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May 5, 2024 at 2:53 PM. BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Sunday in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon killed four civilians and wounded several others, Lebanese state media and the ...
Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in south Lebanon and Hezbollah said it had launched explosive drones and rockets at Israeli targets on Wednesday as Israel's defence minister warned of a "hot ...
April 5, 2024 at 4:53 AM. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, has said Israeli air strikes have turned southern Lebanon into a "devastated agricultural area ...
The National News Agency (NNA; Arabic: الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام) is the official news agency of the government of Lebanon, located at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information in Hamra, Beirut. Established in 1961, the domestic and international news publisher publishes in Arabic, English and French.
This comes amidst the 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis. [4] May 14 – One person killed by Israeli fire during demonstrations along the Blue Line. [5] May 17 – Six rockets fired from the Rachaya Al Foukhar area towards Israel, with all falling within Lebanon. In response, 22 shells were launched by the Israeli army towards the source.
Najib Azmi Mikati ( Arabic: نجيب عزمي ميقاتي; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Lebanon since September 2021. He also leads a cabinet that has assumed the powers of the president of Lebanon since the term of president Michel Aoun ended in October 2022. [1]
Violence at the border has killed more than 120 people in Lebanon, including 85 Hezbollah fighters and 16 civilians. In Israel, the hostilities have killed seven soldiers and four civilians.
Politics of Lebanon. Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution of Lebanon grants the people the right to change their government.