hand, and the increasing Russian desire to find a solution to it.…

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'Mysterious Virus' Threatens Lebanese Prisons

The Lebanese government asked the Ministry of Interior to “conduct an immediate and urgent investigation” into allegations that prisoners died due to an “emerging health condition” in Roumieh Central Prison. Recent reports discussed the reason behind several deaths in the overcrowded central prison, the largest in Lebanon. A security source…

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Wives, Widows of Syrian Detainees Lead Shackled Life

In the decade since Syria’s regime pronounced her jailed husband dead, Ramya Al-Sous was threatened by security forces, locked out of her spouse’s estate and forced to flee abroad. The mother of three, now a refugee living in Lebanon, was never told how her husband died and is unable to…

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Lebanese Submarine Finds 7 Bodies from April Migrant Sinking

A Lebanese submarine has found the remains of at least seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank earlier this year off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board, the navy announced Friday. The boat, carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea…

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Lebanese submarine finds 7 bodies from April migrant sinking

A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board

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Lebanon: Sunken Tripoli Boat Found Off City’s Shore

A submarine that launched search operations on Tuesday was able to locate the sunken migrant boat, that drowned back in April, off the shores of the Lebanese northern city of Tripoli. The rescue teams launched operations to retrieve the bodies of the victims. The boat capsized off the Lebanese coast…

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British Museum Showcases Ancient Vessels Smashed in Beirut Blast

Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visitors through the painstaking international project to piece them back together. The vessels, from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, were reconstructed at the world-famous museum's conservation laboratories, and will…

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Lebanon’s Private Schools Violate the Law, Impose Fees in Dollars

Many families in Lebanon are looking to transfer their children from high-end private schools to other schools that are less expensive. The anticipated shift comes after private school administrations nationwide having informed parents they will be raising tuition nine folds. Administrations justified the astronomical hike by saying they had to…

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Lebanon Expresses Solidarity, Orders Probe into Threats against Saudi Embassy

Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi asked the security authorities on Thursday to run investigations into audio terror threats launched against the Saudi Embassy in Beirut. An audio recording of a reported Saudi national threatening the Saudi Embassy in Beirut with terror acts against it has spread lately. The video…

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Tritium Opens A New DC Fast Charger Factory In Tennessee

Tritium celebrates the opening of its first manufacturing facility of DC fast chargers in the US, located in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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Syrian refugees lose High Court treatment fight over sick daughter

The couple, who left Syria eight years ago and claimed political asylum in Britain, wanted the six-year-old girl to receive long-term ventilation.

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Lebanon investigates recorded death threats against Saudi embassy

Lebanon's interior minister on Wednesday asked security forces to investigate death threats against the Saudi embassy in Lebanon after Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon shared a recording containing such threats on his Twitter account.

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Lebanon's Electricity Company Obstructs Work of State Institutions

Hallway windows leading to the office of Lebanon’s prime minister in the Grand Serail in central Beirut are covered with curtains of another kind. Wood panels, and pieces of reinforced nylon, are what separates the office from the outside world. Moreover, the hard shutters help air conditioning systems maintain indoor…

The Independent UK

Lebanese navy tries to recover bodies after April sinking

The Lebanese navy is using a submarine to try and recover about 30 bodies trapped inside a ship that sunk four months ago with about 80 migrants on board off the Lebanese city of Tripoli

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Israel Reinforces Army Presence on Lebanon’s Borders in Anticipation of 'Gas War'

Israel warned of the possibility of a war with Lebanon if Hezbollah carried out its threats to prevent work on a gas extraction platform in a disputed area in the Mediterranean. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in an interview with Radio 103 FM in Tel Aviv on Monday: “I…

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Saddam Relative Arrested in Lebanon, Family Pleads Against Turning him over to Iraq

News broke out in Lebanon on Friday of the authorities’ arrest of Abdullah Yasser Sabawi al-Hassan, the grandson of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the step-brother of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Abdullah was arrested according to an Interpol arrest warrant that was requested by Iraq. He was detained in Lebanon on…

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Hezbollah chief has no immediate comment on Rushdie stabbing

The head of Lebanon's pro-Iran group Hezbollah said on Friday he had no immediate comment on the stabbing attack against Indian-born author Salman Rushdie in the United States because the group was still gathering information.

Reuters

Hezbollah chief vows 'escalation' if Lebanon does not get maritime rights

The head of Lebanon's powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah said on Friday the outcome of nuclear talks in Vienna would have no impact on maritime talks aimed at delineating Lebanon's border with Israel.

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Syrian refugee to open new ice cream shop in Enniskillen

The 20-year-old fled the war-torn country with his family in 2012

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Lebanon: Dispute over Powers to Handle Refugees' Return Erupts between Ministers

Dispute over the jurisdictions to handle Lebanon’s problematic file of the return of Syrian refugees erupted on Thursday between caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar and caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine. During a meeting chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati to handle the return of Syrian…

The Independent UK

Lebanon releases gunman who held up bank to demand access to trapped savings for ill father’s treatment

Bassam Al Sheikh Hussein had been on hunger strike since he was detained

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Public Sector Paralyzed as Lebanon Lurches Towards ‘Failed State’

It's a weekday, but 50-year-old Lebanese finance ministry employee Walid Chaar is not at work and hasn't been since June. He rushes to water the garden at his home in the hills south of Beirut, using the single hour of rationed state power to run the sprinkler. He then phones…

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