Lebanon

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  • Nasrallah Yesterday 22:28

    By Soheila Zarfam

    At the pinnacle of glory

    Free nations bid farewell to two heroes: Grand ceremonies take place in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, and Pakistan 

    24 hours before the funeral ceremony of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Beirut’s streets had taken on a different appearance. Lebanese and Hezbollah flags waved across various points, while massive portraits of the deceased Hezbollah leader and other Resistance martyrs adorned squares and building facades, accompanied by slogans and messages of tribute.

  • iran lebanon Yesterday 22:22

    Lebanon keen to build best relations with Iran: Lebanese president

    TEHRAN – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has expressed his country’s commitment to fostering the best possible relations with Tehran, highlighting the importance of regional cooperation and stability. 

  • Amani Yesterday 22:22

    Nasrallah’s funeral a regional turning point, Amb. Amani says amidst sea of attendees

    TEHRAN – Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, stated that the massive funeral procession for martyred Hezbollah leaders he witnessed in Beirut on Sunday reminded him of similar grand ceremonies in Iran for figures like Imam Khomeini and General Qassem Soleimani, both of which drew millions of Iranians from all walks of life.

  • ایت الله کعبی Yesterday 22:21

    Nasrallah through the eyes of an old friend

    Ayatollah Ka'bi reflects on the Resistance leader’s life, personality, and legacy

    TEHRAN – Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi Nasab is an influential Iranian cleric and member of the Guardian Council and Assembly of Experts, as well as a respected university professor. He is also a longtime friend of the late Hezbollah leader, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.

  • Nasrallah Yesterday 22:01

    By Xavier Villar 

    Nasrallah and Iran

    A look at the Hezbollah chief’s ties with Tehran and how he made Lebanon one of Iran’s most important allies

    MADRID – The massive funeral processions held for Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Sunday marked the end of an era, but also the beginning of a new one. Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for over three decades, was not only the movement’s most visible figure but also a key player in regional politics. 

  • مراسم تشییع Yesterday 12:24

    Huge gathering for historic farewell to great martyrs Nasrallah and Safieddine

    Ayatollah Khamenei’s message to be read out at the funeral procession

    BEIRUT - Massive crowds from various regions of Lebanon and around the world attended the historic funeral procession in Beirut for Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah's Executive Council chief Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, who were assassinated in Israeli massive bombardments of Lebanon in late 2024.

  • Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah 2025-02-22 21:04

    By Mona Hojat Ansari 

    Ya Sayyed, we’re here!

    Despite new obstacles, countless Iranians travel to Beirut for Nasrallah’s funeral

    TEHRAN – Tens of thousands of Iranians boarded planes on Thursday and Friday to attend the funeral ceremony of the late Hezbollah Leader Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah, despite new Israeli-influenced limitations that prevented them from flying directly to the Lebanese capital. 

  • Preparations underway as Lebanon awaits Nasrallah’s funeral 2025-02-22 20:48

    Preparations underway as Lebanon awaits Nasrallah’s funeral

    In the early hours of Saturday, citizens across Lebanon, particularly Beirut, began preparing for the funeral ceremony of the late Hezbollah Leader Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah. The popular Resistance figure was assassinated five months ago in an unprecedently heavy airstrike by Israel.

  • Foreign visitors gather around Nasrallah’s martyrdom site ahead of massive funeral 2025-02-22 19:07

    Foreign visitors gather around Nasrallah’s martyrdom site ahead of massive funeral

    On Saturday, foreign travelers who arrived in Beirut for the upcoming funeral of the late Hezbollah leader Sayyad Hassan Nasrallah visited the destroyed building where he was assassinated back in September.

  • lebanon 2025-02-21 20:13

    World Bank proposes $1bn Lebanon reconstruction plan

    Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber revealed that the World Bank has prepared a preliminary plan for a $1 billion reconstruction project aimed at rebuilding infrastructure and clearing debris caused by the Israeli war on Lebanon, DPA reported.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-21 20:10

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    How Israel took advantage of Lebanon ceasefire 

    BEIRUT – The Israeli regime bombed entire villages in southern Lebanon after the ceasefire agreement on September 27, 2024. 

  • Lebanon 2025-02-19 21:46

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Hezbollah’s Odaisseh Ambush Operation humiliated the Zionists

    Beirut – While settlers in northern Israeli are still on the run after losing trust in the Netanyahu cabinet, the people of Odaisseh liberated the Lebanese town on Tuesday morning, February 18, 2025, after a forced absence of more than a year.

  • Netanyahu - Rubio 2025-02-18 23:19

    By Xavier Villar 

    Threats, threats, and more threats…

    Rubio shows US has yet to come to its senses as he mimics Netanyahu’s war rhetoric 

    MADRID – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that Israel would "definitively resolve" the issue with Iran, with the backing of the United States. His remarks came after a meeting in the occupied al-Quds with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a context of growing tensions with Tehran.

