The special envoy of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Morteza Sarmadi, arrived in Lebanon on Wednesday to hold a series of meetings with Lebanese officials on Tehran’s expected agreement with the West of its controversial nuclear program. Al-Liwaa newspaper on Wednesday said that he will first meet Speaker Nabih Berri, followed by Prime Minister Tammam […]

  BEIRUT: Spain’s King Felipe VI met with his country’s peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon’s volatile south Wednesday, where a Spanish soldier was killed in Israeli shelling earlier this year. Felipe arrived at the Spanish peacekeeping force’s headquarters in Marjayoun before midday to pay tribute to Cpl. Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, who was killed Jan. 28 […]

  Change and Reform bloc lawmaker Ibrahim Kanaan stressed on Wednesday that ties with the seat of the Maronite church are still intact despite differences over political matters. “The national partnership with Bkirki is ongoing and comprehensive,” Kanaan said in comments to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5). He noted that “only a unanimous national decision” […]

  BEIRUT: Spain remains committed to keeping its UNIFIL troops in southern Lebanon despite the recent death of a peacekeeper, King Felipe VI said Tuesday, calling for "peace and harmony." "Spain’s commitment to this (peacekeeping) aim is firm and decided," Felipe said in a speech in Beirut, according to a text in Spanish released by […]

  The Lebanese Army raided on Tuesday a jihadist post on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Ras Baalbek, attacking gunmen and causing casualties among their ranks, the military and the state-run National News Agency said. The Airborne Regiment controlled the strategic post at al-Mukhairmeh hill at dawn, leaving three of them dead and […]

  BEIRUT: Tehran’s animosity towards the United States has been replaced with hostility towards Arabs, the Future bloc said Tuesday. “[Iran] used to consider the U.S. to be the Great Satan and [considered] a deal with America to be a great betrayal," read a statement released by the bloc after their weekly meeting. “Today [Iran] […]

  BEIRUT: The lack of a president and the sharp divide across the political spectrum has caused Lebanon to reach the peak of suffering, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Sunday. Distress in Lebanon has reached its higgest point as a result of the 11-month long presidential vacuum, the sharp rifts that have divided the country […]

  Several Lebanese truck drivers were able to cross to Lebanon on Sunday after being stranded for four days along the Syrian-Jordanian border. According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3), six truck drivers, who were trapped at the Jordanian Nasib crossing, were able to cross the al-MAsnaa border crossing in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Later […]

  BEIRUT: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut Monday to address local and regional issues, including terrorism, a statement from Bassil’s media office said. It said the two men discussed the presidential election crisis and ways to maintain political stability in Lebanon. Talks also tackled the […]

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