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Israeli forces carry out airstrike on Beirut
Beirut: Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a building in Hadath area in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The “powerful strike” targeted “infrastructure where Hezbollah had stored precision missiles,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Lebanon receives USD 250M World Bank loan to reform electricity sector
Beirut: Lebanon has signed a USD 250 million loan agreement with the World Bank to support critical reforms in its struggling electricity sector, according to media reports. The agreement was signed by…
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Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon
Beirut: Israel’s military has said in a statement that it killed a Hezbollah commander in a drone strike in southern Lebanon. The strike targeted the area of Blida, killing Ali Ibar al-Nabi…
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Lebanon’s southern border village attacked by Israeli drones: State media
Beirut: Israeli drones carried out three airstrikes near the village of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, Lebanese official sources said, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA). “Israeli unmanned…
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Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire ended latest Israel-Hezbollah war
Beirut: Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a…
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6 killed, 28 injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Beirut: At least six people were killed and 28 others injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes targeting eastern and southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s health authorities. In southern Lebanon, the Israeli airstrikes targeted…
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Lebanon shuts down illegal border crossings with Syria
Beirut: Lebanon closed illegal border crossings with Syria in the east and north of the country. On Wednesday the Lebanese army has entered the border village of Housh al-Sayyid Ali following the…
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Lebanon, UNICEF launch initiative to support war-affected children
Beirut: Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), launched an initiative to provide comprehensive healthcare and protection services for war-affected children. The initiative will be jointly implemented…
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UNDP urges urgent int’l support for Lebanon’s stability, recovery
Beirut: The deputy head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) called for urgent international support for Lebanon to restore its security and revitalise its economy, according to a statement by Lebanon’s National…
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Lebanese children struggle with hunger, trauma, lost of education: UN
Beirut: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a report on Friday on the lasting negative impact on Lebanese children from the Israel-Lebanon conflict even after the ceasefire, calling for urgent support…
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World Bank to establish USD one billion fund for Lebanon
Beirut: Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber revealed on Friday that the World Bank is working on establishing a one-billion-US dollar reconstruction fund for Lebanon as part of the ongoing efforts to support…
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Israeli drone strike kills two in Lebanon
Beirut: An Israeli drone strike killed two people and injured two others in the Shaara area of Janta, near Lebanon’s eastern mountain range. The Israeli forces also dropped illumination flares between the…
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Watch: Israeli fighter jets fly over Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s funeral
Beirut: Israeli Air Force fighter jets flew low over the funeral ceremony of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Sunday, February 23. Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli…
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Watch: Thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Beirut: Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in…
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Israel launches airstrikes in Lebanon despite truce
Beirut: Israel launched airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, despite an ongoing ceasefire that ended months of conflicts with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, media reported. At around 9:00 a.m. local time,…
