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Arab World Lokman Slim’s sister (left) and his wife hold his picture in the family’s home in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Lokman Slim Foundation website)

Two Years Later, No Justice for Slain Anti-Hezbollah Activist Lokman Slim

Two years after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, no indictment was issued by the Lebanese judiciary in a country, where…

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Arab World The late Saudi King Fahd bin Abdulaziz, receiving Al-Husseini in Jeddah in October 1989 (Getty Images)

Hussein al-Husseini: The Guardian of the Taif Accord

Late Lebanese Parliament Speaker Hussein al-Husseini was known as the “godfather” of the Taif Agreement, thanks to his ingenuity in resolving disputes and…

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Arab World Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi welcomes the Hezbollah delegation, headed by Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed, in Bkirki. (NNA)

Hezbollah Ends Impasse with al-Rahi, Says No Differences in Positions

Hezbollah ended on Monday the impasse with Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi. Head of the party’s political council Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al…

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Arab World UNIFIL commander Maj. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz of Spain, adjusts a wreath in front the coffin draped by the United Nations flag of the Irish UN peacekeeper soldier Pvt. Seán Rooney who was killed during a confrontation with residents near the southern town of Al-Aqbiya last week, during his memorial procession at the Lebanese army airbase, at Beirut airport, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP)

Lebanon Pursues Suspect in Killing of Irish Peacekeeper

Lebanese military intelligence held on Thursday a number of people for their testimony and narrow down suspects in the attack on the United Nations Interim…

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Arab World Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Elias Bou Saab (AFP)

Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Calls for Talks with Syria to Demarcate Maritime Border

Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab has called for communicating “directly and publicly” with Damascus to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and…

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Arab World Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (DPA)

Lebanon: Reducing Chances of Electing a President, Berri Abandons Dialogue

The chances for Lebanon to find consensus on a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term in office ended on Monday, have dropped after Parliament Speaker Nabih…

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Features Lebanese ambulances prepare to cross to Syria to retrieve the bodies of the victims of a sinking boat (EPA)

Lebanon’s Northern Coasts Transform to Platform for Smuggling Migrants

Lebanon’s northern region has been transformed into a trafficking hub for migrants looking to escape the country on “death boats” that sail across the…

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Arab World Lebanese people in front of ATMs in Beirut (Reuters)

Lebanon: Continued Closure of Banks Impedes Financial Transactions

Charbel, a 34-year-old employee at an e-design company, fears that Lebanese banks will keep closed till early next month. “We are eagerly awaiting our…

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