Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh met Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri, noting that the latter still supports his presidential nomination.
Full StoryAn Israeli strike that targeted a local firefighting center in Baraachit overnight killed ten firefighters, bringing to 118 the number of rescuers killed in a year, with more than 50 killed by Israeli fire in just a week.
The health ministry said more people were buried under the rubble and the death toll may rise.
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U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein has denied that Washington has given a “green light” to Israel regarding its ongoing attack on Lebanon.
Full StoryThe United States will provide nearly $157 million in new U.S. humanitarian assistance to support populations affected by conflict in Lebanon and the region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
"This funding will address new and existing needs of internally displaced persons and refugee populations inside Lebanon and the communities that host them. The assistance will also support those fleeing to neighboring Syria," Blinken said.
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The UK is boosting its humanitarian support for Lebanon with a further £10 million to respond to the mass displacement of people, as well as the growing number of civilian casualties, the British embassy said.
Full StoryThe Lebanese Forces on Friday called for open-ended parliamentary sessions to elect a new president, accusing the Hezbollah-led camp of "continuing to block the election while falsely blaming the LF."
“We believed for a moment that this tragedy that the Lebanese are experiencing at the present time will push some political figures, especially the Defiance camp, to deeply review all their positions that have brought Lebanon and the Lebanese to where we are now,” the LF said in a statement.
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Hezbollah is receiving “very severe blows, one after the other,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday.
Full StoryA source close to Hezbollah said Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group's south Beirut stronghold late Thursday, in one of the most violent raids since Israel intensified its bombardment campaign last week.
Three Israeli officials told U.S. news portal Axios that Hezbollah senior official Sayyed Hashem Safieddine was the target of the strike.
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An Israeli strike on the town of al-Maaysra in Keserwan targeted the house of Sheikh Mahmoud Amr, the National News Agency said.
Full StoryThe son-in-law of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah - who was killed last week in a massive Israeli strike in south Beirut - was killed in an Israeli raid in Damascus Wednesday, an NGO said.
"Hassan Jaafar Qassir, the son-in-law of Hassan Nasrallah, was among two Lebanese victims of the Israeli raid which targeted an apartment in a residential building in the Mazze district of Damascus," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a claim a source close to Hezbollah confirmed to AFP.
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