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Explainer: Can Lebanon disarm Hezbollah?
Lebanon's cabinet has told the army to draw up a plan to establish a state monopoly on arms in a challenge to the Iran-backed ...
Analysis: Lebanon’s decision on weapons corners Hezbollah
Lebanon made a game-changing decision by tasking the Army with preparing a plan to enforce a state monopoly on weapons, poses ...
'A grave sin': Hezbollah dismisses Lebanon's move to restrict arms
Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia militant and political movement, says it will disregard a decision by Lebanon's government to ...
Hezbollah says Lebanon cabinet decision to seek state monopoly on arms is 'grave sin'
Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a "grave sin" by tasking the army with establishing a ...
Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanon clings to hope for justice
Lebanon, plagued by impunity and lack of accountability, marked the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion that ...
A father’s grief and a nation’s hope: Lebanon awaits justice 5 years after Beirut blast
Five years after the Beirut port explosion, families of victims are still seeking justice. The blast, caused by detonated ...
Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan
The UN refugee agency in Lebanon hopes that 200,000 Syrian refugees will return to Syria by the end of the year under a new ...
Lebanon tells army to prepare plan to disarm Hezbollah by end of the year
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is under growing pressure from the US to ensure that the Iran-aligned militant group lays ...
The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon
Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...
Lebanon voters deciding on potential lodging tax increase
Voters in Lebanon, Missouri will choose whether to double the current the lodging tax rate, bringing up to a total of tax 5%.
Lebanon works on plan to disarm Hezbollah
The Lebanese government asked the national army Tuesday to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons ...
Lebanon’s army says its troops have killed 3 of the country’s most wanted drug dealers
The Lebanese army on Wednesday said it killed three of the country’s most wanted drug dealers, who also had been involved in killing members of the military. The shooting in ...