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Berri says Israeli claims of arms smuggling from Syria 'mere lies'

Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday said Hezbollah “has fully committed to the ceasefire agreement” with Israel.

Berri added that the Lebanese Army has deployed in the South Litani region with more than 9,000 soldiers and officers, noting that the army can deploy up to the international border but pointing out that “what is obstructing that is the continued Israeli occupation of vast parts of southern Lebanese territory.”

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Barrack suggests that Aoun should 'call Netanyahu'

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has reportedly suggested that President Joseph Aoun should pick up the phone and call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to settle the outstanding issues between Lebanon and Israel.

According to media reports, Barrack voiced his remarks in a meeting with journalists in Turkey.

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Aoun: Negotiations a unanimous Lebanese choice

President Joseph Aoun announced Tuesday that negotiations with Israel are a “unanimous Lebanese choice.”

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Mona Ziade, who covered Lebanon's civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks for the AP, dies at 65

Mona Ziade, who helped The Associated Press cover major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and '90s, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon's civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks, has died. She was 65.

Ziade died Tuesday morning at her home in Beirut from complications of lung cancer after undergoing treatment for months, her daughter Tamara Blanche said. Blanche said that her mother had been unconscious in the hours before she passed away.

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Lebanon could reduce or cancel $11 million bail for Hannibal Gadhafi

Lebanon may reduce or cancel the $11 million bail imposed for the release of Hannibal Gadhafi, son of deposed Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, his lawyer and a judicial official said.

Lebanese authorities arrested the younger Gadhafi in 2015 and accused him of withholding information about the 1978 disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Moussa Sadr in Libya.

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Aoun: Lebanon has no choice but negotiation with an enemy

President Joseph Aoun stressed Monday that Lebanon’s “only choice” is negotiations with Israel.

“Lebanon has no choice other than negotiation, seeing as in politics there are three work tools: diplomacy, economy and war. When war does not lead to any result, what can we do? The end of every war in the world has been negotiation, and negotiation does not take place with a friend or an ally, but rather with an enemy,” Aoun added.

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Qmati: No choice but to cling to resistance even if we all get martyred

Hezbollah political bureau member Mahmoud Qmati has said that the “equation” that Israel is “trying to impose on Lebanon” will not continue and “will change.”

“As Lebanon, the state, diplomatic relations and Lebanese army and resistance, we will not allow that this equation remain above our heads and that this aggression continue against our land. The state must fulfill its promises and responsibilities, after it said that it will liberate the land and the captives, put an end to violations and begin reconstruction,” Qmati added.

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Lebanon offered $16 billion in return for Hezbollah disarmament

The U.S. and the Gulf countries have offered Lebanon $16 billion in return for fully disarming Hezbollah and beginning the reconstruction process, MTV’s correspondent at the White House quoted U.S. sources as saying.

“This offer could represent the biggest support and investment package in the country’s history, should the Lebanese state agree to implement the U.S. roadmap that stipulates that the state be the only side that monopolizes arms and decisions,” the sources added.

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US official voices support for Lebanese govt., urges Hezbollah disarmament

Disarming Hezbollah and other non-state actors as well as “ending Iran’s proxy activities” is crucial to “ensuring peace and stability in Lebanon and across the region," a U.S. State Department official has said.

"An armed Hezbollah is a threat to Lebanon and its neighbors. The region and the world are watching carefully. A stable Lebanon will present attractive investment opportunities," the official told Fox News.

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Israeli report says 'increased Hezbollah activity' detected in several Lebanese areas

The Israeli army is readying for several scenarios on the northern front with Lebanon, Israel’s Maariv newspaper said.

“Israeli intelligence has detected increased Hezbollah activity in various Lebanese regions, including North Litani, the Bekaa and south Beirut,” the Israeli daily added.

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