Lebanon
Australia lists neo-Nazi group and Hezbollah as terrorist organisations
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday classified neo-Nazi organisation The Base and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and...
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Children skipping meals in majority of families in Lebanon, UNICEF says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than half of families in Lebanon had at least one child who skipped a meal by...
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Russia sends satellite images to Lebanon from day of Beirut port blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has sent Lebanon the satellite images it has for Beirut's port before and after a huge...
Read moreLebanon’s Hezbollah condemns Britain’s decision to ban Hamas -statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement condemned Britain’s decision to proscribe Palestinian militant group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, the...
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Lebanon needs to show that Hezbollah can change behaviour, Bahrain minister says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, said on Saturday that Lebanon needs to demonstrate that its powerful Iran-allied...
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Dozens of Palestinians use Barcelona layover to seek asylum in Spain
By Nacho Doce and Inti Landauro BARCELONA (Reuters) - A group of 39 Palestinian passengers on a flight from Egypt...
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Lebanese president baulks at March polls amid economic meltdown
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Friday he would not sign any authorisation for legislative elections to...
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Lebanon PM says he will call cabinet to meet soon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday he will call for a cabinet meeting soon after...
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‘People will be harmed’ as Lebanon cuts medicine subsidies
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Christine, a 28-year-old nurse in the Lebanese army, used to spend about a quarter...
Read moreKuwait detains 18 suspected of financing Lebanon’s Hezbollah – media
Cairo (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Kuwait have detained 18 people suspected of financing Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, the newspapers...
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Turkey says saddened by Lebanon-Gulf crisis, calls for diplomatic resolution
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey is saddened by a crisis between Lebanon and Gulf states, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during...
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Luxembourg opens criminal inquiry into Lebanon cenbank governor
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Luxembourg judicial authorities have opened "a criminal case" in relation to Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh...
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Embraces and flowers greet Kuwaiti prisoners freed under amnesty
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait released a group of prisoners on Sunday pardoned by the emir in an...
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Lebanese government in ‘fantasy land’ amid crisis, U.N. envoy says
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese government officials have no sense of urgency and are not taking responsibility for...
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Lebanon information minister says he is not challenging Mikati or Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon information minister George Kordahi said on Friday he is not challenging Prime Minister Najib Mikati nor...
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Top EU official welcomes Turkish move to curb air traffic to Belarus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas on Friday welcomed a move by Turkish aviation authorities to limit...
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Israel plans to bypass some of its Arab towns in war manoeuvres
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will bypass some of its Arab towns in transporting ground forces to future...
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Hezbollah rejects calls for minister to quit over Yemen comments
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Hezbollah leader rejected calls for the resignation of a Lebanese minister who sparked a diplomatic rift...
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Like the Titanic – Lebanon’s orchestra keeps playing as country sinks
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - As Lebanon's national orchestra prepared for its season-opening concert with half its musicians absent,...
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UAE foreign minister meets Assad, most senior Emirati visit to Syria since war began
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates foreign minister met President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday, a sign of improving...
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