Lebanon

NNA - Free Patriotic Movement head, MP Gebran Bassil, began today a tour of the villages east of Zahle by inaugurating the Movementrsquo;s office in the town of Ain Kfarzabad, and then moved to Mar Elias Church Hall where he received a popular welcome, accompanied by MP Salim Aoun, former MP Cesar Maalouf and several FPM officials and supporters. In his […]

NNA - UNIFIL Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said in a media statement on Saturday:nbsp;ldquo;Earlier today, peacekeepers went with the Lebanese army to Yanouh to support an inspection they were doing. Peacekeepers did not enter any buildings and left after the activity. We later received information through the Mechanism that the IDF intended to conduct a […]

NNA - The third edition of the quot;Rule of Lawquot; Forum, organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung institution in cooperation with the SADER Foundation, opened today at the Movenpick Hotel in 2025, with the participation of Minister of Information, Attorney Dr. Paul Morcos, Minister of Justice, Attorney Adel Nassar, and several diplomatic, judicial, […]

NNA - Zahrani - National News Agency correspondent reported that Israeli drones are flying at a very low altitude over the villages of Zahrani at this instant. nbsp; ============

NNA - Bahaa Hariri metnbsp;with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul today, where they discussed issues related to Lebanon and the region. Both sides also touched on strategies for strengthening institutions and improving economic development in their countries. nbsp; ==========R.Sh.

NNA - MP Nadim Gemayel considered that ldquo;Ambassador Simon Karam is an excellent and respectable person and one of the most suitable figures to take on the negotiations, but there are three parties at the table: Lebanon, which is negotiating with Israel, and Hezbollah, which is obstructing the negotiations.quot; He, thus, expressed his certainty that […]

NNA - Sheikh Naim Qassem, Secretary General of Hezbollah, delivered a firm declaration rejecting any attempt to disarm the resistance, framing such efforts as a direct extension of the Israeli occupation entityrsquo;s strategic objectives and a threat to Lebanonrsquo;s very existence. ldquo;Let the United States know: we will defend ourselves even if the […]

NNA - Minister of Information, Attorney Dr. Paul Morcos, patronized on Saturday the ldquo;Creators Summit 2025rdquo;, the largest gathering in Lebanon for content creators and business owners, held at the Sea Side - Beirut Waterfront, with a crowd of content creators and young generation members attending. During his participation in a session moderated by […]

NNA - Minister of National Defense, Major General Michel Mansour, mourned the passing of MP Ghassan Skaff, saying in his statement: quot;With the passing of MP Dr. Ghassan Skaff, Lebanon, the Parliament, the medical community, the Orthodox community, and all Lebanese communities have lostnbsp;an enlightened deputy, a worthy doctor, a noble and self-made man […]

NNA - President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, expressed his deep sorrow at the passing of West Bekaa Deputy, Dr. Ghassan Skaff, who left behind a lifetime of humanitarian, health, educational and national service contributions. quot;With the passing of MP Skaff, Lebanon has lost a loyal representative and a genuine national voice, who dedicated his […]

NNA - US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to halt border clashes that left at least 20 people dead this week, according to Agence France-Presse. The two Southeast Asian neighbors are locked in a territorial dispute along their 800-kilometer border, drawn during the French colonial era. Recent fighting has […]

NNA - The Syrian state news agency quot;SANAquot;nbsp;reported that Israeli forces entered the village of Saida al-Hanout in the Qneitra countryside this morning. According to the agency, an Israeli military force consisting of eight vehicles set up a checkpoint at the village#39;s main entrance, while part of the force entered the village and began […]

NNA - The death toll from recent floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 1,003, with 218 people still missing, the National Disaster Management Agency announced Saturday, according to AFP. The agency said that quot;floods that hit North and West Sumatra and Aceh provinces two weeks ago also injured more than 5,400 people, while 1.2 million people […]

NNA - MP Farid Haykal El Khazen wrote on his platform ldquo;Xrdquo; account: quot;The passing of our friend and colleague, Dr. Ghassan Skaff, confirms to us that divine justice is completely different from justice in our human sense. With his passing, Lebanon loses a calm parliamentary figure, a political presence characterized by composure and […]

NNA - ldquo;With deep sorrow and sadness, we mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, anbsp;distinguished neurosurgeon and respected member of parliament, whose dedication to his trainees, patients, public service, country, and his family Maysam, Philip, Patrick and Ralph, leaves a lasting legacy,rdquo; former Public Health Minister, Dr. Mohammed […]

NNA - Sidon - An enemy drone is circling at a very low altitude over Saksakieknbsp;Ansarieh and Loubieh at this instant. nbsp; =========

NNA - House Speaker Nabih Berri mourned today the passing of MP Dr. Ghassan Skaff. In an issued statement, Berri said: quot;Lebanon and its Parliamentnbsp;have lost a distinguished parliamentary, intellectual, and national figure who worked tirelessly for Lebanon and its people, bearing their hopes and sorrows alongside his own until his last breath. May […]

NNA - Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wrote on hisnbsp;ldquo;Xrdquo; platform account: ldquo;Despite his illness, my friend, MP Dr. Ghassan Skaff, visited me a few weeks ago, carrying the burden of dialogue, and insisting until the last moment on searching for solutions in the face of difficulties. His absence is a loss for a parliament that will miss his wisdom […]

UN Secretary-General Antoacute;nio Guterres arrived in the Iraqi capital on Saturday to participate in the official ceremony announcing the conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). nbsp; The visit follows a formal request by the Iraqi government to the United Nations to conclude its political mission in the […]

NNA - Minister of Information, Paul Morcos, mourned the passing of MP Ghassan Skaff, writing on platform X: nbsp;ldquo;Death has taken away a dear friend, MP Ghassan Skaffhellip; a man who carried the concerns of the country and left a lasting mark in politics, medicine, and society. nbsp; My heartfelt condolences to his esteemed wife, colleague Ms. Maysam […]

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 […]