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Lebanon: Former Speaker Hussein Husseini Dead at 86

Former Lebanese Parliament Speaker Hussein Al-Husseini died on Wednesday at the age of 86. "Today Lebanon has lost an authentic national and constitutional figure,” caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said. He announced a three-day official mourning, during which flags will fly at half-mast. Husseini was one of the founders of…

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Irish soldier Shane Kearney injured in Lebanon shooting no longer critical and 'responding well to treatment'

Shane Kearney was injured in the same shooting incident that resulted in the death of Private Sean Rooney

Irish Mirror

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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Lebanese Parliament Won’t Legislate 'Writing Off’ Bank Deposits

Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab pledged Monday that Parliament will never agree to legislate any law that would write off deposits in Lebanon’s banks. Bou Saab was speaking following a session of the joint parliamentary committees devoted to resuming the discussion of the capital control bill. “There is hope…

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Lebanon: Aoun Uses Defense Minister to Settle Scores with Army Commander

Signs of a political clash began to emerge between Lebanon’s Minister of National Defense in the caretaker government, retired Brigadier General Maurice Slim, and Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, over the appointment of an officer who would manage the Army’s General Inspection Authority. The clash could have been avoided had…

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Grillo Renews France’s Pledge to Support Lebanon, Stay by Its Side

France on Sunday renewed its pledge to support Lebanon and stay by its side in 2023 despite the challenges, according to a message addressed by the French ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, to the Lebanese on the occasion of the new year 2023. Grillo said her country will seriously commit…

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Int’l Report Ranks Beirut’s Quality of Life Among the ‘Worst’ in the World

Lebanon’s catastrophic decline has considerably impacted the quality of life in the Mediterranean nation. The capital, Beirut, ranked 240 from among 242 cities in a quality of life index published by a recent international report. Beirut has become one of the “worst” cities in the world due to the consequences…

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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.

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'The explosion triggered this nostalgia': Instagram archive documents Lebanon’s rich fashion history

From professional fashion photography to family snapshots, the Instagram account “Lebanese Fashion History” documents Lebanese life via images of the fashion and social upheaval of the late 20th century. Its creator, an Australian fashion designer with Lebanese roots, told the FRANCE 24 Observers team what inspired him to create the…

France 24

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

Lebanese military court charges 7 over fatal UNIFIL peacekeeper attack - three judicial sources

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

Reuters

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.

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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,…

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Stray Bullets Hit 2 Jets at Beirut Airport

Stray bullets from gunfire celebrations for the new year hit two Middle East Airlines jets parked at Beirut’s international airport causing minor damage to the planes without hurting anyone, an airline official said Sunday. Intense shooting in the air occurred around midnight Saturday in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon…

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French Defense Minister Celebrates New Year with French Troops in Lebanon

French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Saturday checked on the UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers in southern Lebanon upon his arrival in Beirut. The minister, on a several-day official visit to Lebanon, spent New Year’s Eve with the French troops and will inspect the Beirut Port explosion site. He is also scheduled…

The Independent UK

Lebanese and UN troops rescue migrants vessel, 2 killed

Lebanon’s navy and U.N. peacekeepers have rescued more than 200 migrants from a boat sinking in the Mediterranean Sea hours after it left northern Lebanon’s coast, the military said in a statement

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Two Migrants Die, 232 Rescued after Boat Capsizes off Lebanon

Two migrants died and 232 others were rescued after the boat they were travelling on capsized off the coast of Lebanon on Saturday, the Lebanese Army said. Three naval vessels and a boat operated by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) took part in a rescue operation off…

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

Reuters

European investigators to visit Lebanon in Salameh graft probe - sources

European investigators will visit Lebanon in January as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud by Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh to the detriment of the Lebanese state, three judicial sources said.

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Europe Investigators to Visit Lebanon in Central Bank Chief Probe

European investigators will visit Lebanon next month as part of a probe into the wealth of central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial official said on Tuesday. The long-serving central bank chief, 72, is among top officials widely blamed for Lebanon's unprecedented economic crisis, dubbed one of the worst in…

Irish Mirror

Varadkar to put visit to Irish troops in Lebanon near the top of his agenda in 2023

"I hope that can be done"

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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…

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