![Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic movement, speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 22, 2020 [File: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1000-2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
US says Bassil, a close Hezbollah ally, ‘exemplified corruption’ in Lebanon.
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Whether to take a commemorative photo is just one of the tricky protocol issues surrounding the maritime borders talks.
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Short session held on Wednesday, with state media reporting second round to take place on October 28.
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Lebanon’s official news agency said explosion took place in southern village of Ein Qana, about 50km...
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US has blacklisted a Hezbollah official and two Lebanese companies it says are linked to the Iran-backed group.
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US blacklists former finance and transport ministers of Lebanon for allegedly providing material support to Hezbollah.
![Head of Hamas Ismail Haniya, left, and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah meet in Beirut, Lebanon [Hezbollah Press Office/Anadolu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/934b7168a04f49efa485c4e1a7f7c773_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Meeting comes after August’s agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise diplomatic relations.
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Incident comes four days after Hezbollah announced it had brought down an Israeli drone flying over the Blue Line.
More than 15 years after Hariri was killed along with 21 others in a suicide bomb blast, verdict finally comes out.
![The tribunal convicted one member of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah armed group and acquitted three others [Eva Plevier/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/efeb9eeb260a4cb9a223104cdb058dd2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Hezbollah member guilty of assassinating ex-PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 bomb blast.
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Movement’s leader Hassan Nasrallah says the group will maintain the innocence of four suspects regardless of outcome.
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Lithuania bans individuals affiliated with the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement from entering the country.
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Israel says its soldiers spotted four people near a frontier outpost overnight and destroyed them with air support.
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Conflicting narratives, lack of evidence leaves much about Monday’s escalation between Hezbollah and Israel unclear.