Posts tagged with "Lebanon"

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria Middle East

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria

June 28th, 2018 Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of a return which Lebanon's government wants to encourage. People gathered in minivans and tractors in the morning, loading them with mattresses, water tanks and furniture. Lebanese security personnel recorded the names...
Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free Middle East

Lebanon's Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free

June 6th, 2018 Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not withdraw from Syria until the country is "liberated" and its "territorial integrity is restored", Russia's RIA news agency reported on Wednesday. Iran-backed forces such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, a close political ally of Berri, have been key allies...
Beirut Pride cancelled after organiser held overnight Middle East

Beirut Pride cancelled after organiser held overnight

May 16th, 2018 The organiser of Beirut Pride said he was detained overnight by Lebanese authorities who released him only when he signed a pledge to cancel the week's remaining events. Lebanon last year became the first Arab country to hold a gay pride week, though the opening event was cancelled because of safety concerns after threats of...
Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote Middle East

Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote

May 7th, 2018 Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon's parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran's growing regional clout. Branded a terrorist group by the United States, the heavily armed Shi'ite Hezbollah has grown...
France provides 550 mln euros in aid to Lebanon to boost economy Middle East

France provides 550 mln euros in aid to Lebanon to boost economy

April 6th, 2018 France said on Friday it would provide Lebanon 550 million euros ($672 million) to support economic reforms in a country struggling from the impact of the war in neighbouring Syria. International donors are looking to hold Lebanon to promises of badly needed reforms at a Paris conference on Friday where the Beirut government hopes to...
US envoy visits Beirut, mediating in Lebanon-Israel dispute Middle East

US envoy visits Beirut, mediating in Lebanon-Israel dispute

February 21st, 2018 A senior US diplomat met Lebanon's foreign minister on Wednesday in Beirut as part of a US shuttle diplomacy effort to resolve tensions between Israel and Lebanon over a border wall and energy drilling in disputed waters. Disputes over Israeli construction of the border wall, Lebanon's start of oil and gas exploration at sea and the...
Lebanon vows to block border wall, Israel eyes diplomacy on gas field Middle East

Lebanon vows to block border wall, Israel eyes diplomacy on gas field

February 7th, 2018 Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to prevent any territorial intrusion by a border wall which Israel is building, and Israel said it wanted foreign mediation to resolve a maritime energy dispute with its northern neighbour. Lebanese leaders have accused Israel of threatening the stability of the border region. Arguments over the wall and...
Lebanese leaders say Israel threatens border stability Middle East

Lebanese leaders say Israel threatens border stability

February 6th, 2018 Lebanon's three top leaders accused Israel on Tuesday of threatening the stability of the border region between the two countries, where calm has largely prevailed since a 2006 war, amid rising tension over territorial and maritime boundaries. President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri...
Israel, Lebanon argue over offshore energy block Middle East

Israel, Lebanon argue over offshore energy block

January 31st, 2018 Israel described as "very provocative" on Wednesday a Lebanese offshore oil and gas exploration tender in disputed territory on the countries' maritime border, and urged international firms not to bid. Lebanese President Michel Aoun, whose country considers Israel an enemy state, described the comments as "a threat to...
Ancient statues looted in Lebanese war returned decades later Middle East

Ancient statues looted in Lebanese war returned decades later

January 12th, 2018 A marble bull's head made 2,400 years ago for a Phoenician temple and looted during Lebanon's civil war arrived in Beirut on Friday after American officials found it in the United States and sent it home. The object - along with two partial statues that the United States is also returning - will be displayed in the National Museum in...
Beirut and Nicosia to deepen cooperation, new ambassador says Cyprus

Beirut and Nicosia to deepen cooperation, new ambassador says

December 30th, 2017 Lebanon and Cyprus aim to deepen cooperation, according to the new ambassador of Lebanon to Cyprus, Claude El Hajal, who said Nicosia would give assistance to Beirut in the field of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons as ties develop further. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, the ambassador said that Lebanese were...
Anastasiades-Hariri talk regional developments, tripartite Cyprus

Anastasiades-Hariri talk regional developments, tripartite

December 28th, 2017 President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke by phone with Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. CNA reported that conversation focused on regional developments and the possibility of convening a tripartite meeting with the participation of Greece and Lebanon. Anastasiades and Hariri also exchanged wishes for the New Year....
Lebanon detains suspect in murder of British embassy worker Middle East

