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Hezbollah denies role in Syria unrest
A senior spokesperson from the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says allegations that the movement has been involved in the unrest in Syria are “laughable and silly,” Press TV reports. Hussein Rahal,...
Lebanon ex-general jailed for espionage
A Lebanese military court has sentenced a former army general to two years in prison for giving information to the Israeli regime, judicial officials say. Former Brigadier General Fayez Karam was arrested in mid-2009...
Lebanon to halt arms traffic into Syria
Lebanese army chief General Jean Qahwaji has expressed Beirut’s determination to halt the cross-border smuggling of weapons to terrorist groups in Syria, Press TV reports. Qahwaji said on Thursday that Lebanon...
Shia group ‘attacked by police’ in Gaza
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of Shiite worshipers say masked police violently raided a religious service in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, prompting furious denials by the Hamas-dominated government...
Confab condemns judaization of al-Quds
The International Executive Committee of the Global March to al-Quds (Jerusalem) has condemned Israel’s efforts to judaize the city, Press TV reports. The organization expressed solidarity with the Palestinian...
Building collapse kills 26 in Beirut
At least 26 people have been killed after an old six-storey building housing people of different nationalities collapsed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, officials say. “Until now, 26 bodies have been recovered...
‘UN must stop Israel’s Lebanon raids’
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on the United Nations to prevent Israel from violating Lebanon’s sovereignty by issuing “just” international resolutions. During the UN Reform and Transitions...
Sayyed Nasrallah’s Speech on Arbaeen
Thousands of people marched Saturday from various Lebanese regions towards Baalbek city to commemorate the Arbaeen in a ceremony organized by Hezbollah under the name “Procession of Grief and Pride”. In a speech...
Lebanon arrests veteran Israeli spy
The Lebanese Army’s intelligence forces have arrested another suspected Israeli agent for more than three decades of collaboration with the Israeli spying services. Elias Younes, a retired employee at the...