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Berri delivers response to French paper

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has delivered Lebanon’s response to the French paper related to resolving the border conflict between Lebanon and Israel, Berri’s aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil has said. Khalil said the response has been handed to the (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Poland busts migrant smugglers suspected of funding Hezbollah

Poland has dismantled an alleged migrant trafficking network at the Polish-Belarusian border which was suspected of providing millions of dollars in financing to armed groups like Hezbollah, prosecutors said Tuesday. Thirty-six Polish, (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

12 US Senators threaten ICC: ‘Target Israel and we will target you’

“You have been warned,” wrote 12 Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. JAKE JOHNSON Just over a week before the International Criminal Court issued a statement condemning threats against the institution, a dozen Republicans (...)

Ya Libnan - 8 May 2024

China's Xi Jinping visits Serbia on anniversary of 1999 NATO bombing

NNA - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Serbia on Tuesday evening escorted by MIG-29 jets in a tightly secured visit coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the NATO bombing of China#39;s embassy in which three Chinese journalists were (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Defense Minister meets Army Commander

NNA - Caretaker Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, met, at his Yarze office on Wednesday, with Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, who extended to his host Easter greetings. The meeting was an occasion to touch on the (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Hezbollah attacks north Israel with suicide drones

Hezbollah attacked Tuesday northern Israel with suicide drones. The group said its drones targeted soldiers in the Yiftah barracks, inflicting casualties, while other drones hit an Iron Dome platform in the Ramot Naftali barracks, damaging it.

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah Metula drone attack

The Israeli army said Tuesday that two soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah Monday attack on a post near Metula in northern Israel. Master Sgt. (res.) Dan Kamkagi, 31, from Kfar Oranim, and Master Sgt. (res) Nahman Natan Hertz, 31, from Elazar, (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Geagea vows to expel every 'illegal migrant' from Lebanon

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has stressed that his party’s stance on the issue of “illegal Syrian presence in Lebanon” is “a firm, principled and sovereign stance.” “It does not change with a billion euros or tens of billions, nor with (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Hariri marks May 7 by saying Beirut will remain defiant

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the May 7, 2008 clashes with a post on the X platform. “Beirut and its resilient and patient people will remain defiant in the face of every tyrant,” Hariri said.

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Hezbollah targets north Israel in response to Israeli attacks on civilians

Hezbollah attacked Wednesday northern Israel, a day after an explosive-laden drones assault claimed by the Iran-backed group. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged regular cross-border fire since Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Unlocking Lebanon's clean energy potential: A gateway to sustainable tomorrow

Middle East Clean Energy conference & exhibition is back with its third edition, poised to revolutionize the landscape of clean and renewable energy in Lebanon. This pioneering exhibition and conference serve as a nexus for industry experts (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Golan after Israeli strike on Baalbek town

Hezbollah said it fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli base in the occupied Golan Heights on Monday in retaliation for a strike in Lebanon's east. Earlier, Lebanese official media said three people had been wounded in an Israeli (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

HRW says Israel attack on Habariyeh rescuers was 'unlawful'

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed seven first responders was an unlawful attack on civilians, and urged Washington to suspend weapons sales to Israel. The Israel-Lebanon border area has witnessed (...)

Naharnet - 8 May 2024

Enemy warplanes strike Jabal Blat

NNA - Israeli enemy warplanes have stricken the Jabal Blat region between Ramya and Beit Lif, our correspondent reported on Wednesday. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; =============R.A.H.

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Gaza: Civilians, including children, killed in Israeli bombing

NNA - Seven Palestinian citizens, including children, were Wednesday dawn killed, and others were injured, in an Israeli occupation bombing of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City. WAFA correspondent said that the occupation aircraft (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Palestinian Presidency welcomes the Bahamas’ recognition of Palestine as state

NNA - The Palestinian Presidency today welcomed the recognition by the Bahamas of Palestine as a state. The Presidency welcomed the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement that ldquo;the Cabinet of The Bahamas has decided to formally (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Enemy’s heavy artillery targets outskirts of Rmeish and Ramya

NNA - The Israeli enemy shelled the outskirts of Aita as-Shaab in Sector Centre shortly before midnight on Tuesday, damaging properties and infrastructures. At dawn, the outskirts of Rmeish and Ramya villages were targeted by the Israeli (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Lebanese newspapers' headlines for Wednesday, May 8, 2024

NNA ndash; An-Nahar: #39;Soft#39; rejection of French paper by #39;Shia duo#39; nbsp; Nidaa al-Watan: Egyptian-French emphasis on ending presidential vacuum, implementing Resolution 1701 nbsp; Al-Akhbar: America threatens: Building border (...)

National News Agency - 8 May 2024

Zelensky assassination plot by Russian agents foiled

Kyiv has foiled an alleged Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the country’s security service (SBU) said on Tuesday. The SBU said it had exposed a network of agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) (...)

Ya Libnan - 8 May 2024

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the media - on the Middle East

NNA - Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterresrsquo; remarks to the media - on the Middle East: ldquo;We are at a decisive moment for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for the fate of the entire region.nbsp; An agreement between (...)

National News Agency - 7 May 2024

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry warns against escalation in Rafah, calls on international community to take immediate (...)

NNA -nbsp; The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, on Tuesday warned in a statement, ldquo;against any escalatory action that would be launched by the Israeli occupation forces against the city of Rafah, as such an (...)

National News Agency - 7 May 2024

Army chief broaches general situation with MPs Samad, Chehayeb, and Riachy

NNA - Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, on Tuesday received at his Yarzeh office, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Defense Committee, MP Jihad Samad. Maj. Gen. Aoun then met respectively with MP Akram Chehayeb and MP Melhem Riachy. (...)

National News Agency - 7 May 2024

Lebanon isn’t bankrupt, bank deposits are sacred and should be returned to their owners, Berri says

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated that “Lebanon is not a bankrupt country, but rather a defaulter in paying depositors their dues, which are sacred, whether they belong to individuals, unions, or institutions, and must be returned to (...)

Ya Libnan - 7 May 2024

Ukraine says thwarted Russian-led plot to kill Zelensky

NNA -nbsp;Ukraine announced Tuesday it had detained two Ukrainian security officials involved in a plot coordinated by Russia to assassinate senior Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Security Service of Ukraine (...)

National News Agency - 7 May 2024

Security update: Israeli air raids target south Lebanon's town of Aita al-Shaab, Khiyam's Wadi Al-Asafir (...)

NNA - Tyrenbsp;- National News Agency correspondent reported that Israeli enemy warplanes launched an air raidnbsp;on the town of Aita al-Shaab in south Lebanon. Additionally, NNA correspondentnbsp;in Marjeyoun reported that enemy warplanes (...)

National News Agency - 7 May 2024