Lebanon

Lebanon in urgent need of new government to avoid crisis: Hariri

Jan 20, 2020 15:17

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has once again called for the urgent formation of a new government to stop the worsening economic and security conditions in the country.
Fears of radicalization as violent protests hit Lebanon

Jan 20, 2020 12:34

Lebanese security forces have clashed with protesters whose once peaceful protests have increasingly turned violent after about three months of unrest.
Hariri urges new government formation to 'calm popular storm' in Lebanon

Jan 19, 2020 17:39

Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has urged politicians to urgently form a new government and “stop wasting time” to find solutions for the Lebanese economic crisis in order to “calm the popular storm.”
Lebanon security forces, protesters clash near parliament building

Jan 19, 2020 08:25

Security forces in Beirut have fired tear gas and used water cannons in clashes with protesters armed with tree branches and sign posts near Lebanon's parliament.
UK freezes Hezbollah assets following designation of entire group as 'terrorist'

Jan 18, 2020 11:11

Britain's Treasury has expanded the scope of its asset-freezing measures against Hezbollah to cover the Lebanese resistance movement in its entirety.
Lebanese continue protests, demand release of detainees

Jan 16, 2020 06:43

Fresh clashes have erupted between Lebanese protesters and security forces a day after banks came under attack in the capital Beirut during an angry demonstration against stiff capital controls.
Iran missile strikes on US bases dispelled Washington’s invincibility myth: Senior Hezbollah official

Jan 13, 2020 14:41

A top official from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Iran's precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), dispelled Washington’s invincibility myth.
Nasrallah: Iran missile strikes showed all US bases in West Asia within range

Jan 12, 2020 19:00

Iran's precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq sent the message that all American targets in West Asia are within the range of Iranian missiles, says the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.
Americans must either withdraw voluntarily, or be expelled by force: Hezbollah parl. bloc

Jan 10, 2020 07:16

The parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the mass funeral ceremonies for Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis across Iraqi and Iranian cities sent a clear message to the Americans that they have no option but to leave West Asia.
Iranian, Lebanese FMs discuss regional developments

Jan 06, 2020 14:14

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Lebanese counterpart, Gebran Bassil, exchanged views about the latest developments after the US move to assassinate Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq.