Politicians bolt from Lebanon’s cabinet & Parliament in aftershocks of Beirut mega-blast
With its discredited ruling institutions breaking up five days after massive explosions obliterated Beirut port – on the heels of
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Monumental blasts leave Beirut in ruins, scores dead, 300,000 homeless
The death toll rose on Thursday to 137, with 5,000 injured and 300,000 homeless from the out-of-the-blue explosions that reduced
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Popular protests target Lebanon’s political system for the first time. Is it a revolution?
The demonstrations sweeping across Lebanon went into their third day on Saturday, Oct. 18, powered by such slogans as “Revolution!”
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Hizballah tunnel issue goes into diplomatic fog. Hamas relocates terror to West Bank front
Lebanon too is girding up to counter the US-Israeli UNSC motion condemning Hizballah’s tunnels which is due to be aired
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Assad in rare message to Israel: We won’t start war or let foreign forces control our borders
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Bashar Assad used a European go-between to send this secret message to PM Binyamin Netanyahu. A similar note
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Lebanon Is Next Target. ISIS U-Turns as Turf Threatened in Syria, Iraq
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and the former Iraqi generals who chart his strategy, this week abruptly reversed the
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Trump Will Not Fight Iran only Stifle Its Economy – Sanctions by another Name
Iran was the main focus of the talks Saudi King Salman held in China, Indonesia and Singapore during his month-long
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Saudis Remit $3 Billion to Lebanese President Aoun to Win Him Away from Tehran
Gen. Michel Aoun, whose election as Lebanese president in November ended a two-year political deadlock in Beirut, arrived in Riyadh on
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No Iranian Puppet, New Lebanese President Surprises by Open Door to Washington
The analysts always have a ball with Lebanon’s enigmatic, volatile and unpredictable politics and the appointment of Gen. Michel Aoun,
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