Israel launches heavy airstrikes across Lebanon amid ceasefire strain

Beirut [Lebanon], August 1 (ANI): The Israeli military launched a wave of air strikes across several regions in Lebanon on Thursday, in what Al Jazeera described as its latest near-daily violation of the November ceasefire with Hezbollah. Citing...

Lebanon’s Bryson Fredrick wins Battle at The Hermitage

Israel bombs multiple areas in Lebanon

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported at least seven air raids on towns in the Bekaa Valley and a mountainous region in Baalbek in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country, far from the southern border with Israel on Thursday. It also...

Lebanon passes banking restructuring law in key reform

Depositors have warned against any law that would make them bear responsibility for financial losses, arguing that the government, Central Bank and commercial banks are to blame for the crisis [Getty] Lebanon’s parliament passed a major piece of...

Tourism Minister says Lebanon's summer tourism season poised for recovery

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met with Tourism Minister Laura Al-Khazen Lahoud at the Baabda Presidential Palace to review the ministry's plans for the upcoming summer season and ongoing efforts to reopen Jeita Grotto to the public. The...

Demobbed IDF troops rebuild kibbutz on Lebanon border to honor fallen friends

MANARA – A group of 20-somethings has banded together to help rebuild Manara, a kibbutz on the edge of the northern border with Lebanon. The small community saw 75 percent of its buildings and infrastructure destroyed by Hezbollah rockets and...

Israel targets suspected Hezbollah weapon sites in Lebanon

Beirut: Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according to Lebanese official media and an army source. According to...

Israel launches heavy airstrikes on southern, eastern Lebanon in major escalation

Israeli warplanes launched a series of heavy airstrikes Thursday on southern and eastern Lebanon, hitting areas in the Bekaa Valley and the districts of Baalbek and Jezzine, in a sharp escalation and new breaches of a ceasefire agreement, Anadolu...

Lebanon's Parliament approves bank restructuring law tied to financial gap legislation

Israel resumes bombing Lebanon with attack on Hezbollah 'explosives factories'

Israel launched new strikes on Lebanon on Thursday on what it said were Hezbollah explosives factories, in the latest breach of a ceasefire. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the targets included Hezbollah's "biggest precision missile...

Lebanon Police Department searching for man wanted in stabbing, assault

The Lebanon Police Department is asking the public to help them locate a suspect in a stabbing at Colburn Park.Investigators said they were contacted just before 9 a.m. about an assault at the park. Officers were able to locate the victim, who had...

Private Seán Rooney’s mother criticises Simon Harris for his comments after Lebanon murder trial: ‘Speak to me...before seeking to speak for me’

Free life jacket program in Lebanon may close due to theft

LEBANON Ore. (KPTV) - To keep people safe on the Santiam River during the summer, the Lebanon Fire District’s (LDF) free life jacket stations have proven to be successful. But according to the Fire District, they’re now dealing with a theft...

Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan

BEIRUT (AP) — The UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return plan. Before former President Bashar Assad...

Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan

Israel Targets Hezbollah Weapons Production Facilities In Lebanon

(MENAFN- IANS) Beirut, Aug 1 (IANS) Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according to Lebanese official media and an army...

Lebanon president vows to disarm Hezbollah amid rising tensions

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun declared on Thursday his government’s determination to disarm Hezbollah, emphasising the need for state control over all weapons. The statement follows Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem’s warning that calls for...

Lebanon County man pointed gun at another man, pulled trigger during fight in Lancaster city: police

A Lebanon County man is charged with attempted homicide after police said he pointed a gun at another man during a fight in Lancaster city and pulled the trigger. Rodrigo Valdez-Martinez, 24, of Newmanstown, also is charged with attempted...

Moroccan Embassies in Lebanon, Bahrain, and Kuwait Celebrate Glorious Throne Day

The embassies of Morocco in Lebanon, Bahrain, and Kuwait held receptions on Wednesday to mark the 26th anniversary of His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s accession to the Throne of His Glorious Ancestors. In Beirut, Moroccan Ambassador M’hammed Grine...

Israel bombs multiple areas in Lebanon, including Bekaa Valley, Baalbek

The Israeli military has launched a massive series of air strikes on several areas across Lebanon, in its latest near-daily violation of a ceasefire agreement with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah last November. Lebanon’s National News Agency...