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Lebanon’s government wins confidence vote in parliament

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Lebanon’s new government has won a confidence vote in parliament, following a speech by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam promising to push for economic reforms and to start negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns Israel’s violation of Lebanon sovereignty

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Iran has strongly condemned Israel’s terrorist act against civilians after its warplanes flew over an area where the funeral of former Hezbollah chiefs was being held.
Middle East

Mass funeral held in Lebanon for slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

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Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon paid their last respects to Hezbollah’s late leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut last September.
Middle East

Israeli drone attack kills 1 in Lebanon despite ceasefire

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At least one person was killed in an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle in southern Lebanon, just one day after Israeli soldiers withdrew from most of the border area.
Middle East

Israel partially withdrawing military forces from Lebanon as deadline expires

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Israel is pulling its troops out of southern Lebanon as the deadline for their withdrawal under a fragile ceasefire accord has passed.
Middle East

Hamas leader killed in Israeli air raid on south Lebanon

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Hamas leader Mohammed Ibrahim Shaheen was killed in an Israeli air strike on his vehicle in Sidon, southern Lebanon, the Palestinian group has confirmed.
Middle East

Israel says its soldiers will stay in five locations across southern Lebanon

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The Israeli military announced that it will keep soldiers stationed in five locations in southern Lebanon beyond the withdrawal deadline. This decision comes after Lebanese President Michel Aoun expressed concerns that a complete withdrawal might not be achieved.
Middle East

Israeli gunfire kills woman in Lebanon border town

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Israeli soldiers have killed a woman in a southern Lebanese border town as residents tried to return home ahead of the ceasefire deadline between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah.
Middle East

More than two dozen detained after attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

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Lebanese authorities arrested more than 25 people on Saturday following an attack on a United Nations convoy that wounded two peacekeepers the day before, the interior minister announced in a statement.
Middle East

UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the Friday attack on a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy near the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, which wounded some peacekeepers.
Middle East

Israeli air attack kills six in Lebanon amid fragile ceasefire

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An Israeli air attack has killed six people and wounded two in eastern Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah.
Middle East

Lebanon forms new government, first in over two years

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Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has announced the formation of a new government after more than two years of an interim cabinet amid political wrangling and a major economic crisis.
Middle East

Lebanese presidency dismisses US envoy’s remarks on Hezbollah

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Lebanon’s presidency has distanced itself from comments made by US deputy special envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, who stressed after a meeting with President Joseph Aoun, that Hezbollah’s participation in the next government was a “red line”.
Middle East

Hezbollah should be omitted from Lebanon government: US

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The United States has demanded that the armed group Hezbollah must not be part of Lebanon’s government.
Middle East

Lebanon files UN Security Council complaint against Israel over ceasefire violations

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Lebanon lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against Israel over its continued violations of a ceasefire accord and UN Resolution 1701.
Middle East

Longtime Hezbollah leader to be buried in Lebanon within weeks

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The funeral of longtime Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah will be held on February 23, the Lebanese group has announced, months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack in Beirut.
Middle East

US pressuring Lebanese leadership to isolate Hezbollah: Reuters

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The United States has been blocking bids aimed at the formation of a new government in Lebanon by “pressuring” the country’s top echelons to restrict the influence of Hezbollah and its allies in the upcoming cabinet, according to a report by Reuters.
Middle East

At least two killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon

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At least two people were killed after Israel launched a wave of attacks on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in its latest breach of a fragile ceasefire accord with Hezbollah.
Middle East

Hezbollah chief refutes extension of Israel’s withdrawal deadline from south Lebanon

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Hezbollah's Secretary-General Naim Qassem has pointed out that there is no justification for extending Israel's deadline to withdraw from southern Lebanon.
Middle East

Israel kills two in south Lebanon as displaced people try to return

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Israeli troops shot and killed at least two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon, health officials have announced, as residents displaced by the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah attempted to return to villages where Israeli forces remain.
Middle East

Lebanon says 24 killed, over 130 injured by Israeli fire as withdrawal deadline extended

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The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that 24 people were killed by Israeli army forces on Sunday as residents attempted to return to their homes in southern Lebanon.
Middle East

Israel-Lebanon truce extended until February 18: White House

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The White House has announced that the ceasefire accord between Lebanon and Israel has been extended until February 18, as Israel missed a previous deadline to pull troops out.
Middle East

Israel kills 15, wounds dozens in south Lebanon despite ceasefire

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Israel has killed at least 15 and injured dozens more in south Lebanon on the day Israeli soldiers were due to withdraw under a ceasefire accord.
Middle East

Israel says will stay in Lebanon beyond ceasefire deadline

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Israel will not completely leave Lebanese territory by the end of the 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has announced.
Middle East

President Aoun: Israel should withdraw from Lebanon by deadline

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Lebanon’s new president has demanded that Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon by the January 26 deadline set in last year’s Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, during his meeting with the United Nations chief, who is visiting the country partly devastated by war.
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