Israel rejects ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying U.S., allies amid escalating conflict
The Israeli government Thursday rejected ceasefire proposals with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies, including the United States, which had urged...
Lebanon
Pentagon rules out Israeli ground operation in Lebanon as offensives continue
As the Israeli raids on Lebanon continue to spread, the Pentagon has stated that an Israeli ground incursion into the...
Pope Francis lashes out against Israeli bloodshed in Middle East
Pope Francis has joined growing voices to condemn Israeli strikes on Lebanon, describing the bloodbath as a "terrible escalation" of...
Video: Israel’s airstrikes in Southern Lebanon intensify, thousands displaced
Israel has continued its barrage of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, resulting in devastating consequences. The city of Tyre has been...
Hezbollah confirms missile attacks on Tel Aviv
Lebanese Hezbollah group has confirmed it carried out a ballistic missile towards Tel Aviv at 6:30am Wednesday. The attack, the...
Israel declares nationwide state of emergency amid escalating strikes on Lebanon
The Israeli government has announced a nationwide state of emergency on Monday evening, set to last until September 30, in...
Norwegian Refugee Council condemns Israel, calls for help to end ‘relentless bloodshed’ in Middle East
The Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, has urged for an immediate de-escalation and cessation of indiscriminate attacks...
UN sounds alarm as Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill more civilians
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over the escalating violence in Lebanon, where Israeli airstrikes have claimed the lives...
Death toll nears 300 as Israel pounds Lebanon in fresh attacks
Nearly 300 people have been killed as the Israeli army launched more than 300 airstrikes in Lebanon since Monday morning,...
China urges citizens to flee Israel amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah
The Chinese embassy in Israel has issued a warning, advising citizens to leave Israel "as soon as possible," citing heightened...
Just in: Lebanon holds funeral for assassinated Hezbollah military leader
Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters have gathered for the burial of the assassinated commander Ibrahim Aqil. His lovers are waving the...
Escalating tensions: Lebanon PM pulls out of UN General Assembly, gives reason
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has cancelled his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York after Israeli...
It’s time to stop Lebanon from becoming another Gaza, UN boss warns
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to prevent Lebanon from becoming another Gaza, amid escalating tensions between Israel and...
Key unfolding events as clashes between Israel, Hezbollah spiral
The Hezbollah group launched numerous rockets and missiles into Israel overnight, reaching deeper than in recent assaults. While most were...
Leave Lebanon now, US government tells citizens
The U.S. State Department has issued an urgent call for Americans in Lebanon to leave the country while commercial flights...
Iran’s supreme leader tackles Israel over “shameless crimes,” attacks on children, hospitals
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has joined growing voices to condemn Israel's actions, following the detonation of handheld communication...
Qatari official denounces global silence on deadly pager bombings
The Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed deep concern over the...
Taiwan, Bulgaria deny involvement in deadly Lebanon pager attacks
Taiwan and Bulgaria have issued strong denials of any involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated...
Detonation of communication devices in Lebanon violates international law: UN
The United Nations has condemned the recent detonation of handheld communication devices used by Hezbollah, describing the bloody incident as...
Israel-Lebanon border violence escalates, two Israeli soldiers killed, one injured
Violence along the Israel-Lebanon border intensified Thursday, resulting in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers and injuring another. Reports say...
Devices sent to Lebanon had pre-installed explosives, says UN Mission
A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities has uncovered shocking details about the recent blasts that rocked Lebanon, killing 37 people...
Lebanon bans pagers and walkie-talkies on flights after deadly explosions
Lebanon’s General Directorate of Civil Aviation has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights following two waves of explosions that...
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon amid escalating tensions
Tension continues to rise in the Middle East as the Israeli military launched airstrikes and artillery strikes on multiple Hezbollah...
Japanese electronics firm clarifies production timeline of pagers linked to Lebanon blasts
Icom, a Japanese electronics company, has issued a statement addressing reports that its radios were involved in recent explosions in...
Lebanese health minister announces surge in death tolls following pager explosions
Lebanon's Health Minister Firas Alabiad has announced that the death toll from Tuesday's pager explosions has risen to 12, including...
