The Latest Breaking News from Lebanon

Every time a part of his old grey Mercedes breaks, 62-year-old Beirut cab driver Abed Omayraat faces a tough choice: go into debt to import an expensive car part, or raise fares for customers whose wallets are already drained by a severe economic crisis.

Sean Rooney was murdered on Wednesday after his vehicle was ambushed by a violent mob in Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday the attack against a convoy of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The Foreign Ministry called for an immediate and transparent probe into the attack that left an Irish soldier dead. It stressed the Kingdom’s rejection of all forms of violence, underling its…

As well as soldiers being killed in action, several of the 47 died in accidents or from sudden illness while serving with UNIFIL

The United Nations' peacekeeping force in south Lebanon on Friday urged Beirut to ensure a "speedy" investigation into an Irish soldier's shooting death near the Israeli border. The peacekeeper's convoy came under fire late Wednesday near the village of Al-Aqbiya, the Irish military said, wounding three other members of the…

The vehicle is presumed to have got lost in the darkness and ended up in the small coastal town

Private Seán Rooney's fiancee has spoken of her heartbreak following his tragic death “

Britain said on Friday it hoped a ruling by a Lebanese court to uphold the conviction of an Uber driver for the 2017 rape and murder of a British woman in Lebanon would bring closure for her family.

Lebanon officially condemned the shooting at a UNIFIL convoy that led to the killing of a soldier from the Irish battalion. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri denounced an “unfortunate and reprehensible incident,” while caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed “the need for the relevant authorities to conduct the necessary investigations to…