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The Head of Defense Office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, François Roux, has concluded a five-day visit to Lebanon, the STL said on Friday. During his visit, he met President Michel Aoun in order to congratulate him on his election and to brief him […]

WASHINGTON —  The Trump administration says it cannot confirm that an Iranian general barred from foreign travel by the U.N. Security Council visited Russia this week, despite a prominent U.S. congressman and news outlet saying he had made the trip. In an emailed response to […]

Director of Political and Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Charbel Wehbe, held a meeting with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag on Thursday after the latter’s tweets replying to comments made by President Michel Aoun about Hizbullah’s arms. During the meeting, Wehbe […]

BAGHDAD — A car bomb at a Baghdad auto dealership killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 60 on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan confirmed the toll from the attack, which took place in the mainly Shi’ite al-Bayaa […]

Director General of the Internal Security Forces, Major General Ibrahim Basbous, received at his office in the headquarters barracks, an official from the anti-terrorism unit in Interpol and a regional responsible for project communication between airports in the UNODC for the Middle East and North […]

U.S. allies said after a meeting Friday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson they were encouraged the United States would support a political solution to the Syrian conflict. “All the participants want a political solution because a military solution alone won’t lead to peace in […]

Palestinians are expressing alarm – but not surprise – at the outcome of Wednesday’s meeting in Washington between the U.S. president and the Israeli premier, in which President Donald Trump appeared to back down from decades of U.S. policy. “I’m looking at two states and […]

Army Commander General Jean Kahwagi pledged on Friday to safeguard the presidential tenure of President Michel Aoun and to protect the upcoming parliamentary elections. “The army units’ main missions for the coming period are defending the country against the Israeli enemy, fighting terrorism and safeguarding […]

British Interior Minister, Amber Rudd stressed Lebanon’s need to stage the parliamentary elections on time, on the basis of an electoral law that meets approval of all Lebanese parties, the National News Agency reported on Friday. “It is encouraging to conduct the parliamentary elections this […]