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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
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
February 26, 2016, 11:11 pm
Lebanon’s PM issues ultimatum over Hezbollah
Tammam Salam warns Shiite group must fix hostile relationship with Saudi Arabia or he will quit, Lebanese officials say
By ToI Staff
Lebanese Brig. Gen. Ashraf Rifi salutes as he stands next to the coffin of a soldier killed by a car bomb during his funeral in Beirut on Jan. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
February 21, 2016, 5:37 pm
Lebanese minister resigns over Hezbollah hegemony
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi says terror group damages Beirut’s relations with Arab countries amid escalating Sunni-Shiite tensions
By Agencies
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam speaks during a press conference on August 23, 2015 at the Grand Serail, his headquarters in the capital Beirut, a day after clashes erupted between Lebanese security forces and demonstrators calling for a solution to weeks of uncollected rubbish. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
December 17, 2015, 2:49 pm
Saudi anti-terror alliance won’t target Hezbollah, Lebanese PM says
After Hezbollah cries foul over Beirut’s joining coalition, Tammam Salam says only Islamic State and similar groups will be fought
By ToI Staff
Emergency personnel and army soldiers gather at the site of a twin suicide bombing in Burj al-Barajneh, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, November 12, 2015. (AFP/Anwar Amro)
November 13, 2015, 2:57 am
US condemns ‘horrific’ Islamic State suicide attacks in Beirut
White House says it will ‘stand firm’ with Lebanon to bring perpetrators behind twin blasts in Hezbollah stronghold to justice
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam (L) speaks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri during in a new round of national dialogue at the parliament building in downtown Beirut on September 9, 2015. (AFP/STR)
September 9, 2015, 5:00 pm
Fresh protests as Lebanon parties meet to end gridlock
Lebanese authorities beef up security, erect metal barricades preventing access to parliament
By AFP
Lebanese activists shout anti-government slogans as they are sprayed by riot police using water cannons during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
August 25, 2015, 7:45 pm
Hezbollah backs protesters in Lebanon trash crisis
After storming out of cabinet meeting, Islamist group says it supports peaceful protests against ‘endemic corruption’
By Zeina Karam
Lebanese activists shout anti-government slogans as they are sprayed by riot police using water cannons during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
August 24, 2015, 11:27 am
Organizers call off Beirut trash protest after death
Grassroots ‘You Stink’ demonstrations demand government resignation in violent clashes with riot police
By AP and ToI Staff
Lebanese activists stand next to a police motorcycle that they set on fire during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, August 23, 2015. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
August 23, 2015, 11:13 pm
20 hurt as Lebanon’s garbage protests enter second day
Demonstrators throw stones and bottles, set motorcycle alight hours after PM hints he may step down over crisis
By AFP
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam speaks during a press conference on August 23, 2015 at the Grand Serail, his headquarters in the capital Beirut, a day after clashes erupted between Lebanese security forces and demonstrators calling for a solution to weeks of uncollected rubbish. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)
August 23, 2015, 5:10 pm
Lebanese PM admits ‘excessive force’ used against trash protesters
As riots hit Beirut over mounting garbage crisis, Tammam Salam says he stands ‘with the citizens’
By AFP
In this picture released by the Hezbollah media department, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)
August 12, 2015, 11:04 am
Zarif in Beirut: Nuke deal ‘historic opportunity’ to face Israeli threats
Iranian FM meets with Hezbollah leader, Lebanese PM; stresses importance of Tehran-Beirut coordination for regional stability
By Marissa Newman and AFP
A boy and his sisters watch graffiti artists spray-paint on a wall, commemorating the victims who were killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Sana'a, Yemen, May 18, 2015. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
May 18, 2015, 9:04 pm
Saudi-led strikes in Yemen resume as truce expires
Houthis and coalition forces trade blame for ceasefire violations as rebel stronghold of Aden comes under heavy fire
By Ahmed al-Haj
A Lebanese army soldier uses his binoculars as smoke from Israeli shelling covers the Lebanese town of Al-Majidiyah on the Lebanese border with Israel in the Wazzani area on January 28, 2015. Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack against an IDF convoy near the Lebanon border. Photo credit: AFP/ ALI DIA)
January 28, 2015, 6:32 pm
Lebanese rebuke Hezbollah for dragging country into clash
Leaders accuse Shiite group of serving Israel’s political needs after strike on military convoy
By Elhanan Miller
Lebanese Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of Jihad Mughniyeh, killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in a southern Beirut suburb on January 19, 2015. (photo credit: Joseph Eid/AFP)
January 22, 2015, 1:47 pm
Fearing entanglement, Beirut bidding to quell Israel-Hezbollah tensions
In wake of deadly Syria strike, Lebanese PM meets with Hezbollah officials in attempt to avert consequences of possible revenge attack
By Adiv Sterman
IDF soldiers at the Israeli–Lebanese border, file photo (Photo credit: Hamad Almakt / Flash 90)
March 15, 2014, 8:36 am
Lebanon says its citizens have right to ‘resist Israel’
Following attack on IDF jeep and Israel’s retaliatory shelling, Beirut effectively recognizes Hezbollah’s role on the border
By Itamar Sharon and ToI Staff
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