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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, December 1, 2019 . (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
April 2, 2020, 7:43 pm
Iran’s parliament speaker tests positive for virus, is in quarantine
Ali Larijani is highest ranking Iranian official to contract coronavirus; President Rouhani acknowledges severity of crisis, calls for adherence to health ministry protocols
By AP
Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2020. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
April 2, 2020, 7:58 am
Blamed for bringing virus to Lebanon, Hezbollah now trying to stop its spread
Terror group using its organizational might to battle COVID-19, disinfecting roads and setting up treatment centers, but opponents say its ties to Iran were what let coronavirus in
By Bassem Mroue
A worker walks outside the Lebanese Central Bank that has been shut down as part of the preventive measures against the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2020. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
March 26, 2020, 1:13 pm
Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy
While residents of many other countries are counting on government bailouts, that’s not an option in country teetering on the edge of bankruptcy
By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam
A Lebanese flag flies over Khiam prison, in the southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, August 16, 2006. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
March 22, 2020, 6:11 pm
Former member of Israel-backed militia shot dead in Lebanon
Nobody takes responsibility for hit on Antoine Hayek in his grocery store, which comes amid public anger at release of American-Lebanese man who also was in Southern Lebanese Army
By Agencies
This July 5, 2016, photo shows Amer Fakhoury, owner of the Little Lebanon To Go restaurant in Dover, New Hampshire, US. (John Huff/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP, File)
March 19, 2020, 5:59 pm
Lebanon frees American who served in Israel-backed militia
Amer Fakhoury, who received US citizenship last year, released because more than 10 years passed since he allegedly tortured prisoners while serving in South Lebanon Army
By Agencies
Two men stand on their balcony with a banner reading "stay at home," in Nantes, on March 17, 2020, as a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in France. (Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)
March 19, 2020, 11:22 am
Virus keeps at least 500 million people around the world at home
From China to the Czech Republic to Venezuela, governments have told their citizens to stay indoors to try and slow the spread of the pandemic
By AFP
Amer Fakhoury holds his granddaughter, Kira, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, June 2016. (Guila Fakhoury via AP, File)
March 16, 2020, 11:09 pm
Lebanon military court orders Lebanese-American released
Amer Fakhoury has been held for over six months on allegations he tortured prisoners in jail run by Israel-backed South Lebanon Army
By Agencies
People wearing face masks exercise on the shore of an artificial lake, in Western Tehran, Iran, March 15, 2020. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
March 16, 2020, 5:51 pm
Virus toll in Iran climbs as lockdowns deepen across Mideast
129 fatalities brings tally to over 850; while other countries with lower infection rates have enforced restrictions on public life, Tehran has not
By Amir Vahdat and SAMYA KULLAB
The bridge connecting the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital Beirut, known as the "Ring" and notorious for its traffic jams as well as the numerous anti-government protests that took place on it in recent months, remains deserted after measures were taken in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19, early on March 15, 2020. (PATRICK BAZ / AFP)
March 16, 2020, 9:36 am
Lebanon announces two-week lockdown over coronavirus
Beirut international airport will shutter and no one will be allowed in through maritime or land ports of entry starting Wednesday, after virus infects 99 in country
By AFP
Lebanese military intelligence inspects the scene where two drones came down in the vicinity of a Hezbollah media center in the south of the capital Beirut, August 25, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
March 11, 2020, 4:01 am
Lebanese man pleads guilty in US to buying drone parts for Hezbollah
Issam Hamade and brother Usama Hamade alleged to have bought engines and parts to help track and guide unmanned aircraft for terror group
By Agencies
The Allenby Crossing, the main route from the Palestinian West Bank into neighbouring Jordan, is pictured on March 10, 2020 after it was partially closed over coronavirus fear. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
March 10, 2020, 10:45 pm
Jordan partially closes borders with Israel, West Bank amid virus fears
Jordanian workers still allowed to cross to Eilat and passage of goods to continue; crossings to Syria and Lebanon will shut as Hashemite Kingdom tries to stop coronavirus spread
By TOI staff and Agencies
People look at the broken facade of Bank of Beirut that was smashed by anti-government protesters in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
March 8, 2020, 6:30 am
Lebanon to default on eurobonds as financial crisis intensifies
PM Diab says move ‘only way’ to stop reserves from depleting amid severe liquidity crunch and months of anti-establishment protests
By Bachir El Khoury
Lebanon's Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil, explains an offshore drilling map on disputed waters with Israe, Feb. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
February 25, 2020, 6:06 pm
Lebanon starts drilling first offshore oil and gas exploration well
Beirut hopes deepwater project, launched with French company near Israel’s maritime border, will strike it big, boost crumbling economy
By AFP
Voters with face masks fill out their ballots in the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 21, 2020, 6:14 pm
Iran reports 2 more coronavirus deaths as Lebanon confirms first infection
Fatalities among 13 new cases of virus in the Islamic Republic; health ministry says all affected are from Qom or visited the city; woman in Beirut had also been there
By Nasser Karimi
Avi Katz
February 17, 2020, 3:28 pm
Save me! Lebanese man caught spying on Hezbollah begs Israel not to abandon him
‘Benjamin Philip’ says he worked for the Mossad for 9 years, helping to fight the Iran-backed Hezbollah; now he faces deportation to Lebanon and says Israel’s nowhere to be found
By Judah Ari Gross
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