President Michel Aoun is expected to travel to the Saudi capital on Saturday to partake in the upcoming Arab summit.
Aoun will head a Lebanese delegation to the summit which will be held mid-April in Dhahran.
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Battles for Lebanon's parliamentary elections have brought back political confrontations between the two Druze leaders in Mount Lebanon, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat and head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Minister of the Displaced Talal Arslan, Asharq al-Awsat daily reported Tuesday.
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Lebanon's foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday condemning Israeli violations of Lebanon's airspace, saying a complaint will be filed at the UN Security Council.
Full StoryThe Army Command-Orientation Directorate said on Monday that four Israeli warplanes have breached Lebanon's airspace.
According to the army’s statement, the warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace at 3:25 a.m. flying over the sea to the west of Jounieh, adding that they had flown east over the city of Baalbek and then left the country’s airspace at 3:35 a.m.
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Israel has resumed the construction of a controversial cement separation wall between Lebanon's southern border and occupied Palestine amid tight Lebanese and Israeli security measures, the National News Agency reported Monday.
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An official French auditor of the Paris I, II and III conferences on Lebanon, who also took part in the latest CEDRE conference, said Lebanon is plagued with “unprecedented corruption” describing its public debt as a “cancerous situation,” the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Monday.
Full StoryHizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday urged Hizbullah's supporters to turn out heavily in the upcoming parliamentary elections in order to “immunize the resistance politically.”
In order to achieve the objective, Hizbullah must ensure a “strong presence” in parliament, government and the presidencies, Nasrallah told an electoral rally in the South via video link.
Full StoryIsraeli spy drones overflew the Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel provinces for a third consecutive day on Sunday, sparking concerns among residents, the National News Agency said.
“For three days now, Israeli reconnaissance drones have been flying round-the-clock at medium altitude over the overlapping mountainous regions between the Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel provinces,” NNA said.
Full StoryPresident Michel Aoun has stressed that Hizbullah is not a “heavy ally,” as he noted that the Iran-backed party is “committed to peace and stability in Lebanon.”
“Hizbullah is not a heavy ally and its members are Lebanese citizens who live in their towns on the border with Israel,” Aoun said in an interview with the French TV5Monde channel.
Full StoryThe world “embraced Lebanon” at the CEDRE economic meeting, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said.
“Through France's hosting of the CEDRE conference and the presence of the participating countries, the world embraced Lebanon,” Berri told al-Hayat newspaper in remarks published Sunday.
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