The U.S. State Department continuously reviews information about foreign mission members accredited to the United States, including any national security concerns, and takes appropriate action consistent with U.S. law and international obligations, a State Dept. spokesperson said, after the Lebanese consul in Detroit was declared persona non grata.

Eyes are turning toward Tel Aviv after Gadi Eisenkot was tasked with forming a new Israeli government.

The U.S. State Department has declared the Lebanese consul in Michigan persona non grata over social media posts attributed to him praising Hezbollah's 1983 attack on the U.S. Marines in Beirut.

A Hezbollah delegation has visited the Justice Palace in Beirut to discuss the case of the Dahr al-Baidar explosives with State Prosecutor Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj, MTV reported.

The delegation comprised the head of the Coordination and Liaison Unit Hussein al-Abdallah, MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan and the lawyer Hussein Hammoud.

An Israeli army patrol advanced Friday from the occupied Lebanese town of Kfar Kila toward the outskirts of Deir Mimas and opened fire near several local residents while they were harvesting olives, forcing them to leave the area, the National News Agency said.

The Israeli soldiers also took position on the outskirts of the town, blocking entry and exit, and detained one of the local residents, taking him to an unknown location.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reaffirmed Friday that United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 remains the sole legal framework guaranteeing Lebanon’s sovereignty and full territorial restoration up to its internationally recognized borders.

In a meeting with EU Ambassador to Lebanon Sandra De Waele, Berri stressed that international peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) serve as the essential operational mechanism to ensure the execution of all provisions of the resolution.

MP Ali Ammar of Hezbollah on Friday said a statement issued by the embassies of the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada and Japan represented the “peak of lowness and insolence.”

Ammar blasted what he called the “blatant audacity in interfering in the finest details of Lebanese internal affairs -- without any regard for Lebanon’s sovereignty, the independence of its judiciary, diplomatic protocol, or the dignity of the Lebanese people, reaching the point of attempting to determine its national choices and dictate political directions upon it.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is mounting efforts to re-open lines of communication between President Joseph Aoun and Hezbollah, in a bid to avert a looming "explosion", al-Akhbar newspaper reported Friday.

The pro-Hezbollah daily said Berri has been pressuring Aoun and Hezbollah to reconnect — so far without progress, amid Hezbollah's demands for the government to back down from its decision to ban the group's military activities.

The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Anghami are bringing students closer to the realities of the regional digital and entertainment industry through a live business case focused on one of the most relevant audiences for brands today: Gen Z.

The collaboration reflects OSB’s commitment to fostering experiential learning, enabling students to apply classroom concepts to real business challenges and critically reflect on their application in practice. The Anghami live case brings this learning orientation to life by engaging students in an open-ended challenge where they must interpret consumer needs, assess business opportunities, and develop recommendations that respond to an industry partner’s priorities and constraints.

Israeli forces carried out on Friday detonations in al-Teeri, Beit Yahoun and al-Qantara while opening heavy machine-gun fire toward the town and nearby al-Khiam.

Overnight into Friday, Israeli artillery also shelled al-Qantara, Mayfadoun and Wadi Slouqi while forces advanced toward Zawtar al-Gharbieh and detonated houses in al-Khiam.