U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis abruptly said he was quitting on Thursday after falling out with President Donald Trump over his foreign policies, one day after Trump rebuffed top advisers and decided to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria. Mattis announced plans to resign in a candid resignation letter to Trump that laid bare […]
Hezbollah chief threatens to target Israeli nuclear and biological sites in a future war
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned against an Israeli attack and said that this group has the ability to target nuclear and biological sites in Israel in any future confrontation, but at the same time he ruled out any war in the near future . In an interview on al-Mayadeen television he said: “I rule out an Israeli attack […]
MP Harb calls for amending the constitution after parliament failed to elect a president
The Lebanese parliament failed again today and for the 35th time in a row to elect a president to replace Michel Suleiman whose term ended on May 25 , 2014. As in the past sessions the parliament was unable to reach a quorum because the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group and its ally MP Michel Aoun’s […]
5 Czechs head home from Lebanon after Prague freed 3 Lebanese
Five Czechs who surfaced in Lebanon this week after their suspected kidnapping last July left for home on Thursday as their government freed two Lebanese nationals who had been held on an extradition request by the United States. Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said a plane with the Czechs on board had left Beirut. Czech officials […]
Muslims, Christians are ‘brothers’, Pope Francis says at a Central African Republic mosque
Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighbourhoods on Monday to beg Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of hate, vendetta and bloodshed that has killed thousands over the past three years. Under intense security, Francis passed through a no-man’s zone to enter PK5, a district where most Muslims who have […]
Iran is cheating again on nukes, UK tells UN
Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters. The existence of such a network could add to Western concerns over whether Tehran can be trusted to adhere to a nuclear deal due […]
Bulgaria: The 2 Hezbollah suspects are living in Lebanon- update
The two living suspects behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year have been identified and both are now living in Lebanon, a top Bulgarian security official said Wednesday. The bomb that exploded July 18 as the Israeli tourists were boarding a bus at the airport in Burgas also killed […]
Wahab says Mikati is stamped: Made in Syria
Former minister Wiam Wahab launched a sharp attack against Prime Minister Najib Mikati accusing him of wanting to topple the embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. In an Interviewe with New TV, Wahab was responding to a comment by Mikati in which he said: “I haven’t spoken with Assad for nearly 2 years
Death toll from Aleppo university explosions rises to 82
At least 82 people were killed and 160 wounded on Tuesday in two explosions that rocked the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
British companies to search for Lebanon’s offshore oil and gas?
British companies could soon be involved in the search for oil and gas off Lebanon’s shores. At least that’s the hope of the UK government who are asking British companies to register an interest in searching for oil and gas in Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They have until the end of February 2013 to […]