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Lebanon: PM Saad Hariri Holds Off Resignation

Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri has decided to "suspend" his resignation, which sparked a crisis when he announced it while in…

6 years ago

Lebanon: PM Saad al-Hariri Resigns Fearing for His Life

Lebanon’s PM Saad al-Hariri has announced his resignation in a TV broadcast from Saudi Arabia. Saad al-Hariri also said that…

7 years ago

Mustafa Badreddine Killed by Jihadists, Says Hezbollah

Mustafa Amine Badreddine was killed in artillery fire by jihadists, Lebanese Hezbollah group says. The death of the Hezbollah's top…

8 years ago

Mustafa Amine Badreddine: Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Damascus

Top Hezbollah commander in Syria's war Mustafa Amine Badreddine has been killed in Damascus. Mustafa Amine Badreddine, 55, died in…

8 years ago

Demis Roussos was held hostage for five days in 1985

Demis Roussos, the Greek singer who is best known for his soaring voice, has died on January 25 at the…

9 years ago

Beirut explosion kills four people in Haret Hreik district

At least four people have been killed by a suspected bomb explosion in a Hezbollah stronghold in a Shia-dominated southern…

10 years ago

Rafic Hariri’s murderers trial begins at The Hague tribunal

The trial of Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri’s murderers has begun at an unprecedented tribunal at The Hague. Mustafa Badreddine, Salim…

10 years ago

Majid al-Majid dies in custody in Beirut hospital

Al-Qaeda's chief in Lebanon, Majid al-Majid, has died in custody in a Beirut hospital, Lebanese army announces. The Saudi, who…

10 years ago

Beirut car bomb kills at least 5 people in Hezbollah stronghold

A car bomb hit a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut killing at least 5 people and injuring other…

10 years ago

Majid al-Majid arrested in Lebanon

Lebanon has reportedly arrested Majid al-Majid, the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran's…

10 years ago

Lebanon’s army to receive $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia

Lebanon's army is to receive a $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman made the announcement in…

10 years ago

Lebanon: Beirut explosion kills ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others

Lebanon’s ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others have been killed in a huge explosion in central Beirut. Mohamad Chatah…

10 years ago

Hassan Lakkis: Senior Hezbollah militant killed in Beirut

Hassan Lakkis, a senior commander of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, has been killed near Beirut, the group says.…

10 years ago

Two explosions hit Iran’s embassy in Beirut

Two explosions have hit the Iranian embassy in Beirut in quick succession, killing at least 22 people. The Iranian cultural…

10 years ago

Lebanon: Tripoli explosions kill at least 42 people

Two huge explosions killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 400 others in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli,…

11 years ago

Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in Qusair

Fighting has raged in Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanon border after government troops launched a major operation to seize…

11 years ago

Israel downs small unmanned aircraft in Negev desert

Israel Air Force has shot down a small unmanned aircraft after it entered the south of the country, the military…

12 years ago

Innocence of Muslims protests: Hezbollah urges for fresh protests in Lebanon

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Shia Muslim militant group Hezbollah, has called for fresh protests in Lebanon on…

12 years ago

Bulgaria releases Burgas bomber image

Bulgarian police have released a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a local driver…

12 years ago