Lebanon

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, on Tuesday was briefed by Lebanonrsquo;s Army Commander Major General Rudolph Haykal, on the outcomes of the tour conducted by the heads of diplomatic missions to the locations of the Lebanese Armyrsquo;s deployment south of the Litani River to inspect the procedures and measures taken by the army in […]

NNA - Gasoline and diesel prices in Lebanon have dropped in Lebanon on Tuesday as the price of 95-octane and 98-octane gasoline canister each decreasing by LB 9,000, and that of diesel by LBP 25,000. Meanwhile, the price of the gas canister has increased by LBP 31,000. Consequently, the new prices are as follows: 95 octanes: LBP 1,433,000 98 octanes: LBP […]

NNA - Thirteennbsp;persons have been reported injured in ninenbsp;road accident within the last 24 hours, the Traffic Management Center said on Tuesday. nbsp; ===================== L.Y

NNA - Lebanon#39;s Army Commander General Rudolph Haykal, on Monday received at his Yarzeh office, MP Ghada Ayoub, with whom he discussed the country#39;s general situation. . Maj. Gen. Haykal also received former Minister Walid Nassar. The discussion reportedly touched on the general situation in the country. nbsp; ================ L.Y nbsp;

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, on Monday affirmed to a delegation from the Tashnag Party that quot;contacts are ongoing both domestically and internationally to establish security and stability in the South through the negotiations via the #39;Mechanism#39; committee.quot; President Aoun underlinednbsp;the importance that everyone […]

NNA - Chairman of the Finance and Budget House Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, on Monday received in his office at the Parliament, French Presidential Envoy, Jacques de Lajugie, in the presence of the Head of the Economic Section at the French Embassy in Beirut, Francois Sporer, the Embassyrsquo;s Financial Advisor, ​​Vincent DeDrie, and the […]

The EU-funded STORM Project launched with a euro;2.7 million budget to pioneer Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage across the Mediterranean. The project, led by AUB, will pilot solar heating and cooling systems in Lebanon, Jordan, Italy, and Spain to cut fossil fuel reliance. nbsp; NNA - The American University of Beirut (AUB) is leading a transformative […]

NNA - Prime Minister, Dr. Nawaf Salam, on Monday received Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, at the Grand Serail.nbsp; nbsp; ------------------ L.Ynbsp;

NNA -nbsp;The Kremlin on Monday called Kyivrsquo;s non-NATO status a ldquo;cornerstonerdquo; in talks to end the war, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted some of the alliancersquo;s members were against his country joining the bloc. ldquo;This issue is one of the cornerstones and requires special discussion,rdquo; spokesman Dmitry Peskov […]

NNA -nbsp;Ukraine#39;s President Volodymyr Zelensky started a second day of talks with U.S. negotiators in Berlin on Monday, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP, as diplomatic efforts to end the war intensify. The official told AFP the second day of talks had started, after Zelensky#39;s delegation huddled for more than five hours on Sunday with […]

NNA - Justice Minister, Adel Nassar, on Monday received in his office at the Ministry Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov, in a courtesy visit during which the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the judicial and legal fields was discussed. nbsp; ===========nbsp;

NNA - Minister of Social Affairs, Haneen Sayed, wrote on X platform: ldquo;During our meeting in the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) Committee, in the presence of Vice President Tarek Mitri, and within the framework of implementing the Safe Return Plan launched by the ministerial committee in July 2025, 380,000 displaced Syrians have returned to their country […]

NNA - Tyre ndash; Lebanonrsquo;s Army Commander General Rudolph Haykal and a delegation of Arab and foreign ambassadors and military attacheacute;s arrived at the Tyre barracks at the start of a tour organized by the Lebanese Army to brief them on the progress of the disarmament plan and on Israeli attacks. They were received by the Commander of the South […]

