BEIRUT — A Lebanese man sanctioned by the U.S. for his alleged links with Palestinian group Hamas was found dead Wednesday after he went missing for a week, Lebanese state media and judicial officials said. Mohammad Srour, 57, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in August 2019 for giving “financial, material, technological support, financial or … Read more
BEIRUT — Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday when a shell exploded near them while patrolling the southern Lebanese border, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said. The military observers are part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, which supports the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known … Read more
BEIRUT — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the country. The men to whom nun Maya Ziadeh was referring are members of the Lebanese Shiite militant … Read more
BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities Friday detained a suspected French drug dealer a few days after releasing him on bail, judicial officials said. The officials said members of Lebanon’s General Security Directorate detained Abdel Karim Touil at the request of the country’s prosecutor general and he was being held at the Justice Palace in Beirut. Officials … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A court in Cyprus on Saturday ordered two men to remain in police custody for six days on suspicion of people smuggling. The men were identified as the drivers of two boats that brought 146 Syrian refugees and one Lebanese migrant to the east Mediterranean island nation. Police said the suspects are … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave EILON, Israel — For years, David Shtift tried to convince the Israeli army that Hezbollah militants, a mile away in Lebanon, would make good on their threats to attack Israel. Shtift and his neighbors said they saw Hezbollah special forces massing along the border and establishing lookout … Read more
BEIRUT — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the U.N. chief’s spokesperson said Sunday. Over the years, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon held in absentia proceedings and found three members of the militant Hezbollah group guilty in … Read more
BEIRUT — France’s foreign minister urged Lebanese leaders on Monday to work on reducing tensions along the border with Israel, warning that the Israel-Hamas war could still spread to other parts of the region. Catherine Colonna’s visit to Lebanon came a day after she visited Israel, where she called for an “immediate truce” aimed at … Read more
KFAR KILA, Lebanon — With a cautious calm prevailing over the border area in south Lebanon on Saturday, the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, villages that had emptied of their residents came back to life — at least briefly. Shuttered shops reopened, cars moved through the streets, and a family … Read more
A Lebanese woman and her three granddaughters were laid to rest in their hometown in southern Lebanon two days after they were killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit the car they were traveling in near the Lebanon-Israel border ByBASSAM HATOUM Associated Press November 7, 2023, 5:14 AM Relatives of the victims weep over … Read more