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The first Iranian fuel oil cargo secured through Hezbollah will be delivered via Syria by truck to avoid complications related to sanctions, two sources with knowledge of the matter said … Read More
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot last week by Israeli soldiers during clashes along the border with Gaza has died of his injuries, the territory’s health ministry said Saturday.
The Lebanese pound edged higher on the black market Saturday, trading at 18,950 to the dollar, despite hopes fading for an imminent formation of a new government to tackle the … Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the threat the Islamic State group poses ahead of an Iraqi summit Saturday overshadowed by the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and a deadly bombing … Read More
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in White House talks on Friday that he was putting “diplomacy first” to try to rein in Iran’s nuclear program but … Read More
Western forces running the Afghan airlift braced on Saturday for more attacks after the United States launched a drone strike, apparently killing an Islamic State “planner”.
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Friday a third vessel of Iranian fuel was agreed to ease crippling shortages in the country.
Lebanon recorded 1,124 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Friday.
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett searched for common ground on Iran at their first White House meeting.
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Friday he still had to overcome major hurdles to forming a new government, amid a deep economic and political crisis that has left the … Read More