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January 9, 2026 10:10 AM
Lebanon’s military says it has completed the first phase of a government plan to fully deploy across southern Lebanon and disarm non-state armed groups, a move that directly impacts Hezbollah’s long-standing presence in the border region. The ann...
December 4, 2025 11:17 AM
Lebanon and Israel held their first direct talks involving civilian representatives in decades on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, as part of a U.S.-chaired ceasefire monitoring committee meeting. However, Lebanese officials emphasized that these were no...
December 1, 2025 12:14 PM
Pope Leourged political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal in a country that remains a target of Israeli airstrikes on the second leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader. Leo, the fi...
November 16, 2025 12:59 PM
Lebanon will file a complaint to the U.N. Security Council against Israel for constructing a concrete wall along Lebanon's southern border that extends beyond the "Blue Line", the Lebanese presidency said on Saturday. The Blue Line is a U.N.-mapped ...
November 11, 2025 4:56 PM
Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric, Lebanon's National News Agency said. Gaddafi...
November 9, 2025 12:51 PM
The United States seeks to take advantage of a "moment" in Lebanon in which it can cut Iranian funding to Hezbollah and press the group to disarm, the U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official said. In a late Friday interview, John Hurley, t...
September 22, 2025 9:50 AM
An Israeli drone strike killed five people, including three children, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said. Israel has frequently targeted what it calls Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon despite...
August 29, 2025 10:44 AM
The United Nations Security Council unanimously extended "for a final time" a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long "orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal." The decision ...
August 26, 2025 7:47 PM
Lebanon will present a plan on Sunday aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, with Israel expected to submit a corresponding framework for its military withdrawal, top U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack said on Tuesday. Speaking after talks with President J...
August 25, 2025 4:06 PM
Israel's Prime Minister's Office issued a statement acknowledging Lebanon's recent government decision to pursue the disarmament of Hezbollah by the end of 2025, describing it as a significant step toward Lebanese sovereignty. The statement comes in...
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