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Piles of washed up trash on Lebanese shore cause outrage

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Environmentalists say a winter storm has pushed a wave of trash onto a Lebanese shore just outside Beirut, stirring outrage over a waste management crisis that has choked the country since 2015. Zouq Mosbeh’s beach was covered in a mantle of garbage on Tuesday, after an extended storm battered the Mediterranean country. Paul Abi Rached of the NGO EcoMovement saysRead more

Sarraf starts official visit to Baghdad, meets Iraqi counterpart

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Minister of Defense, Yaacoub Sarraf, started a three-day visit to Iraq, which began with talks with his Iraqi counterpart Irfan Mahmoud Al-Hayali, on boosting bilateral relations, especially on the military levels. The pair discussed prospects for joint cooperation between Iraq and Lebanon. At the beginning of the meeting, Sarraf congratulated his Iraqi counterpart on "the victories achieved by the IraqiRead more

Rahi arrives in Kfarb'alJbeil on a parish visit

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Maronite Cardinal Bshara Butros al-Rahi arrived Saturday afternoon in the town of Kfarb'al in the Province of Byblos, starting a parish visit that will include the towns of Annaya, Nabeh Torzaya, Meshmesh and Ehmej, NNA correspondent reported Source: NNARead more

Hariri arrives in Kuwait

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Prime Minister Saad Hariri, arrived in Kuwait yesterday evening on an official visit, where he is expected to meet with Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Discussions will be featuring high on the latest developments in the Arab region, as well as the bilateral between the two countries Source: NNARead more

Ministers' visits to Syria occur in their personal capacity

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Future bloc on Thursday categorically deprecated the visits by some ministers in the Lebanese government to Syria, saying such visits occurred in their "personal capacity" rather than official. "Ministers who visited or shall visit Syria do so in their personal capacity, rather than enjoying official authorization," the bloc said on Thursday in a statement issued in the wake of its regularRead more

Aoun visits Defense Ministry to follow up on military operations

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President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, visited Saturday morning the Command Operations Room in the Defense Ministry in Yarze, where he was welcomed by Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun. General Aoun briefed the Lebanese President over the conduct of the military operations that the army started at dawn against Daesh in the outskirts of Ras Baalbek and Qaa areas Source: NNARead more

Turkish strikes kill 8 civilians in Afrin region

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Turkish air raids killed eight civilians on Sunday in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin, according to a war monitor and a spokesman for the Kurdish forces that control the area. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead, who included at least one child, were killed in air strikes on the village of Jalbara. "Eight civilians wereRead more

Lebanon says foiled IS holiday attacks

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Lebanon thwarted jihadist plans to attack places of worship and government buildings over the holidays after gaining rare access to an Islamic State group operative, the interior minister said Friday. Nuhad Mashnuq said at a press conference that an elite unit in Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) had arrested an Iraqi IS commander in Beirut last June. The commander, knownRead more

Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings

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Lebanon thwarted extremists’ plans to attack places of worship and government buildings over the holidays after gaining rare access to an ISIS operative, the interior minister said Friday. Nuhad Mashnuq said at a press conference that an elite unit in Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) had arrested an Iraqi ISIS commander in Beirut last June. The commander, known as AbuRead more