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Israeli strike targets Lebanese town outskirts near Syria border

Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike overnight on the al-Shaara outskirts, east of the Lebanese town of Janta on the Lebanese-Syrian border, media reports said.

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Aoun in Cairo for Arab summit, talks with leaders

President Joseph Aoun took part Tuesday in Cairo in the opening session of an extraordinary Arab summit on the Palestinian cause.

Aoun also held meetings on the summit's sidelines with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres, Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid and Rashad al-Alimi, the chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council.

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Aoun, MBS stress need for state monopoly on arms, Israel pullout

President Joseph Aoun and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman have stressed “the importance of the full implementation of the Taif Agreement and the relevant U.N. resolutions,” in a joint statement issued after Aoun’s first visit to the kingdom in his capacity as president.

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Interior minister stresses commitment to timely municipal polls

Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar has stressed that the ministry is committed to organizing the May municipal and mayoral elections on time.

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Akkar MP calls for a 'solution federalism'

MP Walid al-Baarini, who represents the impoverished region of Akkar in parliament, has defended his recent call for “federalism,” saying his proposal “carries unification rather than partitioning as some are claiming for their own reasons.”

“Perhaps there is a necessity now for each side to win its right from the central state, regardless of numbers, strength and affiliations,” Baarini said in an interview with the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.

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Transport minister says firm measures taken at Beirut airport

Public Works and Transportation Minister Fayez Rasamny has said that Lebanese authorities have “taken all the necessary measures at Beirut’s international airport.”

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Israel shoots Lebanese man, sends propaganda drone over two Tyre towns

An Israeli drone was hovering Monday over the Tyre district towns of al-Mansouri and Byout al-Siyyad, blaring “provocative statements,” the National News Agency said, in reference to anti-Hezbollah propaganda.

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Jaber, Hajjar and Rasamny inspect airport after $2.5M seized

Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar and Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny have made a joint inspection visit to Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, days after $2.5 million in cash were seized in the possession of a Lebanese man coming from Turkey.

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Israel opens fire as 95 civilians and fighters killed in war are buried in Aitaroun

People mourned Friday, in the southern border town of Aitaroun, their loved ones killed in Israeli airstrikes during hostilities that lasted more than a year between Israel and Hezbollah.

The 95 civilians and Hezbollah members had been temporarily buried outside their hometown as the Israeli military remained in an area of dozens of border towns past its withdrawal deadline.

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Man with $2.5 mn arrested at Beirut Airport

A man was arrested Friday morning at Beirut Airport after $2.5 million were found in his possession.

Beirut airport authorities arrested Mohammad H. who arrived aboard a Turkish Pegasus plane. The young man is being investigated about the source of the money and its destination, amid reports that the cash was destined for Hezbollah.

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