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Beirut blast protesters say judiciary targets them not officials

Relatives of those killed in the 2020 Beirut port blast say they have become targets of the judiciary instead of senior officials who have still not been held to account for the huge explosion that devastated Lebanon's capital and killed 220 people.

Reuters

Iranian FM Visits Beirut, Denies Tehran Interfering in Presidential Crisis

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced that his country is willing to develop relations with Lebanon at all levels, denying Tehran was interfering in Lebanese affairs. He also announced Iran’s readiness to rebuild and rehabilitate power plants in Lebanon based on an agreement with the Lebanese government. Abdollahian arrived in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kochavi: Israeli Operations Thwarted Activity of Iranian Militias in Region

Outgoing Israeli Chief of Staff General Aviv Kochavi said Friday that operations carried out by his army and Mossad agents in recent years managed to curb most of the activities of Iranian militias against Israel in several countries in the region, notably Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. He added that…

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Guterres Extends Lebanon Tribunal Until Dec. 31 to Wrap Up Work

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended the mandate of the international tribunal that investigated the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri until the end of the year to complete non-judicial functions so it can cease operation. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Thursday that a completion plan, developed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli PM Vows To Fight Against Nuclearization Of Iranian ‘terror Regime’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the "terror regime" in Iran not to cross the Jewish state's red lines.

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Lebanon's Husseini, architect of peace accord, dies at 86

Lebanese Shi'ite politician Hussein al-Husseini, a former parliament speaker who was an architect of the peace agreement ending the 1975-90 civil war, died on Wednesday aged 86.

Reuters

Lebanese Hezbollah condemns Charlie Hebdo cartoons in France

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has condemned the cartoons published recently by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that mocked Iran’s ruling clerics

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Lebanon Court Charges 7 over Attack That Killed Irish UN Soldier

Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven people over an attack last month that killed one Irish soldier serving in a United Nations peacekeeping force, three Lebanese judicial sources told Reuters. On Dec.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seven suspects formally charged over the murder of Private Seán Rooney

Reports in several Lebanese media outlets said the men were all charged with taking part in the attack – and that they included the alleged gunman

Irish Mirror

Lebanon charges seven over killing of UN peacekeeper

Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven suspects in last month's attack that killed an Irish peacekeeper when a group of armed local residents ambushed his convoy and opened fire, officials said.

France 24

Lebanon charges 7 suspects in killing of UN peacekeeper

Lebanon’s military tribunal has charged seven suspects in last month’s attack that killed an Irish peacekeeper when a group of armed local residents ambushed his convoy and opened fire

The Independent UK

Hezbollah head says change to Al Aqsa status quo could explode the region

The leader of Lebanon's powerful armed Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, said that any infringement of the decades-long status quo at the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem could lead to an explosion in the region, not just inside Palestinian territories.

Reuters

Hezbollah Ends Impasse with al-Rahi, Says No Differences in Positions

Hezbollah ended on Monday the impasse with Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi. Head of the party’s political council Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed visited al-Rahi at Bkirki on the occasion of the holidays. The two parties discussed political affairs, including the presidential vacuum. They did not, however, tackle differences between them,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Intelligence Official Calls for Changing Current Iran Strategy

Former head of Israel's Intelligence Department General Tamir Hayman warned that the policy towards Iran served the Tehran regime, criticizing the strategy followed in the recent years. Hayman, the director of the Institute for National Security Research at Tel Aviv University, cautioned that Iran has refrained from entering into serious…

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Syria Says Israel Strike Puts Damascus Airport Briefly Out of Service

The Syrian army said on Monday an Israeli missile strike had briefly put the Damascus International Airport out of service, the latest in a string of strikes targeting Iran-linked assets. A volley of air-launched missiles had hit the airport at 2 a.m., the army said in a statement.

The Independent UK

Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service

The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the capital's airport out of service

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: To move forward, we look back on 2022

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Irish Mirror

Hezbollah fighters now admit being at scene where Irish soldier Sean Rooney was murdered

Investigators have consistently suspected that Hezbollah fighters were involved in the ambush that left Private Rooney dead and his colleague Trooper Shane Kearney seriously injured – but this is the first confirmation that members of the organisation were present

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Suspect Arrested in Killing of UN Peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a peacekeeper in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon, officials said Tuesday. The area of the Dec. 14 shooting attack, near…

The Independent UK

Suspect arrested in killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a U.N. peacekeeper from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Creating Another ‘Southern Suburb’ Near Damascus

Iran is seeking to revive its expansion near the Syrian capital, Damascus, which it has always sought to do and was previously thwarted by Russia. Iran's objective is to create another “southern suburb”, commonly known as Dahieh, like the Hezbollah-dominated one in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The plan is to…

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Hamadeh to Asharq Al-Awsat: Presidential Vacuum in Lebanon Will Last Months

It appears that the vacuum in the presidency in Lebanon will last several months given the lack of prospects for a local solution or a breakthrough in complicated regional files that will negatively impact the country. Further aggravating the situation is the near collapse of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear…

Al Jazeera

Hezbollah ‘supporter’ detained in probe of UN peacekeeper killing

A Hezbollah spokesperson says the detained suspect is a supporter of the group but not a member.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Detains Hezbollah Supporter in Probe of Irish UN Peacekeeper’s Killing

The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the Hezbollah party, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said. The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed party, but not a member of the…

Reuters

Lebanon detains Hezbollah supporter in probe of Irish U.N. peacekeeper's killing

The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in a move coordinated with powerful armed group Hezbollah, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said.

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