  • Israeli soldiers 2025-02-18 22:06

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Recipe for occupation: Israeli soldiers will remain in the crosshairs 

    TEHRAN - Israel is cooking up excuses to justify its illegal presence in southern Lebanon after the deadline for its full withdrawal from the Mediterranean country expired on Tuesday. 

  • Lebanon 2025-02-18 22:01

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    US keen to ignite a Lebanon–Iran diplomatic crisis

    BEIRUT – Under direct American orders, and contrary to what has been the norm in successive governments since 2000, Nawaf Salam’s government approved its ministerial statement without the main clause related to the right of the Lebanese to resist the Israeli occupation, replacing it with “Lebanon’s right to self-defense in accordance with the United Nations Charter.”

  • Israeli troops 2025-02-17 21:22

    Israel to stay at 'five strategic locations' in southern Lebanon

    Israel said its forces would stay in five strategic points in southern Lebanon along its northern border. 

  • Lebanon 2025-02-17 21:20

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Which Lebanese state do Washington and Tel Aviv desire?

    BEIRUT – It was not without a vicious goal in mind that after meeting Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, in the occupied Palestinian territories Netanyahu said “the Israeli-American harmony around a strong Lebanese state capable of confronting Hezbollah and disarming it.” 

  • Hezbollah one 2025-02-16 22:13

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    A new era of US-Israeli guardianship over Lebanon has begun!

    BEIRUT – Hezbollah called on Saturday for a demonstration with the slogan of “Protecting Sovereignty and Rejecting Guardianship” in solidarity with the Lebanese citizens stranded in Iran, after the Lebanese government refused to allow the Iranian Mahan Air plane to land at Beirut airport.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-16 22:12

    Hezbollah warns against Israel’s plot

    Lebanese resistance says the govt. should reverse the ban on Iranian flights

    TEHRAN - Israel is stirring the pot and causing trouble in Lebanon in line with its attempts to demonize the Hezbollah resistance movement.

  • Beirut Airport 2025-02-16 21:24

    Iranian flights to Lebanon suspended until February 18

    TEHRAN – Hossein Pourfarzaneh, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, announced on Sunday that all flights to Lebanon have been temporarily halted until February 18 due to “security conditions” at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, following a formal request from Lebanese authorities.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-15 22:19

    Protesters accuse Israel of orchestrating blockade of Iranian flights

    The Lebanese army clashed with protesters angry over the government’s decision to block two Iranian passenger planes from landing at Rafic Hariri International Airport.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-15 22:10

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Hariri’s promising return 

    The ex-PM’s reemergence essentially needed to counter sedition 

    BEIRUT – On the 20th anniversary of the heinous assassination of his father Rafik Hariri and three years after remaining outside politics, Saad Hariri appeared from the same place that he appeared for the first time 20 years ago.

  • Flight 2025-02-14 22:37

    Iran hopes Beirut makes ‘wise’ decision as public fury persists over flight suspensions

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, has asked the Lebanese government to help mollify the Lebanese people's anger through dialogue and communication after the Arab country canceled a Thursday flight that was supposed to carry Lebanese pilgrims from Tehran to Beirut, in a move seemingly influenced by Israel and Washington. 

  • Lebanon 2025-02-14 22:34

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanon won’t be Israeli ‘colony’ controlled remotely by Washington

    BEIRUT – The new Lebanese government is strictly adhering to Washington’s instructions by banning an Iranian airplane run by Mahan Airlines from landing at Beirut airport. 90% of its passengers were Lebanese.

  • Israel's occupation forces in southern Lebanon 2025-02-12 22:53

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Will Israel withdraw from occupied Lebanese villages on Feb. 18?

    BEIRUT – After announcing its intention to extend the occupation of geostrategic heights overlooking all of the Litani’s southern and northern territories, it seems that the Israeli occupation regime intends to delay withdrawing from the border villages one week before the scheduled date for withdrawal which falls on February 18.

  • Julani 2025-02-10 22:22

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Julani seeking bargain with Aoun to get his terrorists freed from Lebanese prisons

    BEIRUT — The Lebanon-Syria border has witnessed violent clashes between Lebanese clans and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is trying to occupy and bombard some Lebanese villages using Shahin Turkush drones.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-08 22:11

    Lebanon PM forms new government

    Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed the Mediterranean nation’s first full-fledged government since 2022.

  • Lebanon 2025-02-08 21:59

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Morgan Ortagus beware: “This is where the Marines were based!”

    SOUTH LEBANON – Washington is openly pushing Lebanon towards instability by turning the process of forming Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet into a practical opportunity to politically exclude the Shiites to compensate for the failure suffered by the recent US-led Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

  • Lebanese civilians bravely defy warnings by the Israeli occupation army and return to their houses in the south 2025-02-07 22:16

    By Sayyed Pezhman Madany

    How civilian resistance forced Israeli retreat from southern Lebanon

    TEHRAN - In the annals of modern conflict, the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon stands as a striking example of how unarmed civilian movements can disrupt even the most entrenched military occupations.

  • araghchi 2025-02-05 20:05

    Tehran urges UN action against Israel’s violations in Lebanon

    TEHRAN – The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss the latest political and security developments in Lebanon.