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Israel carries out 3 airstrikes targetting Lebanese-Syria border
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Israel], Aug 26 (ANI): Israel carried out at least three airstrikes targeting the Lebanese-Syria border area on Sunday.
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GNA accuses UAE of carrying out airstrike on migrant detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 6 (ANI): United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has claimed that the recent airstrikes on a migrant detention centre in Libya in which at least 53 people died was carried out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using a US-made F-16 fighter jet.
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Lebanese minister's convoy attacked, 2 guards shot dead
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 1 (ANI): Two bodyguards accompanying a Lebanese minister were killed and one other sustained injury after gunmen open fired on their convoy near country's capital Beirut on Sunday.
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US decision to recognise Israel sovereignty on Golan Heights garners globa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], March 26 (ANI): Lebanon has condemned the United States decision to recognise Israel's sovereignty on Golan Heights.
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Cricket- a ray of hope for Syrian refugees
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Jan 6 (ANI): Historically, the game of cricket is associated with English-speaking world but the notion is now being challenged by few Syrian refuge children residing in Shatila camp of Beirut in Lebanon.
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Lebanese govt condemns detention of Nissan ex-chairman
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Dec 2(ANI): Following the detention of ex-chairman of Nissan Motors, Carlos Ghosn in mid-November, the Lebanese Republic has come up in his defence claiming that the move may be a part of some political or business-motivated conspiracy.
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Illegal militants groups prevail in Idlib: Syrian Foreign Minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Oct 30 (ANI): Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Monday stated that despite the Russian-Turkish agreements to enforce a demilitarised zone (DMZ) in Idlib province, illegal militant groups, armed with heavy ordinance remain in the area.
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5 Israeli missiles intercepted by Syrian air defence
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Sep 5 (ANI): Syrian air defence systems on Tuesday intercepted five missiles fired by Israeli fighter jets targeting various military sites in the Tartus and Hama provinces.
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Tillerson warns of Hezbollah threat to Lebanon
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Feb 16 (ANI): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday held talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut and warned that the Iran-backed Hezbollah's growing arsenal and its role in regional conflicts threatened Lebanon's security.
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Prominent Saudi billionaire, Alwaleed bin Talal, 'released'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Jan 27 (ANI): A prominent Saudi billionaire, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has been released from detention in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Lebanese capital, after he was arrested over allegations of corruption on Saturday, according to two close associates of his family.<
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UN-backed Lebanon tribunal's tenure extended for three years
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.23 (ANI): The tenure and mandate of the tribunal set up to try the accused involved in the February 2005 bomb attack in Beirut that killed 22 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and injured many others, has been extended by three years
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US to provide $120 million military aid to Lebanon
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 14 (ANI): The United States will provide Lebanon with a military aid worth $120 million to boost border security and counterterrorism operations, the US ambassador to Lebanon announced on Wednesday.
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