Lebanon

NNA ndash; Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Dr. Abdallah Bou Habib, received in his office onnbsp;Thursday Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon, Marion Weichelt Krupski. Caretaker Minister Bou Habib stressed that quot;Lebanon welcomes Swiss efforts to build a diplomatic dialogue in the Middle East, as an alternative to the language of […]

NNA - Former Prime Minister, Tammam Salam, welcomed, at his Beirut residence on Friday, French Ambassador to Lebanon, Herveacute; Magro. Discussions between the pair touched on various matters and developments, especially the French Foreign Minister Steacute;phane Seacute;journeacute;rsquo;s impending visit to Lebanon, and the French paper to address the […]

NNA - Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is currently chairing a cabinet session at the Grand Serail. Participating in todayrsquo;s caretaker Cabinet session are the Ministers of Education and Higher Education Judge Abbas Halabi, Information Ziad Makary, Youth and Sports George Kallas, Finance Youssef Khalil, Industry Georges Bouchikian, Administrative […]

NNA -nbsp;Russia said Friday it had used missiles and artillery to target railway infrastructure and Western arms being transported by rail in Ukraine. Moscow#39;s defence ministry said its forces had hit quot;Western weapons and military equipmentquot; being transported by railway one day earlier in the Donetsk region, and also targeted railway facilities […]

NNA -nbsp;A European rapid-response force, including to help evacuate nationals from hostile environments, could be up and running by next year, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Friday. He spoke after a keynote speech on Europe on Thursday by President Emmanuel Macron, in which he nbsp;mentioned the need for such a force quot;to be able to […]

NNA -nbsp;The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Friday that at least 34,356 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The tally includes at least 51 deaths in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 77,368 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the […]

NNA ndash; House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Friday welcomed head of Public Procurement Authority, Dr. Jean Allieh, at the Second Presidency headquarters in Ain el-Tineh. Additionally, Speaker Berri received innbsp;Ain El-Tineh, Lebanese Central Bank Acting Governor, Wissam Mansouri. Berri later welcomed nbsp;former Deputy Prime Minister and former Defense […]

NNA ndash; Time nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Topic nbsp;9:00 amnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut and its dependencies, Bishop Elias Audi, presides over the dawn prayer on the occasion of Palm Sunday, in St. Georgersquo;s Cathedral in Nejmeh Square, and the Divine Mass at 10:00 am, and the […]

NNA ndash; Time nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Topic 8:30 amnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The Association of English Language Teachers in Lebanon (ATEL) holds its 23rd International Conference on quot;Artificial Intelligencequot; at the University of the Holy Spirit, under the patronage and attendance of the Minister of Education in the […]

NNA - Several Palestinians, including a child and a woman, were killed today in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a house in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City. Meanwhile, a fisherman was shot dead by the Israeli navy off the shores of Rafah in the south of the enclave. WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli fighter jets bombed a house […]

NNA - China can play a role in reducing tensions in the Middle East, including through its influence with Iran, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters at the US embassy in Beijing. ldquo;I think the relationships that China has can be positive in trying to calm tensions, to prevent escalation, avoid the spread of the conflict,rdquo; Blinken […]

NNA - National News Agency correspondent in Tyre reported that the two hostile air raids on the southern Lebanese towns of Tayr Harfa and Aita al-Shaab targeted two houses.nbsp; Instantly, ambulances rushed to the targeted locations.nbsp; One person got wounded in the airstrike on Tayr Harfa. nbsp;mdash;mdash;mdash;mdash;mdash;mdash;- L.Y

NNA ndash; Lebanese Central Bank Acting Governor, Dr. Wassim Mansouri, on Friday welcomed a delegation from the Administrative Committee of the Economic Journalists Association, with whom he discussed the general situation in Lebanon and the region, as well as legal and judicial affairs of mutual concern. Mansouri began the meeting by emphasizing that […]

NNA - Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday that China is happy to see a confident, open, prosperous and thriving United States, and hopes the United States can also look at China#39;s development in a positive light. quot;This is a fundamental issue that must be addressed, just like the first button of a shirt that must be put right, in order for […]

NNA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China#39;s support for Russia#39;s military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world#39;s biggest economies. Blinken raised the matter during five-and-a-half hours of talks with China#39;s top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing, […]

NNA ndash; Caretaker Minister of Justice, Judge Henry Khoury, on Friday welcomed the Ambassador of Sweden to Lebanon, Ann Dismorr, accompanied by Deputy Head of Mission, Christian Nelson. Discussions focused on the general situation in Lebanon and the region, as well as on legal matters and judicial files of mutual interest. ==================R.H.

NNA ndash; Israeli enemy warplanes on Friday conducted an airstrike targeting a house in the center of southern Lebanonrsquo;s Tayr Harfa. Additionally, the enemy warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting the towns of Tayr Harfa, Ayta Al-Shaab, and Hanine. nbsp; ===================R.H.

NNA ndash; An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Friday launched an attack on a car traveling on the road between the southern Lebanese towns of Dhaira and Zaloutieh, while the occupationrsquo;s artillery simultaneously shelled the towns of Yarin and Al-Jebbain. nbsp; ==================R.H.

NNA - Under the patronage of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a ceremony was held at the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli to unveil a commemorative plaque, marking the inclusion of the fair on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In his address, Mikati stated, quot;It is an honor for me to be with you this morning in Tripoli to participate in and confirm […]

Hezbollah goes ahead with its painful strikes against the Israeli enemy, with an Israeli being killed early on Friday in a double ambush carried by the Lebanese resistance group in occupied Shebaa Farms. Hezbollah’s Military Media announced the strike on Sehbaa Farms early on Friday, saying that the Islamic Resistance fighters carried out a complex ...

NNA -nbsp;Israeli occupation forces continued their intense bombardment across the Gaza Strip over the last few hours, marking the 203rdnbsp;day of an ongoing genocide that has so far claimed the lives of nearly 35,000 Palestinians. nbsp; In central Gaza, Israeli warplanes launched heavy airstrikes in the northern areas of Nusseirat and Maghazi refugee […]

Aspirations for statehood revived among younger generations in refugee camps where war has consumed daily lifeThe red inverted triangle is everywhere – stencilled on walls, sprayed on store shutters, a constant theme guiding visitors through the narrow alleyways that dissect the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut.Appearing initially in combat videos […]

In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement […]

In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement […]

Israeli airstrike demolished a two-story house belonging to the Qashaqash family, killing a woman and her niece and leaving six others wounded in Hanin town south Lebanon, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday. The casualties included 11-year-old Sarah Qashaqash and her aunt Maryam Qashaqash.   المنزل المستهدف في […]

In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement […]

In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement […]

The country is on the defensive. While Israel has ironclad support from its allies, Tehran is vulnerable and isolatedTit-for-tat confrontation between Israel and Iran has sparked concerns about escalation dragging the Middle East into all-out war. Such a scenario remains unlikely because neither Israel nor Iran would benefit from full-on conflict. But while […]

Hezbollah has downed overnight a new Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over the southern area of Al-Aishiyeh, as the Zionist entity loses superiority and freedom over the skies of Lebanon. In a statement late Sunday, Hezbollah announced that the Islamic Resistance fighters shot down a hostile drone over Al-Aishiyeh in south Lebanon. In another statement […]

Lebanon’s economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and healthSmog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud that darkens the city’s skyline of minarets and concrete towers. An estimated 8,000 diesel generators have been powering Lebanese cities since the nation’s […]