Thursday, 13 August 2020_Lebanon’s caretaker justice minister has dismissed calls for an international investigation into the recent deadly explosion in Beirut, saying the country’s judiciary can handle the probe itself.
Tuesday, 11 August 2020_Political analysts have cast doubt on the sincerity of French President Emmanuel Macron in his pledges of aid to Lebanon following a devastating blast in Beirut, saying Macron is exploiting the opportunity to advance the interests of Israel.
Tuesday, 11 August 2020_Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab has announced resignation of his government following a similar move by several ministers, and amid angry protests in the country that followed the devastating blast of August 4 in the Beirut port.
Saturday, 08 August 2020 (YJC)_ Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) delivered 15 tons of food to Lebanon’s Red Cross to share it out among those affected by a catastrophic blast in Beirut.
Wednesday, 05 August 2020_Tehran has begun sending food supplies and medical aid to Lebanon, with senior Iranian officials voicing readiness to provide all sorts of humanitarian assistance to Beirut, which is reeling from a massive explosion.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020_Lebanon has announced plans to lodge a protest with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over a recent Israeli military offensive in the south of the Arab country.
Tuesday, 07 July _Iran has called on the United Nations to help set up a fact-finding committee to shed light on the fate of four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon about 40 years ago.
Iran has called on the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as well as other international bodies to seriously pursue the case of four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon about 40 years ago, saying they are being held in Israel.
Wednesday, 01 July_The Lebanese government on Tuesday (June 30) raised the price of a 900-gram loaf of partially subsidized bread to 2,000 pounds from its pre-October-crisis price of 1,500 pounds.
Tuesday, 30 June _President Michel Aoun has warned Israel against its “extremely dangerous” bid to explore oil and gas on Lebanon’s maritime border, parts of which are claimed by the regime, saying the Arab country will not allow any violation of its territorial waters.
Sunday, 14 June _Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab has condemned violent street protests on Thursday, saying they were an attempt by opponents to overthrow his government and deepen a currency crisis in the debt-ridden country.
Friday, 12 June _Lebanon’s cabinet has held an emergency meeting in the wake of angry protests spurred by a considerable plunge of the national currency, which has made the worst recession in decades.
Tehran, 26 May_Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to Lebanon as it marks the 20th anniversary of the end of Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon.
A senior Hezbollah official says the liberation of Jerusalem al-Quds from Israeli occupation tops the agenda of the regional resistance front, and that the Lebanese movement is fully prepared for any type of confrontation with the regime in Tel Aviv in line with that objective.
Tehran 05 May_Lebanon has summoned German ambassador to protest Berlin’s recent decision to blacklist the Hezbollah resistance movement, a highly popular political and defense force in the Arab country.
An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle has struck a car carrying members of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, but there have been no reports of casualties.
The Israeli military has threatened to strike the positions in Syria of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, days after assassinating a senior member of the group in southern Lebanon.