Lebanon attacks: Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo denies manufacturing controversial explosive pager devices
A Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo, has issued a statement denying any involvement in the production of pager devices that exploded...
UN special coordinator for Lebanon urges caution amid destructive pager explosions
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has urged for calm following Tuesday's attacks across Lebanon, which resulted in the...
UN reacts to pager explosions across Lebanon as more casualties reported
The United Nations has expressed deep concerns over the deadly pager detonations across Lebanon. The Musim Parrot earlier reported that...
Lebanon: Hezbollah vows retaliation after deadly pager detonations
Lebanon's Hezbollah has pledged to retaliate after blaming Israel for detonating pagers that killed at least eight people and injured...
Video: Lebanon hit by mysterious pager explosions; Iran envoy, several others injured
No fewer than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah members and medical personnel, were injured on Tuesday as explosive devices, disguised as...
Teachers’ strike and soaring fees: Lebanon’s public school pupils miss class
Lebanon’s three-year financial meltdown has severely devalued the country’s pound and drained state coffers, pushing 80 percent of the...
Central bank in Lebanon stops providing dollars for gasoline imports
Lebanon’s central bank has entirely ceased providing dollars for gasoline imports, a central bank spokesperson said, in a move...
Lebanese Security Chief Tests Positive for COVID-19 in US
A top Lebanese security official, Major-General Abbas Ibrahim, has tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States. This was disclosed...
Bars, nightclubs to close in Lebanon to curb coronavirus
The interior Ministry of Lebanon has announced that it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak...
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate resigns from office
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate has announced his resignation after failing to form a new government. Adib on Sunday September...
More than half of Lebanese citizens live in poverty — UN
UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has in a report released yesterday claimed that more than half of...
Security officer dies, 200 people sustain injuries during protest in Lebanon
A security officer has been killed and more than 200 demonstrators injured in a protest staged in Lebanon’s capital. The...
Lebanese police fire tear gas at Beirut protesters
Not less than 100 protesters have been wounded during demonstrations in central Beirut. While disclosing this on Saturday August 8,...
Lebanese sign petition for imposition of French mandate
About 60,000 people of Lebanon have signed a petition which calls that their country be placed under a French mandate...
Massive explosion shatters Lebanon, kills 10 people
A massive explosion near Lebanon's capital has killed at least 10 people, shattering glass in people's homes. While disclosing this...
Lebanon’s foreign minister resigns over lack of will to reform
Nassif Hitti, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, has tendered his resignation over what he described as a lack of political will to...
30 Nigerian Ladies stranded in Lebanon call for help
About 30 Nigerian ladies who were trafficked to Lebanon have been appealing to Nigerian government to rescue them as they...
Lebanon prepares to prevent Israel’s attacks
Lebanese President, Michel Aoun said on Saturday that the country is prepared to defend itself against Israel’s attacks, which are...
Hospitals in Lebanon battle financial, pandemic crises
Hospitals in Lebanon which are considered among the best in the Middle East have been reported to be drowning in...
Lebanon records spike in Covid-19 cases, slides towards critical stage
Lebanon's Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, disclosed on Monday July 21, 2020, that the country was sliding towards a critical stage...
Lebanese protesters express anger over economic crisis, burn down banks
The depreciation of local currency by more than 25 percent in just two days has sparked fierce protest in Lebanon,...
Lebanese pound slides further despite new pricing system
Lebanon's currency has slid further against the U.S. dollar despite the new pricing system aimed at controlling the price increase...
Lebanon’s president calls for unity after night of violence
President Michel Aoun of Lebanon has on Sunday called for national unity after violence erupted between supporters of rival sectarian...
IMF Bailout: Japan demands extradition of Carlos Ghosn
Japan has asked Lebanon to extradite Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Chairman, if it wants to save its economy with International Monetary...
Nigerian women trapped in human trafficking rescued from Lebanon
Not less than fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon This was disclosed on Tuesday May 26, 2020,...
Lebanon frees US man accused of human rights violations
Source: AP Lebanese officials had alleged that Fakhoury, 57, of Dover, New Hampshire, who had been jailed since September, was...
Lebanon sets to legalize medical, industrial cannabis cultivation
Lebanon's parliament has disclosed plan to vote on a law that would legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical and...
