Tag: Lebanon

Is Israel Preparing Another War on Hezbollah?

February 8, 2018

Israeli media is awash with reports and analyses on an upcoming war on Iran-backed Shiaa militia Hezbollah. Buoyed by inroads in the Syrian war, Hezbollah ... Read More

Lebanon: Hariri Puts Resignation on Hold Pending Negotiations

November 22, 2017

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted to put on hold his announced resignation pending new negotiations after President Michel Aoun asked him to do ... Read More

UN Congratulates Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan for Rape Law Reform

August 23, 2017

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warmly welcomed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that allowed rapists ... Read More

Lebanon: Army enjoys “unconditional” political support, PM Hariri

July 11, 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri assured the Lebanese military of the government’s support after four Syrian nationals died while in their custody. The military have been ... Read More

Libya: UN Chief appoints Lebanese scholar Ghassan Salame as UNSMIL Head

June 19, 2017

UN Secretary General has confirmed Ghassan Salamé, a Lebanese scholar and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, as the new head of UNSMIL, ... Read More

Libya: Lebanese Ghassan Salamé likely to replace outgoing Kobler

June 15, 2017

Lebanese former minister of Culture and current Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs is seemingly the future head of the UNSMIL as current ... Read More

Tripoli Sends 170 Senegalese Migrants Back Home

February 17, 2017

About 170 Senegalese migrants who were in detention centers in Tripoli have been deported back to the west-African nation, local media reported on Thursday. The ... Read More

WB Sets New Strategy for MENA Region

March 28, 2016

The World Bank Group has worked out a new ambitious strategy to deal with the economic and political fallout of the conflicts rocking the region ... Read More

Lebanese Hezbollah Listed Terrorist Organization in Arab World

March 12, 2016

Hezbollah, a political party in Lebanon with a military wing, has been declared by the Arab League as a “terrorist group” although two of the ... Read More

KSA-Morocco: Former Saudi veteran envoy to Rabat re-appointed

January 13, 2016

Riyadh has re-appointed its former envoy to Morocco Abdelaziz Khouja as the new Saudi ambassador to the North African country, a move described by analysts ... Read More