Lebanon awaits justice five years after Beirut blast

A new Lebanese government and a determined judge have reignited hope that justice would finally be found for the devastating 2020 explosion that killed at least 218 people George Bezdjian remembers searching for his daughter, Jessica, after a...

Lebanon city man charged after two infants hospitalized with severe injuries

Crash in Lebanon leads to DUI summons

LEBANON — A Lebanon woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a crash over the weekend. Terri Ann Sears, 51, of Lebanon, was traveling westbound on Norwich Avenue in Lebanon on Saturday, Aug. 3, when her 1999 Jeep Cherokee crossed...

Hezbollah member killed in Israeli drone strike in S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Hezbollah member was killed on Friday morning in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources. The Public Health Emergency Operations Center, affiliated with the...

Lebanese Officials Tight-Lipped about Netanyahu Remarks on Assisting Hezbollah Disarmament Decision

The Lebanese officials have been tight-lipped about remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said that the Israeli war on Lebanon in late 2024 helped the Lebanese Government begin efforts to disarm Hezbollah resistance group....

UN Security Council to meet on Saturday to discuss Israel's plans to capture Gaza City | LIVE BLOG

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General – on Gaza The Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by the decision of the Israeli Government to "take control of Gaza City". This decision marks a dangerous escalation and...

Lebanon instructs army to draft arms restriction roadmap by August 31

Lebanon’s Cabinet assigns the army to draft a weapons restriction roadmap, sparking a walkout by ministers who reject pressure to disarm in the face of Israeli threats. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Tuesday that the Cabinet has...

Barrack's visit to Lebanon postponed to Aug. 18-19

by Naharnet Newsdesk 08 August 2025, 15:04 U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Lebanon has been postponed to Aug. 18-19, local Al-Jadeed TV network said Friday. The channel said that Lebanese authorities have been informed of the postponement of...

Lebanon: Citizen Martyred in Israeli Strike on Bekaa’s Brital

As the Lebanese Government pushes towards the so-called “arms monopoly”, the Israeli enemy goes ahead with its attacks on Lebanon. Local media reported a drone strike on a car on Baalbeck-Brital Highway late Tuesday. Lebanese Health Ministry...

Israeli airstrike kills senior Palestinian leader and bodyguard in eastern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon killed several people, including a senior leader of the Palestinian group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and his bodyguard, as they were traveling to Syria, according to news reports...

Lebanon's cabinet fails to vote on disarming Hezbollah in stormy meeting

Lebanon's government failed to vote on a motion to disarm Hezbollah during a heated cabinet session on Tuesday, but announced a timeframe for doing so. After hours of tense debate marked by raised voices and deep divisions, the cabinet decided to...

Lebanon turns to cannabis cultivation as economic lifeline

BEIRUT-Anadolu Agency Lebanon is turning to medical and industrial cannabis cultivation as a potential lifeline for its collapsing economy, with officials saying the newly established regulatory authority could unlock billions of dollars in...

Lebanon – Fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion (04.08.25)

Five years after the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, France remembers the victims of that tragic event and reiterates its solidarity with their loved ones. The causes of that explosion, which plunged thousands of Lebanese into mourning,...

Lebanon orders army to draft plan to disarm Hezbollah by year-end

Beirut: The Lebanese government asked the national army on Tuesday to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons in the small nation by the end of the year, a move that aims to disarm the militant Hezbollah group. The...

Lebanon decision to limit arms to state is 'grave sin': Hezbollah

Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a "grave sin" by tasking the army with establishing a state monopoly on arms, sharpening a national divide over calls for the Shi'ite Muslim group to disarm. The cabinet on Tuesday...

1 Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Southern Lebanon

One person was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on an area in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said in a statement that the strike targeted Zahrani Road in the Nabatieh District, killing one person. On Thursday, the...

IDF says strike on Lebanon-Syria border killed senior commander in PFLP terror group

A senior commander in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group was killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, the IDF and Shin Bet announced on Friday afternoon. The...

Lebanon tells army to prepare plan to disarm Hezbollah by end of the year

Published on 06/08/2025 - 11:45 GMT+2 Lebanon's government has tasked the army with devising a plan to ensure that only state institutions possess weapons by the end of the year, a move that aims to disarm the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah....

Israeli drone targets vehicle in southern Lebanon

2025-08-08T07:42:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – South Lebanon (Updated at 11:25) An Israeli drone strike on Friday hit a civilian vehicle on the Zahrani highway near Phoenicia University in southern Lebanon. Eyewitnesses...

Lebanon’s Supreme Defense Council: A Coordinating Body within Government Limits  

Debate over the Supreme Defense Council (SDC) is back in Lebanon amid rising political discussions about the possibility of assigning it a role in handling the controversial issue of Hezbollah’s weapons. While some view the council as a body that...