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11/12/2021 4:08:49 PM
Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi - whose remarks on Yemen's war sparked a row with Gulf Arab states - said Friday he would consider resigning if diplomatic measures taken against his country are dropped.
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11/10/2021 5:33:58 PM
Kuwait is to limit the number of visas it issues for Lebanese nationals as a diplomatic row festers between Beirut and Gulf states, a security source in the emirate said Wednesday.
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11/1/2021 6:09:35 PM
Lebanon's foreign minister on Monday called for talks with Saudi Arabia to ease a spiraling diplomatic row sparked by remarks made by the Lebanese information minister on the Yemen war.
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10/19/2021 8:33:41 PM
A boast by the leader of Hezbollah that he commands 100,000 fighters came as a surprise to many Lebanese, not least because it was addressed to a domestic audience rather than the militia's archenemy Israel.
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10/19/2021 11:24:00 AM
They may often squabble but Lebanon's political parties seem united in rejecting an investigation into Beirut's massive port explosion that they fear could threaten their survival, analysts say.
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10/16/2021 8:46:21 PM
The spokesman for relatives of those killed in the Lebanese capital's port blast quit on Saturday, while denying he had been pressured to urge the lead investigator in the case to step down.
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10/14/2021 7:02:38 PM
Bullets riddling residential facades, snipers on roofs, residents crouching inside their homes -- the scenes that filled the streets of Beirut Thursday were all too familiar to many Lebanese.
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10/14/2021 6:27:49 PM
Egypt urged Thursday all Lebanese parties to exercise self-restraint and refrain from violence to avoid the evils of strife, in the wake of the recent developments in Lebanon that took place on the same day.
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10/14/2021 4:24:00 PM
Gunfire killed six people and wounded 30 at a Beirut rally organised by the Shia Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast.
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10/14/2021 3:29:31 PM
France on Thursday expressed concern over the deadly unrest that erupted in Lebanon over the investigation into last year's Beirut port blast and urged all parties to calm the situation.
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10/14/2021 2:41:19 PM
Women and children took shelter as gunfire kills and injures dozens at a Beirut rally organised by the Shia Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast.
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10/14/2021 2:14:29 PM
With gun battles breaking out in the Lebanese capital Thursday after shots were fired at protesters, we look at how the apocalyptic blast that devastated the port of Beirut last year has rocked the country.
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10/14/2021 12:00:00 PM
The Lebanese Army warned on Thursday that it would open fire at anyone firing live rounds, calling on civilians to evacuate an area in a predominantly Shia suburb of Beirut as a rally to demand the dismissal of the Beirut port blast lead investigator left a number of dead and injured.
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10/14/2021 11:05:00 AM
A Lebanese court Thursday threw out a request to remove the judge investigating last year's monster port blast as the country braced for escalating tensions over his future.
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10/13/2021 2:54:58 PM
Hezbollah accused the U.S. on Wednesday of interfering in Lebanon's investigation into last year's massive explosion at the Beirut port, with the aim of implicating the militant group and its allies.
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10/12/2021 9:26:08 PM
The developments came hours after harsh criticism was leveled against Bitar by Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah called Bitar's investigation a ``big mistake'' and said it was biased. He asked authorities to remove Bitar
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10/8/2021 5:30:19 PM
Discussions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are on the right track but it will take more time to restore bilateral ties, Iran's foreign minister said in Beirut Friday.
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10/1/2021 11:45:18 AM
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon on Thursday
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9/29/2021 5:57:32 PM
The United States said Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Hezbollah financiers in coordination with Qatar, a US ally that has kept cordial relations with Iran.
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9/16/2021 10:39:48 AM
There was no immediate comment from Lebanese or US officials on the Iranian fuel delivery Thursday
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