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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Collage/AP)
May 1, 2026, 3:47 am
US urges Lebanese president to meet Netanyahu, suggests sit-down could lead to IDF pullout
US embassy in Lebanon says direct engagement with Israel ‘can mark the beginning of a national revival,’ as political leaders in Beirut remain at odds over the talks with Jerusalem
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accompanies Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, left, upon his arrival to the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 3, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency press office via AP)
March 4, 2025, 2:57 pm
Lebanon’s Aoun, Saudi crown prince call for Israeli pullout from all of Lebanon
Two leaders meet in Riyadh to discuss thaw in ties; agree to study resuming Lebanese imports to Saudi Arabia, lifting ban on Saudi citizens visiting Lebanon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Cars drive past a giant billboard bearing a portrait of Lebanon's slain fromer premier Rafik Hariri (L) and his son Saad Hariri, also a former prime minister, in central Beirut on February 13, 2025, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Rafic Hariri's assassination. (Joseph Eid / AFP)
February 14, 2025, 9:04 am
Ex-PM Saad Hariri returns to changed Lebanon, marking 20 years since father killed
Saad, son of towering politician Rafik Hariri, killed by Hezbollah in 2005, returns to Lebanon from UAE for annual commemoration, with Iranian-backed terror group historically weak
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
January 23, 2025, 8:12 pm
Saudi FM makes first official trip to Lebanon in decade after years of strained ties
Top Saudi diplomat says kingdom has ‘great confidence’ new president and PM can ‘build safety, stability and a united Lebanon,’ as Beirut looks to fix ties with Middle East giant
By Kareem Chehayeb
Members of the Palestinian Fatah group run to take position during clashes that erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari, File)
August 6, 2023, 8:37 am
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain urge citizens to leave Lebanon after Palestinian camp clashes
A week of internal fighting between Fatah and Islamist groups in Ein el-Hilweh has left 13 dead, dozens injured and thousands displaced
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative -- A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows a Lebanese army soldier with the 6th brigade guarding the Lebanese-Syrian border on August 28, 2017 (PATRICK BAZ / AFP)
May 30, 2023, 3:15 pm
Lebanese army frees kidnapped Saudi national in special operation near Syria border
Lebanon’s PM hails rescue of man taken by unidentified assailants dressed as security personnel from a restaurant on the Beirut seafront
By AFP
Illustrative: A Saudi flag behind barbed wire. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
July 11, 2022, 4:34 am
Saudi opposition party says member assassinated in Lebanon
National Assembly Party, whose members live in exile, claims founder Manea Al-Yami slain in ‘complicated circumstances;’ local police arrest victim’s two brothers
By AP
A supporter of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group holds a poster of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman with Arabic words that read: 'Bin Salman is a terrorist,' during a conference for Saudi opposition in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on January 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
April 7, 2022, 10:00 pm
Saudi Arabia returns ambassador to Lebanon after diplomatic spat
Riyadh withdrew its envoy last year after a Lebanese minister described the war in Yemen as an aggression by the kingdom and its ally UAE
By AP
Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi speaks during a press conference to announce his resignation at the Ministry of Information in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, December 3, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 3, 2021, 9:19 pm
Lebanese minister who criticized Saudi war in Yemen resigns in gesture to Riyadh
George Kordahi expresses hope much-anticipated move will open way for easing unprecedented diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries
By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, right, shakes hand with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, in Doha, Qatar, Nov 29, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)
November 29, 2021, 3:20 pm
Lebanon’s president in Qatar hoping to end crisis with Gulf states, drum up funding
Michel Aoun meets with Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, aiming to ease tense relations with Saudi Arabia and its allies
By AP
Saudi Arabia's Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at a round table meeting at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 30, 2021. (AP Photo/ Andrew Medichini)
October 31, 2021, 9:52 pm
Saudi Arabia: Dealing with Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon is ‘pointless’
As Gulf animus grows, Prince Faisal slams ‘continuous dominance of Hezbollah over the political system’ and Lebanese government’s inability to steer country ‘out of this tunnel’
By AFP
Lebanese men hold banner displaying the flags of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, during a protest in support of the kingdom against comments made by a Lebanese minister over the war in Yemen, in front of the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 30, 2021. (AP Photo/ Bilal Hussein)
October 31, 2021, 8:06 pm
UAE urges citizens to exit Lebanon ‘as soon as possible’ amid row over Yemen war
Gulf states recalled their envoys from Beirut after a Lebanese minister criticized Saudi action against the Iran-backed Houthis
By AFP
A statue of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, former head of Iran's Quds force, stands in front of a branch of the Hezbollah-run Al-Qard al-Hassan Association, in Ghobeiry, Lebanon, January 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 28, 2021, 12:24 am
Saudi Arabia puts Hezbollah financial arm on terror blacklist
Al-Qard al-Hasan Association, which gives small, interest-free loans to hundreds of thousands in poverty-stricken Lebanon, accused of managing funds for terror group
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (left) shakes hands with Saudi Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 28, 2016. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
From the WebDecember 25, 2017, 11:27 pm
Saudi prince forced Lebanese prime minister’s resignation
Mohammed bin Salman sought to take more power in fragile Middle East, but plans with Saad Hariri backfired, New York Times reports
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri attends a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on December 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
December 16, 2017, 9:19 am
Lebanon sets date of parliamentary elections for May 6
First vote in nine years expected to be a major test for both Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah
By Agencies
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