Here are the top stories for Lebanon today:   UNIFIL:   Third Hezbollah tunnel crossed Lebanon-Israel border A UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon Thursday said a tunnel discovered earlier this year by Israel had crossed the Lebanese-Israeli border, in the third such breach of a ceasefire resolution. Israel in January accused Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah of […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Washington revokes visas of pro-Iran Lebanese nationals The US embassy in Beirut has revoked the visas of several Lebanese figures including the visa of a Lebanese lawyer representing a Syrian businessman suspected of having ties with the Syrian regime. It also revoked the visas of several Lebanese businessmen, who […]

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denied on Monday reports published by a Kuwaiti newspaper that he had predicted a war with Israel this summer and that he might be assassinated soon. “I did not say these words… I did not say there would be an Israel war with Lebanon this summer, I never even thought about […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: U.S. offers $10M reward for financial disruption to Hezboll The U.S. government on Monday offered a $10 million reward for information leading to a financial disruption to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.  U.S. Treasury Department official Marshall Billingslea said Washington, D.C., wants to “hit Hezbollah in the […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Fate of missing Lebanese cameraman remains unknown Samir Kassab, a cameraman for the Dubai-based Sky News Arabia, went missing with his colleagues in Syria in 2013 amid reports that he has been abducted by the Daesh terrorist group. On Friday, private Lebanese channel LBC quoted Kassab’s father as […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: 300,000 Saudi visitors expected in Lebanon this year: envoy About  300,000 Saudi visitors are expect to travel to Lebanon this year after the kingdom lifted a 15-month-old travel warning in February, the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon  Walid al-Bukhari said Thursday  during a visit to the Tripoli home of journalist […]

  Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Shocking figures about public sector wages reveled by Lebanon Finance Minister Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil revealed shocking figures related to salaries of some government employees  after the public outcry that was provoked by government plans to cut wages as part of strict austerity measures to counter an economic […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: FM Bassil reportedly meets  a senior Israeli official in Moscow Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has reportedly met with a senior  Israeli official in Moscow and  discussed  issues of mutual interest, including the, Borders,  Syria , the Assad regime and the issue of Iranian weapons factories in Lebanon, […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Lebanese PM warns of catastrophe without austerity Lebanon faces catastrophe if the government does not agree what may be the most austere budget in its history, the prime minister said on Wednesday, urging national unity and saying everyone should be ready for sacrifices if necessary. Lebanese draft […]

Here are the top stories for Lebanon today: Fearing Austerity, Lebanese Protest Ahead of Budget   The Lebanese government has yet to disclose its budget for 2019, but protesters are already in the streets fearing the “difficult and painful” reforms it is expected to announce as it tries to get spending in control and rein […]