Press Releases

UNESCO

The Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Beirut, Paolo Fontani, met with the President of the Lebanese National Commission (NATCOM), Nada Moghaizel-Nasr and the Secretary-General, Amira Solh, to build on the strong track record of...

United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

Antoine Kassis, 59, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

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(MENAFN) The Lebanese army said on Tuesday that one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, despite the existence of a ceasefire arrangement.

National Union of Journalists

The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and the Union of Journalists of Lebanon (UJL) in condemning continued targeted attacks on journalists in Palestine and Lebanon by...

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(MENAFN) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that he is prepared to “go anywhere” to secure what he described as Lebanon’s “salvation,” as a ceasefire with Israel comes into effect.

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(MENAFN) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that he is prepared to “go anywhere” in pursuit of what he described as Lebanon’s “salvation,” as a newly implemented ceasefire comes into effect, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that holding a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not appropriate at this stage, while stressing that Lebanon remains committed to the path of negotiations, according to...

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(MENAFN) Two hardline members of Israel's Cabinet publicly called Sunday for a resumption of airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, openly defying the terms of a ceasefire that remains nominally in force.

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(MENAFN) Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, striking the Lebanese capital in open defiance of a ceasefire agreement that remains nominally in force.

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(MENAFN) Two Israeli cabinet ministers called on Sunday for renewed airstrikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Sunday, despite the existence of a ceasefire agreement, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich escalated his rhetoric Saturday, renewing calls for the demolition of ten buildings in Beirut's Dahiyeh district in retaliation for every rocket launched at Israel from Lebanese territory.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has renewed his call for the destruction of buildings in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district in response to rocket fire from Lebanon, according to a post he made on the US social media platform X on...

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(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia has announced the resumption of Lebanese exports to the kingdom, ending years of restricted trade ties in a significant diplomatic and economic breakthrough for Beirut.

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(MENAFN) Israel has carried out airstrikes on the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre, including areas near the Christian quarter, following a partial evacuation order, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Senior Israeli cabinet members dramatically hardened their rhetoric against Lebanon on Monday, openly calling for the bombing of Beirut, the detention of civilians, and the seizure of Lebanese territory in response to Hezbollah drone...

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(MENAFN) Lebanese Metropolitan Elias Kfoury described a recent incident involving an Israeli soldier damaging a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon as “not surprising,” according to an interview given on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) A Lebanese journalist was killed after an Israeli strike hit an area in Lebanon while she was on assignment, according to statements from the Red Cross cited by reports on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) At least eight people lost their lives and 13 others were wounded on Sunday following a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs and areas in southern Lebanon, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) A senior adviser to Ali Khamenei said early Monday that Israel’s airstrike on Beirut has activated what he described as the “first phase” of a broader response by the so-called resistance axis, according to Iranian media reports.