Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that the security situation in the country is under the army’s full control.
Aoun’s comments were made during a visit to the Rangers Regiment mobilized in the Roumieh prison, whereby he warned that “any attempt to shake the country’s security would be faced with force and firmly.”
He also noted that the “qualitative operation” carried out by the army in the border town of Arsal earlier in the day “proves once again that terrorists will have no safe haven in any Lebanese region and that the army is capable of detecting any terrorist activity and will swiftly address it.”
The British Embassy announced Thursday that, in a demonstration of “the strength of the enduring UK-Lebanon partnership,” the Fleet flagship of the British Royal Navy will visit Lebanon next week. The visit will conclude a Middle East deployment of HMS OCEAN, which has seen the […]
Lebanese Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil at the Arab Ministers’ Extraordinary Session in Cairo – 9/12/2017 The Secretary General, Ministers, Jerusalem is not a cause but the cause, because it is the title of our Arab identity. Jerusalem does not belong to a Jewish god who […]
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri arrived a while ago at Baabda Presidential Palace. According to the National News Agency correspondent, the new cabinet may be announced this evening.