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Druze leader Walid Joumblatt believes Israel will remain in southern Lebanon for decades. “They will never leave,” he tells On The Record with Hadley Gamble from his home in Beirut. "The Americans are withdrawing. What is left is [Benjamin] Netanyahu controlling and expanding his own territory , his biblical empire." It is a stark reading of the region from

Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee.

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun vowed on Saturday to end decades of neglect in Tripoli during the first presidential visit to the northern city in 15 years, a move aimed at restoring public trust in state institutions and services. Mr Aoun was received with a hero's welcome in Lebanon's second-largest city, which is home to some of the country's wealthiest p

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At lunchtime on March 16, 1965, Chief Inspector Jock Wilson of London’s Special Branch followed his suspect through the streets surrounding London’s Charing Cross Underground station. Under the railway arches nearby, he witnessed Peter Sydney Allen exchange envelopes with another man. It was time to move in. He arrested Allen, a soldier and desk sergeant wor

When a passer-by stumbled upon a tunnel north-east of Beirut earlier this week, almost immediately alarm bells began ringing over fears it could be connected to Hezbollah. It was the latest in a series of recent incidents that have raised tensions in an uneasy and deeply divided Lebanon, where Hezbollah has resisted government pressure to disarm as part of a

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Experts warn that war takes a heavy toll on neurodivergent people, who often rely on routine.

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings took place in Bangkok last week. One participant from the Middle East – Lebanon – is confronting a question larger than any bailout: can the state recover authority over both force and finance? Although Hezbollah ’s independent arsenal has long denied the state full control over war and peace, so

As UN peacekeeping forces prepare to withdraw from Lebanon, Israel remains present and Hezbollah is still armed. A new EU support mission aims to strengthen Lebanon's army, but will not replace UN peacekeepers.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced Saturday that Lebanon and Israel will participate in U.S.-backed trilateral talks in Tampa, Florida, on Oct. 20, marking a new round of dip...