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Berri says Salam PM of all Lebanese not just of 'one or two'

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Monday that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is the prime minister of all Lebanon, and that the government includes everyone, after change MP Firas Hamdan said that Hezbollah and Amal ministers must resign if they don't like Salam.

Hamdan spoke during a legislative session that was adjourned after the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb MPs walked out of parliament, stripping the session of its quorum over a clash on the electoral law and the rights of expats to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

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Hajjar says ministry committed to holding elections on time

Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Monday that his ministry is committed to holding the May 2026 parliamentary elections based on the current law, noting that the law stipulates Nov. 20 as a final deadline for expat registration.

“I remind of the period that preceded the municipal and mayoral elections, when there were doubts about their organization, but we held them on time,” Hajjar said in parliament.

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Shouting, walkouts and loss of quorum as parliament debates electoral law

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri threatened Monday to adjourn a legislative session after MP Ali Hassan Khalil of Berri’s bloc accused the Lebanese Forces of not wanting parliamentary elections and a verbal clash ensued.

Khalil voiced his remarks after MP Georges Adwan of the LF said his party would suspend its participation in the sessions of the subcommittee discussing the electoral law, prompting Khalil to say that “it’s clear that the brothers want to torpedo the elections.”

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Israel says struck Hezbollah weapons depots in south Lebanon

An Israeli drone targeted Monday the southern border town of Aitaroun, a day after a series of strikes that the Israeli military said targeted weapons depots belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

"A short while ago, the IDF (Israeli military) struck Hezbollah weapon storage facilities in southern Lebanon. These weapon depots were used by the terrorist organization to advance and carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel," the Israeli military said in a statement Sunday.

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Iran's Larijani holds talks with Hezbollah's Qassem

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has met with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani, in the presence of Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, Hezbollah said on Sunday.

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Qassem says Hezbollah won't disarm, 'ready for martyrdom'

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would not allow itself to be disarmed on Saturday as he addressed supporters marking one year since the killing by Israel of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

The charismatic leader was killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on September 27, 2024.

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Larijani lauds Qassem's call for new page with KSA

A top Iranian security official called on regional countries Saturday to put their differences aside and cooperate closely as they face what he called "Israel's conspiracies."

Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, spoke in Beirut where he arrived earlier Saturday to attend the anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.

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Hezbollah supporters gather at Nasrallah's tomb to commemorate killing

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered Saturday at the tomb of the group's former chief, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to mark the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of their longtime leader.

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A year after losing Nasrallah, Hezbollah is beginning to regroup

Hezbollah suffered one blow after another during its most recent war with Israel, culminating in the killing of the group's longtime leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in massive Israeli airstrikes on a Beirut suburb.

The group was weakened militarily and politically. Many of its opponents declared that its days as a dominant regional and local player were over.

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Riad Salameh walks free after posting record bail

Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh walked free from a year in custody over embezzlement allegations Friday after posting more than $14 million in bail, a judicial official told AFP.

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