Tag: Lebanon
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Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law
Lebanon’s parliament yesterday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed the ... -
US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement
The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks yesterday without an agreement to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. officials said ... -
Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech
Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after U.S. ... -
Pope prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims
Pope Leo XIV prayed yesterday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and ... -
Netanyahu says Israel could withdraw from Lebanon if Hezbollah is disarmed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces could start withdrawing from territory they hold in southern Lebanon after the Lebanese cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to ... -
Tens of thousands attend funeral of late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah five months after his killing
Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut early yesterday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, nearly five months after he ... -
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed ... -
Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon begins
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants began yesterday, after Beirut residents endured the most intense day of Israeli strikes since the war began. Many ... -
Hezbollah’s acting leader vows to fight on after Nasrallah’s death
Hezbollah’s acting leader vowed yesterday to keep battling Israel and said the Lebanese militant group was prepared for a long fight even after much of its ... -
Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’
The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said yesterday ... -
Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say
A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. The killing of ... -
Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up
With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli ... -
Woman and her three granddaughters killed in Israeli strike laid to rest
A Lebanese woman and her three granddaughters were laid to rest in their hometown in southern Lebanon yesterday, two days after they were killed in an ... -
Huge explosion rocks Beirut with widespread damage, injuries
BEIRUT — A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday (Wednesday, Macau time), flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors ...
