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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 Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon,May 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 10, 2019, 2:21 pm
Lebanon blasts US sanctions on Hezbollah lawmakers as assault on country
Parliament speaker denounces move a day after Washington charged that group’s political activities are meant to advance military aims
By TOI staff and AFP
In this Friday, May 11, 2018 photo, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 31, 2019, 9:37 pm
Lebanese parliament speaker tells crude anti-Semitic joke during interview
Nabih Berri, a leader of the pro-Hezbollah Amal movement, says a Jewish fetus would leave its mother’s womb to chase a piece of gold
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A maritime map of the eastern Mediterranean showing Exclusive Economic Zone borders, including an area of dispute (marked 4) between Israel and Lebanon. Source: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2012 (www.iemed.org/medyearbook)
April 23, 2019, 7:11 pm
Lebanon ‘ready’ to demarcate maritime border with Israel under UN supervision
Parliament speaker proposes similar process used to draw Blue Line; move could settle dispute over 300 square miles of oil rich waters
By Tamar Pileggi
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
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
March 22, 2019, 2:27 pm
Pompeo in Lebanon to talk Hezbollah amid Golan condemnation
US secretary of state meets with Lebanese leaders who have close ties to Iran-backed terror group, warns of its ‘destabilizing activities’
By Agencies
In this file photo from October 31, 2016, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri addresses a parliamentary session in the capital Beirut. (AFP Photo/Pool/Joseph Eid)
May 23, 2018, 2:49 pm
New Lebanon parliament re-elects Hezbollah ally as speaker
Nabih Berri of the Amal Movement, allied with the Shiite terror group, has served in the position since 1992
By AFP
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) meets Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) in Beirut on February 15, 2018. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
February 16, 2018, 6:11 pm
Lebanon rejects US proposal to solve maritime border row with Israel
Hezbollah chief urges Lebanese leaders not to be divided by American ‘devils’ in dispute over oil-rich waters
By TOI staff and AP
Buoys marking the border between Israel and Lebanon. CC BY Chadica, Flickr)
March 28, 2017, 12:02 pm
Lebanon appeals to UN as maritime energy dispute bubbles to surface
Beirut says Jerusalem bid to legislate over area of sea with possible energy reserves is tantamount to a ‘declaration of war’
By Sue Surkes
French President Francois Hollande speaks during a joint press conference with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, after their meeting in Beirut, April 16, 2016. (AFP/ANWAR AMRO)
April 17, 2016, 1:49 pm
Lebanon asks France to resolve sea spat with Israel
Beirut says dispute over natural resources-rich offshore field is holding back its economic development, could lead to war
By Stuart Winer
French President Francois Hollande (C) reviews the guard of honor with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) upon his arrival to the Lebanese Parliament in downtown Beirut on April 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
April 16, 2016, 5:09 pm
Hollande kicks off Mideast tour in Lebanon
French president expected to reaffirm strong support of Lebanese army after Saudi pulled $3b aid package over Hezbollah ties
By Agencies and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an oil rig in the Mediterranean Sea. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 5, 2014, 2:57 pm
Lebanon to US: Help settle gas dispute with Israel
Beirut hints at benefits for America if it deals ‘fairly’ in breaking loggerheads over Mediterranean area
By Adiv Sterman
Israeli soldiers seen near the border between Israel and Lebanon, May 1, 2013 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
November 29, 2013, 1:55 am
‘Israel spied on embassies in Lebanon,’ says Hezbollah MP
Weeks after Beirut accused Jerusalem of setting up espionage posts along border, parliament invites diplomats to view ‘proof’ of ‘Israeli violations’
By TOI staff
November 6, 2013, 9:45 pm
Lebanon accuses Israel of erecting border surveillance posts
Speaker of parliament in Beirut complains that ‘spying stations’ along the frontier are monitoring the entire country
By Stuart Winer
Lebanese army soldiers stand while black smoke rises from a burning house that was attacked during clashes that erupted between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
June 24, 2013, 6:24 pm
Palestinians urge Lebanese to keep fighting out of refugee camps
Leaders from both Hamas and Fatah fear camp residents will take up arms in growing sectarian battles
By Elhanan Miller
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