Lebanon

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Yemen's Shiite rebels -- like Hezbollah or a world apart?

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

The rebels of Yemen's northern mountains and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia both follow Shiite faiths and claim to be fighting for their communities but analysts differ sharply over how much further to push the comparison. The Yemeni government, which has been battling the ...

Israeli flights over Lebanon break resolution: UN

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

All Israeli military flights over Lebanon break a resolution aimed at ending the 2006 hostilities between the two neighbors, a UN envoy said Tuesday. "Every single Israeli overflight of Lebanon is a violation, your question gives me a welcome opportunity to repeat ...

Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah

Reuters US Online Report World News 15 days ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government on Monday that includes two ministers from Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Hariri led his coalition, backed by the United States and ...

Lebanon premier unveils new Cabinet with Hezbollah

AP News 15 days ago

Lebanon's prime minister unveils new Cabinet including Hezbollah and militant group's allies Lebanon's prime minister formed a Cabinet Monday that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the deeply divided nation without a government for ...

Lebanese opposition agrees to govt line-up: Hezbollah

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election. Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties supported by Syria and Iran, ...

Lebanon opposition agrees to govt line-up: Hezbollah

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election. Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties supported by Syria and Iran, ...

Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government

AP News 18 days ago

Hezbollah agrees to Lebanon's new unity government ending months-long deadlock Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country. The announcement by the opposition coalition dominated ...

Israel says seized big Hezbollah-bound arms ship

Reuters US Online Report Top News 18 days ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli naval commandos seized a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian-supplied arms, including rockets that can hit Israeli cities, to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. Commodore Ran Ben-Yehuda, speaking as the search of the Antigua-flagged ...

Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism. The row erupted after Hezbollah learned excerpts of "The Diary of Anne Frank" were included ...

Lebanon arrests suspected 'terror' suspect

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

Lebanese security forces have arrested a man wanted in connection with "terrorist" acts, a military official said on Saturday as media reported he could be a member of a radical Islamist group. "The army's intelligence services have arrested Fadi Ghassan Ibrahim, who ...

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