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Arab World MP Jihad Al-Samad (NNA)

Lebanon Likely to Postpone Municipal Elections for 3rd Time amid Political Division

The Lebanese Parliament is scheduled to convene next week to discuss the postponement of the municipal elections for the third time in a row. The term of…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Partisans of the Lebanese Forces block the main Jbeil-Beirut highway to protest the killing of LF official Pascal Sleiman in the Jbeil area, on April 8, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanese Army: Pascal Sleiman Killed by His Abductors and Taken to Syria

The Lebanese army announced on Monday the killing of Pascal Sleiman, the Lebanese Forces coordinator in Jbeil who was kidnapped on Sunday. He was killed by…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Features Emergency responders dig through the rubble of a building after an Israeli strike on a house in the Lebanese town of Marjayoun on April 5, 2024, during a cross-border exchange between Lebanon and Israel. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Empty Villages in Southern Lebanon and Israeli Destruction Along Border

Lebanese resident Mohammed, 37, took advantage of a recent funeral announcement in his hometown of Khiam to return after leaving five months ago. He felt safer…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Students supporting Hezbollah at the Lebanese University carry pictures of members killed in the battle against Israel. (AP)

Hezbollah Deaths in South Lebanon Exceed 2006 War's Toll

The number of Hezbollah fighters who died in the ongoing war in South Lebanon exceeded the figures announced in the July 2006 war, despite the significant…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Smoke rises from the village of Arab El Louaizeh southern Lebanon following Israeli shelling, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, 03 March 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Rai Refuses Involving ‘Our People’ in South Lebanon in War

Political divisions in Lebanon over the five-month escalating war in the South of the country between Hezbollah and Israel intensified lately. Maronite…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat from his office in Beirut. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanese FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Hezbollah Did Not Oppose 'Full’ Deal to Implement Resolution 1701

Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib stressed that Beirut is seeking the “full implementation” of United Nations Security Council resolution…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Children play in a temporary shelter in the city of Tyre. (Disaster Management Unit)

Israel’s ‘Systematic Destruction’ Turns Lebanese Villages into Disaster Areas

“Systematic destruction” by Israel of houses and residential complexes has turned villages in South Lebanon into “disaster” zones that lack basic services,…

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Arab World Cars lined up in front of a gas station in Beirut on Wednesday (Markazia)

Lebanon: Tax Hikes Spark Employee Protests, Fuel Queues Resurge

The state budget, recently approved by the Lebanese parliament, has sparked protests among government workers, leading to an open-ended strike. Fuel…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)