Latest news from Lebanon, in Lebanese newspapers

Helicopter carrying Iran’s president experiences hard landing: State TV
NNA - A helicopter transporting Iranrsquo;s President Ebrahim Raisi made a hard landing on Sunday, state TV reported.nbsp; The incident occurred while Raisi was en route to Iranrsquo;s East Azerbaijan province. State TV reported that rescue (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Raad says Hezbollah escalating to 'preserve deterrence equation'
The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, said Sunday that his group is “reassured” over the course of its conflict with Israel. “The resistance is escalating its operations against the Israeli enemy to a certain level in (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Hamas kills 15 invading Israeli soldiers in Rafah
Hamas fighters killed 15 Israeli soldiers in Rafah on 18 May, as Palestinian civilians continue to face the threat of displacement and starvation amid Israel’s ongoing attack on the southern Gaza border city. The Qassam Brigades, the military (...)
Ya Libnan - 19 May 2024
Resistance targets three enemy sites
NNA - The Islamic Resistance issued the following: quot;At 1:25 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Jal Al-Allam site with artillery shells, inflicting a direct hit. At 11:00 am on Sunday, May 19, 2024, the (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Sharafeddine: I demanded that the sea be opened for Syrian refugees to travel to Europe
NNA - Caretaker Displaced Minister, Issam Sharafeddine, considered that ldquo;the file of displaced Syrians will be discussednbsp;seriously this time after the parliamentary recommendation to the government.rdquo; The Minister said in an (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Raad says Hezbollah escalating to 'preserve deterrence equation'
NNA - The head of Hezbollahrsquo;s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, said Sunday that his group is ldquo;reassuredrdquo; over the course of its conflict with Israel. ldquo;The resistance is escalating its operations against the Israeli (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Dekwaneh Vehicle Registration Center to open on Sunday
NNA - The Vehicle Registration Center announced that its Dekwaneh center will be open on Sunday, May 19, and throughout the following week to process applications for the release of all types of vehicles and motorcycles from seizure. --- This (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
8 EU states recommend boosting support for Lebanon to mitigate refugee flow
The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. In a joint declaration, officials from Austria, the (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Safieddine warns Israel 'Hezbollah ready to use new weapons'
Head of Hezbollah's executive council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, warned Israel on Friday that Hezbollah is ready to use new weapons in the battlefield. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with Israel over the past seven (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland.
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Gaza hospital announces 20 killed in an Israeli strike on Nuseirat Camp
NNA -nbsp;The Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip announced that an Israeli strike targeted a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, resulting in the death of at least 20 people on Sunday. The hospital reported in a statement, (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Funerals offer displaced Lebanese villagers a chance to go home
For displaced south Lebanese villagers, funerals for those killed in months of cross-border clashes are a rare chance to return home and see the devastation caused by Israeli bombardment.
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Saudi Arabia's King to undergo tests due to high fever, state news agency reports
NNA - Saudi Arabia#39;s King Salman bin Abdulaziz will undergo medical tests on Sunday due to quot;high temperature and joint painquot;, state news agency SPA reported. The examinations will be conducted at the royal clinics at Al Salam Palace (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Gemayel: Hezbollah using refugee crisis to pressure West on Syria
Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel has accused Hezbollah of wanting to keep the Syrian refugee crisis unresolved in order to “pressure Europe and the West to free Syria of its isolation.” “It is pressuring Lebanon to normalize relations with Syria (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
US official says Washington pressing Israel not to wage war on Lebanon
A U.S. official has told Al-Arabiya television that neither Israel nor Hezbollah wants to engage in an all-out war.
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Hamas says commander killed in Israel strike in Lebanon's Bekaa
Palestinian militant group Hamas said that a commander was killed in an Israeli strike on an eastern district of Lebanon near the Syrian border.
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Jumblat: Hezbollah defending Lebanon, 1701 can be revived
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has noted that “Hezbollah is defending Lebanon,” while describing Israel as “Lebanon’s historic enemy.” “When the war started in the south, I said that we should not get involved or that (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Hezbollah retaliates to Najjarieh strikes with rocket barrage
Hezbollah targeted Friday a logistic military base in the occupied Golan heights with 50 Katyusha rockets, in response to al-Najjariyeh strikes. The group said in a statement it has attacked the Tznobar base in response to the killing of two (...)
Naharnet - 19 May 2024
Saudi crown prince meets US national security adviser, discusses Gaza, bilateral deal
NNA - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met to discuss a broad bilateral agreement and Israel#39;s war in Gaza, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday. The meeting in the (...)
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Resistance targets Raheb site
NNA - The Islamic Resistance announced in a statementnbsp;that its fighters targeted Al-Raheb site with artillery shells at 7:00 am on Sunday, May 19, 2024. nbsp; =============== R.K
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time. nbsp; Topic 9:30. nbsp; nbsp;MP George Okais chairs a session of the subcommittee emanating from the Administration and Justice Committeenbsp; nbsp; ===============
National News Agency - 19 May 2024
Gantz demands Gaza day-after plan by June 8, threatens to quit Netanyahu’s war cabinet
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas. Gantz (...)
Ya Libnan - 19 May 2024
Hezbollah uses new weapons, as it steps up attacks to force Israel to end its war in Gaza
Photo: Hezbollah uses missile-armed drone for first time in an attack on “Israel” BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded (...)
Ya Libnan - 18 May 2024
Did the UN really say Israel has killed fewer people in Gaza? No is the short answer
Photo: People struggle to survive as Israeli forces attacked a school belonging to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which shelters Palestinians forced to flee their homes in the Nuseirat camp in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, May 14, 2024 [Ashraf (...)
Ya Libnan - 18 May 2024
Ms. Rachel experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza
The creator of ‘Vital Kids’ has been making Cameos, or paid personalized videos produced by influencers and celebrities, and donating the money to Save the Children’s emergency fund. By Daysia Tolentino Rachel Griffin Accurso, the social media (...)
Ya Libnan - 18 May 2024