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In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 13, 2019, 9:45 pm
Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a wide coalition to solve ‘dire’ situation
Nasrallah rejects calls to form emergency Lebanese government of technocrats, two months after PM Hariri resigned amid widespread protests
By AP
Anti-government protesters sit in the middle of a main highway during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 29, 2019, 11:11 pm
What’s next for Lebanon after PM Hariri resigns?
As the economy lurches to a halt and protesters demand a reset of the post-civil war system of shared sectarian rule, Israel’s northern neighbor could be on the brink of chaos
By AP
Women wave signs reading "leave" in Arabic and showing the faces of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, during a protest outside the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 18, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
October 21, 2019, 10:40 pm
Lebanon’s decades-old political class under fire in protests
Country’s biggest demonstrations in years have focused much of their ire on Lebanese politicians, many of whom, and their relatives, have long called most of the shots
By AFP
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil (R) shakes hands with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a public statement in the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 22, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool/AFP)
September 6, 2019, 9:44 pm
Pompeo said to warn Lebanon that Israel could strike Hezbollah missile factory
Arabic newspaper quotes US secretary of state telling Lebanese FM that facility should be dismantled or Israel will ‘destroy it in the coming days’
By TOI staff
Arab leaders pose for the camera, ahead of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, March 31, 2019. (Zoubeir Souissi, Pool photo via AP)
March 31, 2019, 4:29 pm
Led by Saudis, Arab leaders unite against Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights
22-member league — minus Syria — condemns US president’s policies favoring Israel, but is not expected to take further action
By AP and TOI staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, at the presidential palace, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 22, 2019 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 23, 2019, 9:44 am
Pompeo urges Lebanon to move away from ‘dark’ Iran and Hezbollah
In Beirut, secretary of state says US will use ‘all peaceful means, everything at our disposal’ to choke Tehran-backed terrorist group that holds three Lebanese cabinet posts
By AFP
In this picture provided by Hezbollah Media Relations office, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 11, 2019. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office, via AP)
February 11, 2019, 11:44 pm
Nasrallah thanks Iran’s Zarif for support against ‘Zionist aggression’
In Beirut meeting, Hezbollah leader says Tehran’s backing ‘led to victories in many arenas’; Iran foreign minister vows to back ‘resistance’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, right, speaks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
February 11, 2019, 6:34 pm
Lebanon to boycott Warsaw Mideast summit over Israel’s attendance
Speaking alongside Iranian counterpart, Lebanese FM also cites expected critical stance toward Iran at US-led conference
By Agencies and TOI staff
Attack tunnel dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, which was discovered in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 17, 2019, 3:26 pm
Hezbollah tunnel construction began before 2006 Second Lebanon War — report
In 2005, IDF tunnel adviser reportedly told then-Northern Command chief Benny Gantz about terror group’s cross-border underground passages; warning was apparently ignored
By TOI staff
Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 13, 2019, 9:07 am
Finding ‘6th, biggest and last’ Hezbollah tunnel, IDF ends Northern Shield op
Military announces discovery of final underground passage from Lebanon, the largest one found, believed to have been part of plan to send fighters to conquer northern Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Construction work takes place near a new concrete wall on the border between Israel and Lebanon, near Rosh Hanikra in Northern Israel, on September 5, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
January 11, 2019, 4:55 pm
Lebanon to file complaint at UN over Israel’s building of border wall
Order by Lebanese FM to raise issue at Security Council comes amid IDF campaign to destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels that enter Israeli territory
By Agencies and TOI staff
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, October 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 12, 2018, 9:49 pm
Nasrallah: Hezbollah ‘deliberately’ ambiguous on Israeli claims of missile sites
Terror group chief dismisses Netanyahu’s UN speech as a ‘farce,’ says he does not intend to provide ‘free information’ to the enemy on alleged precision missile facilities
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing a diagram of what he said was Hezbollah terror group sites near Beirut during his address to the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York, September 27, 2018. (United Nations)
October 1, 2018, 10:30 pm
Netanyahu: Hezbollah ‘brazenly lying’ to world about weapons sites
Israeli PM says foreign ambassadors in Beirut went on ‘fraudulent propaganda tour’ hosted by Lebanese FM as terror group had 3 days to clear the area
By TOI staff and Agencies
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil gathers 73 foreign envoys and journalists at Al-Ahed stadium in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 1, 2018 during a tour he organized of alleged missile sites around the Lebanese capital's international airport in a bid to disprove Israeli accusations that the Hezbollah movement has secret missile facilities there. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
October 1, 2018, 8:24 pm
Israel derides Lebanon for what it says is cover-up of Hezbollah missiles sites
As Beirut’s foreign minister leads foreign envoys on tour aimed at disproving Netanyahu’s allegations, IDF issues video noting you can hide a lot in three days
By TOI staff and AFP
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil talks to the media as he gathered ambassadors near Beirut international airport on October 1, 2018 during a tour of alleged missile sites around the Lebanese capital in a bid to disprove Israeli accusations that the Hezbollah movement has secret missile facilities there. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
October 1, 2018, 5:11 pm
Lebanon FM gives diplomats tour aimed at disproving Netanyahu’s missile claims
Gibran Bassil says ‘Netanyahu is spreading lies’ with his allegation at UN of Beirut facilities used by Iran-backed Hezbollah to improve, hide advanced weapons
By AFP and Judah Ari Gross
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