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Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment at an area on the outskirts of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on April 6, 2026. (Abbas Fakih / AFP)
April 6, 2026, 8:52 pm
Israel launches fresh strikes in Beirut as Hezbollah faces homegrown anger over new war
Military announces deaths of Hezbollah operatives responsible for killing four soldiers last week; Lebanese Forces party official said killed in strike intended for terror operative
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A man rides a scooter past signs depicting a Lebanese soldier saluting the national flag with the Arabic slogan 'We are all with you' along the highway leading to Beirut International Airport in southern Beirut on September 5, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 8, 2025, 1:48 am
Lebanon’s leading Christian party urges Hezbollah to cede its weapons
As terror group resists US-backed effort to disarm, Lebanese Forces party head Samir Geagea warns that ‘a civil war would be even more disastrous’ than recent fighting with Israel
By AFP
Lebanese soldiers cordon off the area at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, September 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 29, 2024, 5:15 pm
Lebanese leaders call for ‘unity’ after Nasrallah killing, say they want ceasefire
Christian party advises followers to go ‘radio silent,’ PM Mikati invokes ‘national responsibility,’ and army tells public that division would play into hands of ‘Israeli enemy’
By AFP and Reuters
Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, speaks to an AFP journalist during an interview at his residence in Maarab, north of the capital Beirut, on May 20, 2022. (Joesph Eid/AFP)
May 21, 2022, 4:41 pm
Lebanese Christian leader calls for Hezbollah’s grip on country to end
After bloc led by terror group denied parliamentary majority, Samir Geagea says ‘no one… should be able to transport missiles from one place to another’ without army’s OK
By Layal Abou Rahal
Supporters of the Lebanese Forces party celebrate in the Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun as they await results after the end of voting in the parliamentary elections on May 15, 2022. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
May 16, 2022, 7:01 pm
Lebanon elections weaken Hezbollah, strengthen reformists, provisional results show
Iran-backed terror group seems to retain its parliamentary seats, but some of its allies lose theirs; Saudi-backed LF party wins several new seats
By Layal Abou Rahal
Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, enters a hall to meet with his senior party officials, on April 4, 2014, in Maarab, east Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
October 21, 2021, 10:34 pm
Lebanese Christian leader summoned for questioning over Beirut gunbattle
‘I am ready to appear before the judge, on one condition: that Hassan Nasrallah does it before me,’ says Samir Geagea, referring to Hezbollah’s leader
By AFP
Samir Geagea, the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, right, and his wife Strida Geagea, on April 4, 2014 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 28, 2020, 7:36 pm
Lebanese Christian party leader blames Hezbollah, allies for crises
Samir Geagea calls for change of leadership, blames terror group for rapidly deteriorating economy and worsening relations with neighboring Arab countries
By Agencies
Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces group, right, shakes hands with Sleiman Frangieh of the Marada Party, left, as they stand next to the Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara al-Rai, at the Maronite church in Bkirki, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, November 14, 2018. (Aldo Ayoub/Lebanese Forces media office via AP)
November 14, 2018, 11:55 pm
Lebanese civil war rivals end decades of hostility sparked by massacre
Leaders of the Lebanese Forces group and the Marada Party – both presidential hopefuls – shake hands, embrace at church-sponsored meeting
By AP
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