The UAE has been sharply rebuked by Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its treatment of eight Lebanese nationals who have been detained for more than a year without charge...

The Minority in Parliament has criticized the Akuffo-Addo government’s silence on the abduction and disappearance of Mahran Mustapha Baajour, Citi Newsroom reports. Mahran Mustapha Baajour, 39, is a Lebanese businessman of...

Iran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the “provocative and interventionist” call by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to...

Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, yesterday told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that US sanctions on Hezbollah have a negative impact on the country, “Hezbollah is...

The British Ambassador to Lebanon Chris Rampling has affirmed his country’s keenness to provide more support to the Lebanese Armed Forces and to strengthen the joint military and security...

US sanctions on Hezbollah are harming Lebanon as a whole, President Michel Aoun said on Thursday ahead of a visit to the country by US Secretary of State Mike...

Lebanese Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil said the US anticipated Middle East Peace Initiative is known as “deal of the century” “will be born dead” and “will not survive”. Speaking...

The Lebanese security authority arrested a Lebanese citizen of Canadian nationality on charges of conspiring with the Israeli intelligence service, according to a statement issued by the Lebanese authorities....

Syrian refugees in Lebanon will not be able to return home as long as the Bashar al-Assad regime rejects taking them back, veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said Monday,...

Hamas’ Office of Refugee Affairs said that restrictions imposed on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Syria have meant their numbers have forced them to flee. In its sixth annual...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah capabilities have doubled more than 100 times, the head of the defence office for Iran’s Fikr Al-Islam movement, Abbas-Ali Farzandi, said yesterday. Speaking at a ceremony held...

The Israeli occupation army yesterday claimed that it had uncovered a secret Hezbollah cell which was preparing to strike it from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, a statement reported...

Israel has imposed itself through successive wars and military victories since the 1948 war. Israel has also exploited American support which is committed to making it militarily superior to...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday called on the European Union and France to help return Syrian refugees to their country. “As many as 167,000 displaced Syrians have returned from...

The Government of Japan contributed an additional $7 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Sunday. In a...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Friday called on its supporters to donate money as it comes under increasing pressure from Western sanctions intended to isolate it financially, Reuters reports. The United...

Germany will not follow Britain’s lead in declaring Iran-backed Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, a senior official was quoted as saying on Friday, a decision that may fuel tensions with...

Lebanon renewed its rejection of the violation of its rights and sovereignty through the planned gas pipeline project between the Israeli occupation, Cyprus and Greece. The Lebanese Minister of...

Women are the “primary losers” in wars like those in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and need to be included in peace negotiations for them to be successful, Iraq’s former...

Saudi Arabia yesterday welcomed the UK’s decision to blacklist Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement as a “terrorist organisation”, describing the move as “important” and “constructive” to fight terrorism, the Anadolu Agency...

Lebanon has withdrawn its nomination of Ziad Alexandre Hayek to run for World Bank president, but the government privatization official said he is trying to persuade board members of...

Israel and Russia will work together on securing an exit of foreign forces from Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after visiting Moscow to advocate against...

The New York Times has revealed that three Arab states could get $40 billion as part of US’ deal of the century, while the occupied West Bank and Gaza...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah today condemned the UK’s decision to add it to its list of “terrorist groups”. “No country in the world that embraces, finances and supports terrorism has the...

Having lost considerable influence in Europe and other parts of the world over the chaotic Brexit process, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking to gain leverage by boxing-in...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Tuesday that interior minister Sajid Javid had to provide evidence to justify his decision to widen a ban on the Lebanese Islamist movement...

Israel yesterday welcomed the British decision to blacklist the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, calling for all EU member states to follow suite, the Anadolu Agency reported. “Thank you to...

Britain said on Monday it plans to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilising influence in the Middle East, classing the Lebanese Islamist movement as a terrorist...

The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be an occasion for important countries to present their strategies and to identify the most critical challenges and threats to global security...

Hezbollah hit back against US condemnation of its role in Lebanon on Thursday, calling it a “violation of sovereignty” after the United States expressed concern over the organisation’s expanding...

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif accused Israel of engaging in “adventurism” with its bombing campaigns in Syria and said he could not rule out the possibility of a...