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Lebanese parliament fails 8th time to elect new president

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Lebanese lawmakers on Thursday failed for the eighth time to elect a new president. Speaker Nabih Berru scheduled a new session on December 8, as the country's political deadlock continues to prevent consensus on a new president.
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Israel inks agreement on gas field shared with Lebanon

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French oil giant TotalEnergies has announced it will soon launch gas exploration operations off the Mediterranean Sea along Lebanon’s coast. It follows a US-mediated deal last month that put an end to a decades-long maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel.
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Hezbollah won election despite all pressures, electoral law should change: Nasrallah

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The secretary general of Hezbollah says the resistance movement won Lebanon’s recent parliamentary elections despite all pressures, calling, however, for reforms in the country’s electoral law.
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Report: Hezbollah, allies gain majority in Lebanon parliamentary elections

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A report says the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah and its political allies have managed to gain the majority of the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections by getting a number of independent candidates on board.
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“Hezbollah kept hold on government despite election losses”

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Iran’s former attaché in Lebanon has said resistance movement Hezbollah will remain a potent force in the country despite losing some seats in the recent parliamentary elections.
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Ministry: Hezbollah, allies lose majority in Lebanon parliament

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Lebanon’s interior ministry says Hezbollah and its allies have lost their majority in the parliament. The country’s general election results were announced on Tuesday.
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Lebanon votes in first election since economic collapse

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Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first election since the country’s economic collapse, a test of whether Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amid soaring poverty and anger at ruling parties.
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Israel artillery targets south Lebanon

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The Israeli Army has reportedly targeted an area in southern Lebanon with heavy artillery fire in what is calls retaliation for rocket firing from Lebanon.
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Boat carrying migrants vapsizes off Lebanon

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One child has died but more than 40 people have been rescued following the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli on Saturday, Transport Minister Ali Hamie told Reuters.
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Kuwait, Saudi Arabia rekindle ties with Lebanon

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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait returned their ambassadors to Beirut in a move that slowly thaws a diplomatic crisis that has strained Lebanon since last October, sparked by critical comments of the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen. Recent improvements in relations between Lebanon and the two Persian Gulf states have relieved the cash-strapped country’s politicians.
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At least one killed, several injured in Lebanon blast

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At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in an explosion at a scout centre affiliated with the Amal Movement near Sidon in southern Lebanon, officials told Reuters early on Tuesday.
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Minister: Lebanon thwarts Daesh suicide attacks

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Lebanese security forces have foiled three suicide attacks planned by militants linked to Daesh terror group in Beirut's southern suburbs, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said Wednesday.
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Hezbollah chief says movement making drones, rockets on its own

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Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says the resistance group is making rockets and drones on its own and has the capability to turn rockets into precision missiles.
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Lebanon unions go on strike amid dire economic conditions

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A general strike by public transportation and labor unions paralyzed Lebanon Thursday as the country in engulfed in one of the world’s worst economic crises.
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Lebanon central bank chief banned from leaving country

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A Lebanese judge has issued a travel ban against Central Bank Governor over a lawsuit accusing him of financial misconduct.
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Lebanon hit by nationwide blackout

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Electricity was cut off throughout Lebanon on Saturday. Lebanon’s state electricity company has announced its power plants had stopped working after protesters stormed a key substation and tampered with the electrical equipment.
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Lebanon to hold parliamentary vote in mid-May

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Parliamentary elections in Lebanon will be held on 15 May, while nationals living abroad will be able to cast their votes on 6 or 8 May, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Monday.
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Aoun says Lebanon needs 6-7 years to exit crisis

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun has cautioned that the Middle Eastern country needs "six to seven years" to emerge from the current economic crisis.
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Resigned Lebanon minister not to back down from absuardity of Yemen war

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Former Lebanese information minister George Kordahi, who resigned under pressure from Saudi Arabia, stresses that he will not retract his statement denouncing the years-long Saudi-led aggression against impoverished Yemen.
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Around a dozen injured in blast in Lebanon Palestinian camp

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A large explosion rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Friday night, injuring about a dozen people, according to rescue workers on scene and a Palestinian source inside the camp.
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Lebanon’s information minister quits to ease Saudi dispute

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Lebanon's information minister resigned on Friday saying he was putting the nation before his personal interest as he sought to end a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia sparked by his comments.
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Lebanon launches cash card aid despite funding shortfall

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Following months of delays, and with only some of the funding secured, Lebanon on Wednesday opened registration for two cash assistance programmes to help 700,000 vulnerable families cope with the withdrawal of crucial subsidies.
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Aoun: Lebanon wants ‘best relations’ with Saudi Arabia

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun says Beirut wants the “best relations” with Saudi Arabia and other regional countries amid an ongoing diplomatic rift with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC).
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Cash-strapped Lebanon wakes up to countrywide roadblocks

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Roadblocks were set up by demonstrators across much of cash-strapped Lebanon after the currency plummeted to a historic low.
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Hezbollah condemns Australia’s “terrorist” listing

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Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has blasted Australia's decision to classify it as a terrorist organization, describing the move as "a blind bias" in the service of Israel’s interests.
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