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Arab World Lebanese Interior and Municipalities Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar addresses a press conference at the headquarters of the Information Branch in Beirut, Lebanon, 15 September 2025. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

Lebanese Interior Minister: We Made a Major Stride Forward in Combatting Narcotics

Lebanon’s Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said in remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday that Lebanon has taken a major leap forward in combatting the…

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Arab World President Joseph Aoun and parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meet at the Baabda palace on Monday. (Lebanese presidency)

Berri Reveals to Asharq Al-Awsat Details of How Suggestion to Negotiate with Israel Was Dropped

Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that the proposal to hold negotiations between Lebanon and Israel was dropped because Tel Aviv was not…

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Arab World Head of the Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea.

Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: Hezbollah Rejects Any Cooperation, Delays Everything in Lebanon  

Head of the Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea said resolving the crises in the region will require more time, citing “facts, the sequence of events, and the…

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Arab World Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam during a cabinet meeting to approve the monopoly on arms (EPA). 

Lebanese Govt Welcomes Army Plan to Disarm Hezbollah, Grants ‘Operational Discretion’

The Lebanese government has welcomed the army’s plan to implement the principle of the “exclusive possession of arms,” through a formula that was met with…

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Arab World Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (NNA)

Setback in Hezbollah Arms Talks Puts Lebanon on Alert

Lebanon has entered another waiting phase as political leaders brace for fallout from what appeared to be a setback in US mediation efforts with Israel, after…

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Arab World Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri receives Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam last week (Parliament Media Office) 

Salam to Asharq Al-Awsat: Raising the Issue of Exclusive State Control of Arms Is Not a Provocation

Lebanon is entering a critical phase in its long-running debate over Hezbollah’s weapons, following Israel’s rejection of recent Lebanese proposals aimed at…

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Arab World Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. (Lebanese Forces)

Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: Hezbollah’s Weapons No Longer Intimidate Israel  

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has warned that Lebanon is heading toward a “dangerous and potentially destructive summer” if the government fails to take…

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Arab World US Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack arrives for his meeting with Lebanon's Prime Minister at the government palace in Beirut on July 21, 2025. (AFP)

Barrack Says Lebanon Has an Opportunity; Israel, Not US, Setting Deadline for Hezbollah Disarmament

US envoy Tom Barrack concluded his visit to Beirut on Wednesday by reiterating Washington’s stances related to the disarmament of Hezbollah, which he said is…

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