All posts tagged "Lebanon"
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4.2KMiddle EastBomb explosion hits Lebanese capital, Beirut
A powerful bomb explosion has rocked the western part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The sound of ambulance sirens was heard in...
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4.4KBusinessNew sanctions against Hezbollah
Ministers and members of parliament belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah could be sanctioned under a new US law targeting the group’s finances, a...
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2.1KMiddle EastTop Hezbollah commander in Syria killed by Israel
Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite group...
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3.5KMiddle EastArab League Says Iran Undermining Regional Stability
Foreign ministers from countries in the Arab League have condemned Iran for what they say is meddling into Arab affairs and undermining...
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2.3KMiddle EastHezbollah’s Nasrallah: Saudi Execution of Shi’ite Cleric ‘Cannot Be Taken Lightly’
After the murder in Saudi Arabia of a prominent Shi’ite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, the Lebanon based Hezbollah leader slammed the ruling Al...
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2.8KMiddle EastProtesters attack the Saudi embassy in Tehran After Execution of Shiite Cleric
Iranian protesters ransacked and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran on Saturday after Saudi Arabia executed an outspoken Shiite cleric...
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2.4KMiddle EastSaudi Arabia blocks Al-Manar TV Broadcast via Arabsat
Saudi Arabia has blocked the broadcast of al-Manar television via the Arabsat satellites, the Hezbollah-owned TV network announced on Friday. The decision...
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3.0KMiddle EastLebanon PM holds emergency meeting as nation mourns bomb victims
Lebanon’s prime minister held an emergency meeting with ministers and military chiefs on Friday as his country mourned 43 people killed in...