Lebanese politicians scramble to avoid central bank vacuum
Beirut(Reuters) – Lebanese officials were in a last-minute scramble on Wednesday to avoid leaving the crisis-hit country’s central bank without
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah sees Israel on path of ‘collapse’
Beirut (Reuters) – The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Monday its arch-foe Israel was on a “path of collapse
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Sweden temporarily withdraws Iraq embassy staff after storming
Stockholm (Reuters) – Seconded staff at the Swedish embassy in Baghdad have been temporarily withdrawn for security reasons after it
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Lebanon’s central bank to phase out Sayrafa exchange platform
Beirut (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank will decommission the controversial exchange platform known as Sayrafa after governor Riad Salameh’s 30-year tenure ends
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Hezbollah members wounded in flare-up on Lebanon border with Israel -sources
Beirut/Jerusalem (Reuters) – Several members of Lebanon’s powerful armed Hezbollah group were wounded on Wednesday in a flare-up on the
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Lebanon daycare abuse prompts alarm as economic despair deepens
Beirut (Reuters) – The alleged abuse of toddlers at a daycare in crisis-stricken Lebanon has sparked alarm over the physical
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Rocket launch at Israel from Lebanon draws Israeli cross-border shelling
Beirut/Jerrusalem (Reuters) – Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, prompting cross-border strikes by the Israeli
Read MoreIsraeli military says attacking rocket-launch site in Lebanon
Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israeli forces struck an area of Lebanon from which a cross-border rocket launch was carried out on
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UN commander in contact with Lebanese and Israeli officials about tensions over Hezbollah tents
Beirut (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping force on the Lebanon-Israel border said Monday its commander is in contact with officials
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Hannibal Gaddafi moved to hospital in ‘critical condition’ in Lebanon, Al-Hadath TV reports
Cairo (Reuters) – Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been moved from a Lebanese prison
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