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7/13/2023 9:53:59 AM
Israeli fire wounded three members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Wednesday near the border with Israel, a security source in southern Lebanon said.
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7/6/2023 5:30:37 PM
The vice-governors of crisis-hit Lebanon's central bank urged authorities on Thursday to name a successor to embattled bank chief Riad Salameh, whose mandate expires at the end of July.
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7/6/2023 1:42:00 PM
Israeli army shelled a southern Lebanese border village on Thursday after several explosions were heard in an area where the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet.
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7/6/2023 12:12:56 PM
Two explosions were heard in a disputed area of southern Lebanon where the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet, but the nature of Thursday's blasts or if rockets fired from Lebanon caused them was not immediately clear, local media and security officials said.
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7/4/2023 12:09:34 PM
The U.N. peacekeeping force on the Lebanon-Israel border said late Monday its commander is in contact with officials in both countries over tensions regarding two tents set up by Hezbollah group last month.
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6/26/2023 2:48:30 PM
Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said it downed on Monday an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon near the border.
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6/25/2023 6:52:46 PM
Lebanon's biggest Druze party on Sunday chose Taymur Jumblatt, 41, to succeed his father as leader of the small but influential community in the country's power-sharing system.
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6/22/2023 4:09:09 PM
French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday met with key figures in Lebanon on a "consultative" mission as he pushes for a solution to the country's protracted political deadlock.
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6/21/2023 6:48:24 PM
France's new special envoy for Lebanon arrived in Beirut on Wednesday for talks with Lebanese leaders, state media reported, as bitter divisions continue to plague the crisis-hit country.
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6/17/2023 9:51:08 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a "rapid end to the institutional political vacuum in Lebanon", the Elysee said on Friday.
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6/16/2023 12:54:04 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, seeking to nudge the Saudi PM of the oil-rich kingdom into more full-throated support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
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6/14/2023 12:53:43 PM
Lebanese lawmakers failed Wednesday in yet another attempt to elect a president and break a seven-month power vacuum that has roiled the tiny Mediterranean country.
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6/14/2023 10:49:28 AM
Lawmakers in crisis-hit Lebanon on Wednesday will make a 12th attempt to elect a new president, but bitter divisions between the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah and its opponents are expected to mar the vote.
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6/14/2023 9:45:54 AM
Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
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6/12/2023 5:09:23 PM
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati Monday called on the UN peacekeeping forces to pressure Israel to stop violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the bulldozing works within Lebanese territories.
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6/10/2023 11:48:00 AM
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon called for calm on Friday after Lebanese and Israeli troops came close to direct confrontation in the flashpoint “Blue Line” border area.
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6/8/2023 4:19:04 PM
A Swiss delegation will visit Lebanon as part of investigations into central bank chief Riad Salameh, a judicial official said Thursday, as European legal pressure mounts on the top banker.
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6/7/2023 9:14:55 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron has named his former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as his personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country's political crisis, the presidency said on Wednesday.
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6/6/2023 4:12:52 PM
Former Lebanese President Michel Aoun is set to meet Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus to discuss enhancing relations, marking his first visit in 14 years, Lebanese media reported.
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6/4/2023 9:31:10 PM
Lebanese lawmakers on Sunday nominated Jihad Azour, an International Monetary Fund regional director and former minister, for president, with the position still vacant for seven months because of political turmoil.
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