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Arab World Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets US Treasury delegation in Beirut on Monday (Lebanese Government Presidency)

Why Did the US Delegation Exclude Lebanon’s Shiite Officials?

Political observers in Lebanon have taken note of the US Treasury delegation’s decision to exclude Shiite officials from its meetings in Beirut earlier this…

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Arab World Hannibal Gaddafi (Archive photo – AFP)

Lebanon Weighs Judicial Path for Hannibal Gaddafi’s Release

Ten years after his arrest in Beirut, Hannibal Gaddafi remains in detention as Lebanon struggles to resolve his case. Judge Hasan al-Shami, head of the…

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Arab World Two Hezbollah supporters walk past rubble from Israeli strikes in Kfar Kila, near the Israeli border, last February (File – Reuters)

Hezbollah Prepares for Cabinet Arms Talks with Candid Aoun Meeting

Hezbollah sought to ease tensions ahead of a high-stakes Lebanese cabinet session next Tuesday by dispatching its parliamentary bloc chief, MP Mohammad Raad,…

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Arab World US envoy to Beirut Tom Barrack in Lebanon last week (Reuters)

Lebanon to Seek US Guarantees in Response to Proposal

Lebanon plans to seek assurances from Washington on the implementation of any future deal involving Hezbollah’s disarmament, Lebanese political sources told…

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Arab World Israeli soldiers attend the funeral of a soldier killed in the battles of South Lebanon. (EPA)

Israel Launches Largest Incursion into South Lebanon

The Israeli army launched its “largest incursion” into southern Lebanon on Thursday, advancing along three main axes. On the western front, forces reached the…

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Arab World Intense Israeli airstrike targets Khiam, Lebanon (AFP)

Khiam: The Center of Arab-Israeli Conflict Faces ‘Fourth Wave of Destruction’

Residents of Khiam in southern Lebanon, hit by 12 airstrikes on Wednesday morning, see the attacks as yet another wave of destruction for a town scarred by…

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Arab World Israeli armored vehicles prepare to enter Lebanon (EPA)

Hezbollah's Strategy against Invasion: Ambush Attacks, Support Troops

Hezbollah’s military operations against the Israeli ground incursion in southern Lebanon have unveiled a combat strategy focused on ambushes, targeting supply…

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Arab World An archived photo of key Hezbollah leaders who were assassinated: Imad Mughniyeh (right), Fouad Shukr(center), and Mustafa Badreddine (left)

Shukr’s Assassination Closes Chapter on Hezbollah’s First-Generation Leaders

The assassination of prominent Hezbollah military leader Fouad Shukr closes the chapter on the party’s founding generation from the early 1980s. This group,…

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