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Israeli air strike on south Lebanon kills one
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest violation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. In a statement, the ministry said an Israeli drone strike targeted a car...

Israeli drone strike on car in south Lebanon kills one, says health ministry
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed one person, the Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday. The health ministry said that an "Israeli enemy" drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed at least one man. It comes a day...

Behind closed doors: Can Lebanon craft a unified response to the US proposal in time?
Report by Joe Farchakh, English adaptation by Karine Keuchkerian Lebanon’s leadership is racing against time to finalize a unified response to the proposal put forward by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack amid ongoing internal consultations. Following...

Major drug bust on Syrian-Lebanese border: 500,000 captagon pills seized
Syrian internal security forces in the Al Nabk area, in coordination with the anti-narcotics branch in rural Damascus, intercepted a vehicle carrying a large drug shipment near the Syrian-Lebanese border. The shipment, which originated in Lebanon,...
1 killed, 5 injured in Israeli airstrikes on S. Lebanon
BEIRUT, June 28 (Xinhua) -- A Hezbollah member was killed, and five civilians injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to health authorities and a security source in Lebanon. In a statement, the Public Health...
Lebanon says 1 killed, 25 wounded in strikes as Israel blames death on Hezbollah arms
Lebanon’s health ministry said a woman was killed and 25 other people wounded in Israeli strikes Friday in the country’s south, while the Israeli military blamed Hezbollah munitions for the death. Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon,...

Israel claims to target Hezbollah’s anti-tank missile chief in southern Lebanon

Kenyon: Hoping to break even in Lebanon
The three women made the trip to Lebanon in little under an hour on Tuesday. Barbara Stack, the youngest at 75, did the driving. At 11:30 a.m., Stack pulled her white Subaru into one of four parking spaces — only yards from the establishment’s...

Lebanon raises minimum wage to LBP 28 million

Syrian forces seize 3 million captagon pills in operation near Lebanese border
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria said Friday that authorities had seized some three million pills of the illicit stimulant captagon after clashes with a drug trafficking network near the Lebanese border. Authorities observed the network “coming from...

Cuban FM rejects recent Israeli airstrike on Lebanon
The Cuban foreign minister wrote on his X profile, “We denounce the new Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, which violate the ceasefire and International Law, causing new victims and displaced persons.” Rodriguez commented, “Israel continues to...

Trump: We're with Lebanon all the way
by Naharnet Newsdesk 28 June 2025, 10:21 U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his support for Lebanon. “Lebanon is a great place with brilliant people and hopefully we can bring it back again,” Trump said in response to a Lebanese reporter’s...

Syria says seized 3 million captagon pills coming from Lebanon
by Naharnet Newsdesk 28 June 2025, 10:09 Syria said Friday that authorities had seized some three million pills of the illicit stimulant captagon after clashes with a drug trafficking network near the Lebanese border. Authorities observed the...

Nova Scotia to recruit doctors via Lebanese universities
CANADA-LEBANON The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is working with two Lebanese universities to recruit family doctors, chipping away at a major shortfall that has more than 90,000 Nova Scotians without a primary care provider, writes Taryn Grant...

Watch: Israel resumes strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon after ceasefire, releases attack footage
Israel resumed military operations on June 28, striking Hezbollah sites in Southern Lebanon after a brief ceasefire. Smoke rose from Nabatieh as Israeli forces released footage of the assault. The renewed conflict follows a US-brokered truce and...

UNIFIL patrol obstructed in southern Lebanon; local residents condemn incident
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol was obstructed in the Tell Ebel area, near the outskirts of Ebel El Saqi, due to the absence of a Lebanese army escort, according to the state-run National News Agency. In a statement, Ebel...
Lebanese Officials Deplore Israeli Aggression on South Lebanon: Aoun Urges International Action
President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, on Friday condemned the Israeli military escalation targeting the Nabatieh and Iqlim Al-Tuffah regions and endangering civilians, denouncing what he described as “Israel’s continued violation of...

New members’ club Beihouse revives Beirut’s architectural heritage
As the hospitality landscape increasingly demands a social agenda of pre-planning, pre-booking, and sometimes even pre-ordering, the appeal of a members’ club – with its certainty and guaranteed access allowing good old-fashioned spontaneity – has...

Lebanon says one dead, 11 wounded in Israeli strike in south
Lebanon's health ministry said a woman was killed and 11 other people were wounded in an Israeli strike in the country's south, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. "The Israel enemy strike on an apartment in Nabatiyeh led to a...

Lebanon next? Elon Musk calls Lebanese president as Starlink eyes new market
Report by Ghida Fayad, English adaptation by Karine Keuchkerian This is not a rumor: "Tech king" Elon Musk has called Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. So why did he call? The call came two weeks after a delegation from Starlink visited Lebanon and...