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Dozens Killed in Syrian Bombing Near Turkish Border

8 January 2017

A huge explosion ripped through the center of a rebel-held border town in northern Syria on Saturday, killing more than 40 people, many of them civilians displaced by months of conflict that devastated large parts of the nearby city of Aleppo. Monitors said the blast, […]

LAF: Enemy gunboat breaches Lebanese territorial waters

8 January 2017

At 15:41 yesterday (Friday), an Israeli enemy gunboat breached Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Naqoura for a distance of 296 meters, for five minutes, according to a communiqué by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Orientation Directorate Department issued on Saturday. The violation was being followed […]

Geagea: Should Iran wish to help Lebanon, why not?

8 January 2017

Lebanese Forces party chief Samir Geagea described President Michel Aoun’s visit to Saudi Arabia as “perfect.” While he refused the return of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s power in Lebanon and even in Syria, Geagea said that Aoun’s visit to Tehran is a normal procedure, adding […]

Berri receives Boroujerdi and Chinese delegation

8 January 2017

House Speaker Nabih Berri held talks in Ain El-Tineh on Saturday with Alaeddine Boroujerdi, chairman of the parliamentary committee for national security and foreign policy in Iran, in the presence of Iranian ambassador Mohammad Fateh Ali. “Discussions focused on bilateral relations on all levels, including […]

Duzdar warnt im Libanon vor Flächenbrand

7 January 2017

Kanzleramtsstaatssekretärin Muna Duzdar fordert nach der Besichtigung von Flüchtlingslagern im Libanon, dass man das Nachbarland Syriens “nicht allein lassen darf in der Bewältigung der Fluchtbewegung”. Sonst könne es in dem kleinen Land wieder zu politischen Spannungen kommen und die Region destabilisiert werden, warnte sie am […]

Irán, decidido a armar al Ejército del Líbano

6 January 2017

Un funcionario de alto rango iraní asegura que Teherán está decidido a armar al Ejército de El Líbano. La puesta en práctica de esta decisión depende del Gobierno libanés, ha destacado el funcionario en cuestión, el presidente de la Comisión de Seguridad Nacional y Política Exterior […]

Reports: Multiple people shot at Ft. Lauderdale airport

6 January 2017

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — News media outlets are reporting that multiple people have been shot at Fort Lauderdale international airport. On its official Twitter account, airport officials said there was an “ongoing incident” in the Terminal 2 baggage claim area. They did not elaborate. […]

Rahi: Values are lost in our society

6 January 2017

“Values in our society are being lost and the Lebanese society needs to be developed,” Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi said during a mass service in Bkirki on Friday upon the Epiphany Day. In his sermon, Rahi hoped that peace would prevail in the […]

Aoun expresses wellwishes to Armenian Sect, Aram I on occasion of Christmas

6 January 2017

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, congratulated, on Friday, members of the Armenian Sect on the occasion of Christmas, wishing them all goodness, peace and stability. Aoun also contacted Catholicos Aram I expressing his well-wishes on the festive holiday season.

Qabalan: Religious dignitaries must address threats of terrorism

6 January 2017

Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan, vice-president of the Shiite Supreme Council, urged in his Friday sermon “religious dignitaries from all communities confronted with the perils of terrorism” to address the issue of terrorism and condemn “acts and attacks which violate the dignity of Man.” After reproving […]

China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs arrives to Beirut

6 January 2017

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zhang Ming, arrived to Lebanon on Friday on an official visit that is to last for two days, during which the Chinese official will meet with President Michel Aoun, PM Saad Hariri, and House Speaker, Nabih Berri. This would […]

Report: Hizbullah Has Not Demured Aoun’s Trip to Saudi Arabia

6 January 2017

Hizbullah assured on Friday that its relations with President Michel Aoun and the Free Patriotic Movement are “firm”, and assured that the party does not demur Aoun’s travel to Saudi Arabia as the first trip the president is scheduled to take abroad, al-Joumhouria daily reported […]