ATLIT, Israel/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Waving Palestinian flags and wearing T-shirts proclaiming Jerusalem to be “the eternal capital of Palestine,” thousands of Israel’s Arab minority turned out on Thursday for a rally to commemorate a war lost 70 years ago. A demonstrator takes…
SHEBAA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Several hundred Syrians who have lived for years as refugees in Lebanon left for their home country on Wednesday in a rare case of a mass return of those who left the country since the Syrian civil war…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S.-led strikes in Syria on Saturday are an “important signal” to Iran, Syria and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said. “The use of chemical weapons crosses a red line that humanity can no longer tolerate,”…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon overnight between Friday and Saturday, the Israeli military and Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported. “An unmanned Israeli spy plane crashes between the villages of Beit Yahoun and Baraachit,” al-Manar reported. A statement from…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported on its website on Saturday, citing its correspondent. “An unmanned Israeli spy plane crashes between the villages of Beit Yahoun and Baraachit,” al-Manar reported. Source: Read Full Article
ROME (Reuters) – Lebanon plans to increase its military presence along its southern border with Israel, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday at a meeting in Rome, where he is seeking financial support for the armed forces. FILE PHOTO: Lebanon’s Prime…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Wednesday that the deeply indebted country faced disaster if it continued on the same financial path. FILE PHOTO:Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen on a…
(Reuters) – Warda, a Syrian refugee, wishes she could erase her old life, so painful have the memories become. By contrast, as the conflict in Syria slides into its eighth year, her younger children have nothing to remember of their homeland –…
NAQOURA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanon and Israel have been holding talks nearly every day over a border dispute that has raised tensions between the two enemy states, according to the U.N. peacekeeping force on the frontier that is mediating their discussions. United…
BEIRUT – The Lebanese presidency denied that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been kept waiting ahead of a meeting with President Michel Aoun on Thursday at the presidential palace, where he sat for several minutes before his Lebanese counterpart greeted…
THERESA May was forced to correct Boris Johnson last week after he mixed up two countries TWICE in a Cabinet meeting. The Foreign Secretary was left red faced after the Prime Minister pointed out that he had mixed up war torn country Yemen…
Jon Hamm is putting his negotiating skills to a potentially deadly test in the new trailer for the upcoming film Beirut. Hamm stars in the 1982-set film as Mason Skiles, a former Lebanon-based U.S. diplomat who shed his duties after the death of his…
HATE preacher Omar Bakri has been stabbed in a jail brawl between rival Muslim factions. Bakri, 58, was dubbed the Tottenham Ayatollah after his rants against the West from his North London base. He suffered wounds to his back and head during…
TEAMS of British dogs will for the first time be sent into half a dozen war-torn countries to sniff out landmines. The Labradors, springer spaniels, golden retrievers and Malinois detect mines nearly three times faster than human experts. And they are too…
A Lebanese Uber driver has confessed to killing a British diplomat who was found raped and strangled on the side of a road. Rebecca Dykes, 30, was found early Saturday on the side of the Metn highway in Beirut and the driver…
A MAN has been arrested after a British diplomat in Lebanon was murdered at the weekend. Rebecca Dykes was discovered on Saturday near a motorway with a piece of string around her neck in the Lebanese capital. The 30-year-old, who was due…
Scores of Lebanese and Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with security forces outside the US Embassy in Beirut over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The protesters gathered hundreds of yards away from the embassy on Sunday, where they…
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting his resignation on hold to give way for more consultations nearly three weeks after he unexpectedly announced he was stepping down — a stunning reversal and embarrassment to Saudi Arabia,…
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri is expected to leave Saudi Arabia for France within 48 hours, before flying home to Beirut to officially submit his resignation as Lebanese prime minister, a source close to Hariri told Reuters on Thursday. Hariri announced his…
Saudi Arabia is holding Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri against his will, sources close to him said Saturday, as details surrounding his forced resignation last week emerged. Hariri landed in Riyadh on Nov. 3, a Friday, expecting a routine, cordial visit with…
Saudi Arabia has ordered its citizens out of Lebanon amid skyrocketing tensions between their two governments. A brief statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency called on all Saudis living in or visiting Lebanon to depart, and warned against travel to…
DNA research is shining new light on the Biblical Canaanite civilization, which existed thousands of years ago in the Middle East. The ancient civilization, which created the first alphabet and is mentioned frequently in the Bible, has long fascinated historians. LiveScience reports…
People flying out of Istanbul or Izmir will now be able to take electronic devices on board with them, but British Airways flights remain on ban list Passengers flying out of Istanbul or Izmir with either Turkish Airlines or Pegasus will now be…
