BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Cabinet named Wednesday a new army commander, ending a two-year political deadlock over the appointment of the country’s top security and military officials. The Cabinet promoted Brigadier General Joseph Aoun to Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, replacing General Jean Kahwaji, who has […]
Twelve Syrian nationals have been arrested on Wednesday in the northern area of Zgharta for illegal entry into Lebanon, the State-run National News Agency reported. Lebanese army patrol staged raids against encampments of Syrian refugees in the Zgharta town of Mezyara, and arrested 12 Syrians […]
An Israeli enemy gunboat opened fire last night from 21.20 to 21.28 from inside the occupied Palestinian regional waters, with some bullets violating the Lebanese regional waters, a Lebanese Army communiqué said on Tuesday. The breach is being followed-up in coordination with the United Nations […]
Defense Minister, Yaacoub Sarraf inspected on Tuesday before noon the southern border. The minister visited south of the Litani sector where he was briefed on the tasks of the army in the south, then he went to the UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura and met with […]
The Army Command – Orientation Directorate – issued on Thursday the following statement: “At 9:55, two Israeli enemy warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Naqoura, and circled above the various regions of Lebanon, then left the atmosphere at 11:40 from above the […]
Syrian warplanes on Thursday waged several raids on posts for the jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front — al-Qaida’s former Syrian branch – near the Lebanese-Syrian border, media reports said. A security source told LBCI television that the strikes targeted Syria’s western Qalamoun region near the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants and the European Union held today a high-level meeting on counter-terrorism. The meeting was co-chaired by the Secretary General a.i. and Director of Political and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Ambassador Charbel Wehbi, […]
National Defense Minister, Yaacoub Sarraf, received on Friday the Iranian military attaché, Colonel Mohammad Reza Merzaei, with talks touching on bilateral relations and military cooperation. The pair also tackled the regional situation.
Minister of National Defense, Yaacoub al-Sarraf, met on Wednesday with Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abbas Bandar al-Ameri. The pair reportedly discussed the means to develop cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, al-Sarraf hailed the role played by the Iraqi military in combating […]
In a press release by the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, it said: “The EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, will visit Lebanon on 1 and 2 March to attend a high level meeting on the National Counter Terrorism Strategy, which is jointly […]
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