NNA - House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Monday received Brigadier General, Andreacute; Rahal, advisor to President Joseph Aoun, at the Second Presidency headquarters in Ain el-Tineh. On the other hand, Speaker Berri called for a general legislative session at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, December 18, to continue reviewing the draft laws and legislative proposals […]

NNA - Secretary-General of the Tashnag Party, Albert Balabanian, affirmed to the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, quot;the party#39;s commitment to supporting President Aoun#39;s efforts aimed at sparing the nation from tragedies and consolidating its unity and institutions.quot; nbsp; ==================== L.Y

NNA - The House of Parliament will hold a legislative session at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, December 18, nbsp;to continue reviewing the draft laws and legislative proposals that were listed on the agenda of September 29 parliamentary session. nbsp; nbsp; ================ L.Y

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, was briefed by Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Tarek Mitri, on the progress of Lebanese-Syrian contacts, with emphasis on the need to strengthen them. nbsp; ================nbsp;

NNA -nbsp;The ​Paris Louvre museum zwnj;did not open at ​0800 GMT on Monday as usual zwj;as staff was ​meeting to discuss a ​strike ⁠over pay and working conditions, potentially disrupting access for thousands of visitors to the world#39;s most-visited museum. The zwnj;walkout, if confirmed, will come at ​a particularly zwnj;difficult time for […]

NNA ndash; Interior and Municipalities Minister, Ahmed Al-Hajjar, arrived at Beirutrsquo;s Rafik Hariri International Airport, for an inspection tour of its premises and to follow up on the security and administrative measures in place to ensure the smooth running of operations. ================ L.Y

NNA - Sis persons have been reported injured in fivenbsp;road accident within the last 24 hours, the Traffic Management Center said on Monday.nbsp; nbsp; ===================== L.Y

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the regionIt is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the territory. On a single day at the end of October, almost 100 Palestinians were killed. On 19 November, 32 […]

Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in Lebanon on Sunday where he repeated his call for representatives to do their part to help achieve peace in the region. Speaking in a room with several senior government and religious figures, the pope praised the Lebanese people for their resilience, adding: 'You always know how to rise again with courage'Pope Leo urges […]

Pontiff tells politicians and religious heads they must persevere with peace efforts despite facing ‘highly complex, conflictual’ situationPope Leo has urged political leaders in Lebanon to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal as he is visiting the country, which remains a target of Israeli airstrikes, on the second leg of his first […]

Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefireThe Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Gaza war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital reported Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.The toll has continued to […]

Leo welcomed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as he begins six-day itinerary that will also include visit to LebanonA new world war is being fought “piecemeal” and is endangering the future of humanity, Pope Leo has warned, as he arrived in Turkey for his first foreign trip since becoming head of the Catholic church.Speaking in Ankara, where he was welcomed on […]

Israel’s latest strike in Beirut on Sunday, which killed at least five people and wounded 28, has dramatically escalated existing tensions in the region and left many in Lebanon anxious about what may follow.Beirut-based journalist William Christou speaks to Nour Haydar about the Lebanese government and Hezbollah’s responses to the strike and Israel’s […]

A year since deal agreed, UN calls for investigation into possible violations of international law by all partiesAt least 127 civilians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since a ceasefire was declared nearly a year ago, the UN has said as it called for an impartial investigation into the strikes.“We continue to witness increasing attacks by […]

President signs executive order for Rubio and Bessent to submit report on chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and JordanDonald Trump on Monday began the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, a move that would bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest […]

Militant group confirms Haytham Ali Tabatabai was killed in attack that dramatically escalates tensions in the regionIsrael targeted one of Hezbollah’s most senior military commanders in an airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, dramatically escalating tensions with the group almost exactly a year after a ceasefire ended 14 months of […]

Israel has targeted Hezbollah's chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, in a strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. At least five people were killed and 28 wounded, according to Lebanese officials. The IDF later said that Tabatabai had died in the attack. Israel did not notify the US in advance, a senior US official said• Hezbollah chief of […]