Lebanon
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Three people, including two journalists, have been killed in a rocket strike in Lebanon, the Lebanese state news agency has reported. The incident took place near the town of Tir Harfa – about a mile from the country’s border with Israel, it added. It did not provide any further details. News organisation Al Mayadeen named…
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The Israel Defence Forces says it intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” fired from Lebanon across the northern border earlier today. “A short while ago, the IDF aerial defence array intercepted a suspicious aerial target that was identified in the area of the border with Lebanon before it crossed into Israeli territory,” a statement read. It…
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Details have emerged of what President Joe Biden plans to do after arriving in Tel Aviv later today. Speaking on board Air Force One, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the first thing the president will do is meet Benjamin Netanyahu. The encounter will be a “very small, restricted bilateral meeting”. After this, the…
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The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Sunday that a rocket shell had fallen on its site in southern Lebanon, with no casualties reported. UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in a brief statement that a rocket shell fell on a site of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, without providing further…
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A year after the explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, killing 218 people, injuring more than 7,000 and devastating much of the city, the Lebanese investigation into the blast has yielded no credible results. Families of the victims, some of whom are calling for an international investigation, talked to the media about their search…
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A new Cabinet has been announced in crisis-hit Lebanon, breaking a months-long impasse amid ongoing mass protests against the country’s ruling elite, ITV reports. University professor Hassan Diab has been chosen to head a Cabinet of 20 members, three months after former prime minister Saad Hariri resigned The country is buckling under a crippling economic and financial crisis…
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Do you know that Lebanon, which borders Israel and Syria, was a former French colony? Lebanon became an independent country in 1943 and has faced a harsh economic and military conflicts, even in its role as “a refugee home” in nearly 7 years of the Syrian crisis. The Republic of Lebanon houses over 2 million…
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