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Al-Rahi calls on MPs to stop awaiting foreign instructions on president election

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday stressed that the country’s new president should enjoy the “confidence” of the people and the world.

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Mikati defends govt. response to south flare-up, slams FPM

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has defended his government’s response to the latest cross-border escalation with Israel, which was the most serious flare-up since the 2006 war.

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Tensions at al-Aqsa amid simultaneous religious rituals

Israeli-Palestinian tensions reached a peak Sunday at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem amid simultaneous religious rituals.

Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city's Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, for a mass priestly benediction prayer service for the Passover holiday. At the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a walled esplanade above the Western Wall, hundreds of Palestinians performed prayers as part of observances during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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Al-Rahi slams 'illegal weapons' subjecting Lebanon to 'unwanted wars'

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Saturday condemned the use of Lebanese territory to fire rockets at Israel, in the wake of the most serious cross-border escalation since the 2006 war.

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Israeli shelling of south Lebanon causes damage, kills livestock

The Israeli shelling at dawn of areas near the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Rashidiyeh in south Lebanon led to the death of six sheep and several birds and damages to a livestock barn, the National News Agency said.

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Lebanon files UN complaint over Israeli bombardment

Following consultations with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib asked Lebanon’s permanent mission to the U.N. to file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over the dawn Israeli bombardment of areas near the southern city of Tyre.

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Lebanon and Israel tell UNIFIL they 'do not want a war'

Lebanon and Israel "said they do not want war," the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Friday.

The U.N. peacekeepers -- deployed in southern Lebanon to buffer the two sides -- called on "all parties to cease all actions" on both sides of the border after the Israeli army launched strikes Friday at dawn following the firing of rockets into Israel from Lebanese territory.

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Israeli airstrikes target area in Lebanon's Tyre region

At least three explosions were heard in southern Lebanon's Tyre region at dawn on Friday, as Israel announced it was carrying out strikes in response to rocket fire.

"At least two shells fell near" a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre city, said camp resident Abu Ahmad, who told AFP he "heard explosions."

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Geagea addresses Lebanese govt. over South rockets

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday addressed questions to the Lebanese government after dozens of rockets were fired from south Lebanon at northern Israel.

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UNIFIL urges restraint after rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday called for restraint after rocket fire from southern Lebanon targeted Israel.

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