A barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday evening, Anadolu Agency reports. “Heavy missile fire was directed towards Galilee, along with several sirens sounding amid concerns of aircraft penetration into Israeli territory,” reported Israeli daily, Maariv. “Sirens were activated in[…]
A United Nations Agency has suspended services at the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to protest against the presence of armed fighters around its schools and other facilities within the area, Reuters reports. Deadly clashes broke out at the Ain El-Hilweh camp last month after Islamist gunmen tried to assassinate Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of Palestinian political faction,[…]
Israel shot down a drone that had crossed over from Lebanon on Thursday, its military said in a statement, Reuters reports. “A short while ago, IDF (Israel Defence Forces) soldiers identified and downed a drone crossing from Lebanese territory into Israeli territory towards the town of Zar’it,” the military said. It did[…]
French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, after he failed to appear at a court hearing amid a series of legal cases against him. According to the news agency, Reuters, which cited anonymous sources close to the case, Salameh failed to show up[…]
Lebanon has woken up in two time zones amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to delay entering daylight savings time till April 20, instead of rolling the[…]
Lebanese Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri, called Thursday for a “serious, historic pause to stop the massacre” of the Palestinian people, Anadolu News Agency reported. This came in a statement published on the Lebanese Parliament website, commenting on the Israeli military operation that killed eleven Palestinians in the city of Nablus in[…]
Lebanon’s top Public Prosecutor, on Wednesday, charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut Port explosion that killed at least 220 people, of stymieing his effort to hold members of the ruling elite accountable. Public Prosecutor, Ghassan Oweidat, who rejected Judge Tarek Bitar’s decision to resume the inquiry, also ordered the release of[…]
Lebanese Minister of Culture, Judge Muhammad Wissam Al-Murtada, on Friday called to lift the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. This came during a visit by a delegation of the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) to the Lebanese minister at his office in Beirut. According to Quds Press, PCPA’s delegation consisted of[…]
The Lebanese army announced on Friday that three Israeli gunboats violated Lebanese regional waters, while jets and a drone violated Lebanese skies, a statement revealed. According to the statement, the Lebanese army confirmed that three Israeli occupation army gunboats violated regional waters opposite Ras Al-Naqoura. Meanwhile, the statement added that an[…]
INTERNATIONAL For months, taxi driver Youssef Daher has been detained in prison without a charge, after Lebanese judges launched an open-ended strike in August to demand better wages in a collapsed economy. The judges’ strike, which put the fate of scores of detainees on hold, is further evidence of the[…]
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