Lebanon detains suspect in murder of British embassy worker

December 18th, 2017 A Lebanese Uber driver with a previous arrest for drug use confessed to killing a British woman who worked at the British Embassy in Beirut, a senior Lebanese security official said on Monday. A second security source said preliminary investigations into the murder of Rebecca Dykes showed the motive was purely criminal, not political,...
World powers to push Saudis, Iran to stop interfering in Lebanon Middle East

World powers to push Saudis, Iran to stop interfering in Lebanon

December 8th, 2017 World powers will try to shore up Lebanon's stability on Friday by pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in its politics and urging Hezbollah to rein in its regional activities. Lebanon plunged into crisis on Nov 4 when Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister while he was in Saudi Arabia, saying he feared assassination...
Lebanon's PM rescinds resignation as government agrees deal Middle East

Lebanon's PM rescinds resignation as government agrees deal

December 5th, 2017 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri rescinded his resignation on Tuesday and said all members of the government had agreed to stay out of conflicts in Arab countries. Hariri quit his job in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia a month ago but later said he might withdraw the resignation, providing all parties in Lebanon's government agree...
Dramatic shifts in the balance of Middle East power Cyprus

Dramatic shifts in the balance of Middle East power

December 3rd, 2017 By SM Farid Mirbagheri The past month has witnessed momentous developments in the tragic course of west Asian politics. Within the space of a mere 10 hours the Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri offered his resignation in a televised speech in Saudi Arabia to be followed, only hours later, by the Houthis in Yemen firing two...
New trilateral meetings in Nicosia in January Cyprus

New trilateral meetings in Nicosia in January

November 26th, 2017 New trilateral meetings will be held in Nicosia in January, government sources told CNA on Sunday, the news agency said. Specifically, the leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel will meet in Nicosia in the first ten days of January, while in the second ten days of the month a trilateral meeting between Cyprus - Greece - Jordan will also...
Lebanon's Hariri takes critical line on Hezbollah Middle East

Lebanon's Hariri takes critical line on Hezbollah

November 25th, 2017 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday that he would not accept Iran-backed Hezbollah's positions that "affect our Arab brothers or target the security and stability of their countries", a statement from his press office said. The statement did not specify which countries he meant. Hariri announced his resignation...
PM Hariri urges Lebanese to put country first Middle East

PM Hariri urges Lebanese to put country first

November 23rd, 2017 Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday that the political crisis in Lebanon this month was "a wake up call" for Lebanese with different loyalties to put their country ahead of regional issues. Hariri was referring to the crisis ignited by his decision to resign earlier this month. He announced the shock resignation from Saudi...
Iran Guards ready to help rebuild Syria, Hezbollah will not disarm Middle East

Iran Guards ready to help rebuild Syria, Hezbollah will not disarm

November 23rd, 2017 Iran's Revolutionary Guards are ready to help rebuild Syria and bring about a lasting "ceasefire" there, chief commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said, adding that disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah is out of the question, state TV reported on Thursday. Regional tensions have risen in recent weeks between Sunni Muslim monarchy Saudi Arabia and...
Cyprus to undertake initiatives to help defuse Lebanese crisis Cyprus

Cyprus to undertake initiatives to help defuse Lebanese crisis

November 22nd, 2017   Cyprus on Wednesday said it would attempt to undertake initiatives to help defuse the crisis in neighbouring Lebanon after Saad al-Hariri made an unexpected stopover on the island on Tuesday night. “Our common objective is stability in Lebanon, stability in our area. Within this context… the President of the Republic...
Lebanon's Hariri suspends resignation as PM, easing crisis Middle East

Lebanon's Hariri suspends resignation as PM, easing crisis

November 22nd, 2017 Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday suspended his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun to allow for dialogue, easing a major political crisis. Hariri made his announcement after returning to Beirut on Tuesday night for the first time since his Nov. 4 shock resignation in a statement broadcast...
Lebanon's president rejects terrorism suggestion Middle East

Lebanon's president rejects terrorism suggestion

November 20th, 2017 The Lebanese president appeared to defend Hezbollah as necessary to resist Israel on Monday, after an Arab League statement accused the group of terrorism and noted it is part of Lebanon's coalition government. "Israeli targeting still continues and it is the right of the Lebanese to resist it and foil its plans by all available...
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador to Germany over Gabriel comments Middle East

Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador to Germany over Gabriel comments

November 18th, 2017 Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The Saudi ministry said the government would deliver a protest note to Germany's ambassador in...
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