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A picture taken on April 3, 2018 shows campaign posters, for the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary election, hanging in the Tariq Jedideh district of Beirut. (AFP Photo/Anwar Amro)
April 18, 2018, 6:14 am
Hezbollah rising as election fever hits Lebanon, nine years since last vote
New electoral system has shaken up the political scene for Israel's northern neighbor, but observers fear changes could help terror group Hezbollah sweep parliamentary seats
By Maya Gebeily
Commander-in-chief of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, left, greets Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy Secretary General of Lebanons Hezbollah, during a religious ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on August 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
April 13, 2018, 3:46 pm
Hezbollah: No war unless ‘Trump and Netanyahu completely lose their minds’
Terror group's deputy leader Naim Qassem says conditions in Syria unlikely to develop into direct US-Russian clash
By TOI staff
Ramadan Shalah, Head of Islamic Jihad, at a press conference in Damascus on Saturday December 16, 2006 (AP Photo Bassem Tellawi).
April 10, 2018, 12:55 pm
Islamic Jihad chief said in coma; group denies reports of poisoning
Terror organization insists Ramadan Shalah, who underwent surgery in Lebanon recently, is ill due to 'natural causes'
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) shakes hands with French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as they attend a conference in Paris on April 6, 2018. (AFP/Pool/Ludovic Marin)
April 6, 2018, 9:33 pm
Lebanon donor conference raises billions
Country's growth has plummeted due to political instability amid fallout from Syrian war
By Valerie LEROUX and Valerin Bontemps
Lebanese protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis, at the Martyrs square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2015. The placard in Arabic reads: "We got nothing from you but garbage." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
April 5, 2018, 10:01 am
Lebanon seeks billions at Paris conference to boost troubled economy
Beirut hopes an influx of cash will help revive its financial welfare, which has been hammered by political unrest and spillover from Syrian war
By Bassem Mroue
Demonstrators gather along Syria's border with Israel before trying to cut through a line of barbed wire and head into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, as seen from the Druze village of Majdal Shams, on June 5, 2011. Lebanon is organizing a 'March on Jerusalem' event to mark Land Day at the end of March. (photo credit: FLASH90)
March 30, 2018, 11:27 pm
Lebanese army disperses Palestinian solidarity protest near Israel border
Troops said to clash with dozens of demonstrators before they reach fence separating them from Israeli town of Avivim
By TOI staff
Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, who was named the army's next head of the Southern Command, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 25, 2018, 7:10 pm
IDF intel chief warns Iran could draw Israel deeper into Syria conflict
Emboldened by nuclear deal, Iran 'fired a Shiite arrow that is splitting the Sunni Middle East,' says Herzl Halevi; also warns of uptick in violence in West Bank, Gaza
By Judah Ari Gross
John Bolton speaking at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 17, 2015. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images via JTA)
March 25, 2018, 2:46 pm
Consider the monger: 10 things to know for March 25
While some in Israel fete John Bolton's nomination, others see him in a different light, and he isn't the only one around selling war or hate
By Joshua Davidovich
In this March 15, 2018 photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA,Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi holds a child at an education seminar in Cairo, Egypt. (MENA via AP)
March 23, 2018, 1:05 pm
In Arab Middle East, democracy struggles to take root
As Egypt heads to polls in essentially one-candidate race, almost all countries in region lack free elections or a free society
By Dan Perry
A member of the Hezbollah terror group holds Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during a press tour near the border town of Arsal on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
March 21, 2018, 3:58 am
UN gives strong backing to Lebanon’s political independence
Agency chief warns 'threatening rhetoric' between Israel, Hezbollah could lead to conflict, calls on terror group to end meddling in Syrian war
By Edith M. Lederer
Head of Israeli Military Intelligence, Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi, center, speaks with several former senior IDF officials during a conference on March 20, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 20, 2018, 9:18 pm
IDF intel chief warns enemies not to test Israel during Passover
With tensions rising in West Bank and Gaza, and constantly simmering to the north, Herzl Halevi says would-be attackers should think twice
By Judah Ari Gross
Lebanese cleric Sayyed Muhammad Ali al-Husseini (Facebook image)
March 19, 2018, 8:44 am
Shiite cleric calls to revoke Nasrallah’s Lebanese citizenship for his Iran ties
Muhammad Ali Al-Husseini accuses Hezbollah leader of 'clear collaboration' with a foreign country, says Tehran wants to 'divide and infiltrate' Lebanon
By TOI staff
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian civilians with their belongings as they flee from fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels, in Hamouria in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, March. 15, 2018. (SANA via AP)
March 17, 2018, 12:21 pm
Air strikes on Syria’s Ghouta kill 30 civilians: monitor
Regime forces have retaken 70 percent of the last rebel bastion on the outskirts of the capital, carving it up into three shrinking pockets
By AFP
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks at a press conference during a fundraising meeting in Rome on March 15, 2018. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
March 15, 2018, 10:44 pm
Lebanese PM says army to deploy along Israeli border
European countries pledge over $500 million for Beirut to build up its military; Israel warns of blurring line between Lebanese Army and Hezbollah
By Judah Ari Gross
A file picture taken on July 18, 2013, shows Lebanese writer and actor Ziad Itani performing on stage in the capital Beirut. (AFP/Anwar Amro)
March 13, 2018, 7:30 pm
Lebanese actor accused of spying for Israel released from jail
Officials now suspect Ziad Itani was framed by disgruntled ex-security agent who hired a hacker to link him to the Mossad
By TOI staff
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