Lebanon

Israel has seized millions of dollars worth of digital funds intended for use by the powerful Iranian-backed Lebanese group, Hezbollah, and the foreign Quds Force arm of Iran's Revolutionary...

The spirit of Eid Al-Adha flickers feebly – if at all – in Lebanon, a country mired in a multi-pronged crisis that has devastated all aspects of its society,...

A media channel affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah said, on Monday, the powerful armed group downed an Israeli drone that flew into Lebanon's southern air space, Reuters reports. Israel's military told Reuters one of its drones "fell...

The FATF international financial crime watchdog did not put Lebanon on its "grey list" of countries facing special scrutiny according to a statement, on Friday, after a preliminary mutual...

A son of late Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been treated in hospital in Lebanon after going on hunger strike two weeks ago in protest at his incarceration without...

At loggerheads over who should fill a vacant presidency, Lebanon's fractious politicians are waiting for foreign powers to resolve their crisis, leaving the country adrift as its failing state...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement yesterday that "almost 9 in 10 households do not have enough money to buy essentials, forcing them to resort...

Former Nissan Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, has sued the company for more than $1 billion in a lawsuit filed to Lebanon's Public Prosecutor last month, according to a copy of the...

Dozens of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have joined a protest in Beirut to demand their rights and improve their working conditions, amidst a crisis causing poor living conditions...

The Lebanese parliament has failed, for the twelfth time, to elect a president for the republic, a position that has remained vacant since Michel Aoun's term ended last October...

Lebanon's top Maronite Christian cleric said on Sunday the country's constitution and democratic system had been violated in "cold blood" during a failed attempt to elect a new president last...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron have called for an end to Lebanon's political vacuum, as the two countries grow increasingly frustrated with...

The United Arab Emirates has lifted a visa ban on Lebanese nationals, Lebanon's Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, told Reuters on Friday, following a temporary suspension over "security concerns"....

War-weary Syrians are in such dire straits that they require "way more than what is possible today," the International Committee of the Red Cross's regional chief said on Thursday,...

The United Arab Emirates, in the coming days, will lift a temporary restriction on issuing visas to Lebanese nationals due to security concerns, a UAE official told Reuters on...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, will visit Tehran on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Thursday, Reuters reports. He is set to meet with...

Researcher and human rights activist, Hassan Al-Sayeda, has warned of an environmental and health crisis awaiting Palestinian refugees living near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, if the United Nations Relief...

Lebanese lawmakers failed, on Wednesday, for the 12th time to elect a new president, Anadolu Agency reports. Lawmakers cast ballots to elect between Hezbollah-backed candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, and his...

Leading Lebanese Christian politician, Gebran Bassil, said on Tuesday that no party could circumvent the country's Christians in bringing a president to power, an apparent reference to the powerful...

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, said Tuesday that his government will not be able to pay salaries to civil servants by the end of June, Anadolu Agency reports....

Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published...

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on Monday for the UN peacekeeping forces in his country to put pressure on Israel to stop its violations of Lebanon's sovereignty,...

The Iran-backed Hezbollah and its closest allies are set to torpedo an attempt by rivals to elect a senior IMF official as Lebanese president this week, in a tussle...

Less than three months after agreeing to restore diplomatic ties, long-time regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have recently taken another significant step toward full reconciliation. In the presence...

Lebanon's Parliament has been called to convene on Wednesday in a bid to elect a head of state to fill the vacant presidency. But with the main parties at...

Deputy Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has affirmed the group's support for the head of the Marada Movement, Suleiman Franjieh, to become Lebanon's next president. The...

The protesters approached an Israeli tank to stop the bulldozing operation and Israeli soldiers responded by firing tear gas grenades at them

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced yesterday that the cholera epidemic has ended in the country, with no new infections recorded since the end of February. The ministry noted...

The towns of Kafr Shuba and Al-Arqoub, on the southern border of Lebanon, witnessed clashes on Friday between demonstrators and the Israeli army. The Israeli forces threw smoke bombs...

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of Lebanese protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border with Lebanon, Friday, leaving some Lebanese demonstrators and troops...

A Lebanese man has murdered his wife and mother-in-law, then committed suicide in his home in Jezzine, south of the capital Beirut. The head of the Jezzine Municipalities Union,...

Kuwaiti TV host Fajr Al-Saeed confirmed that the authorities prevented her from entering Lebanon upon her arrival at Beirut airport on Wednesday evening and that she remained detained until...