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Syrian refugees stand outside a tent about to be dismantled at a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon before returning to Syria on December 16, 2024
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150 Syrian families leave Lebanon amid refugee return efforts

Around 150 Syrian refugee families have returned to Syria from Lebanon, as the countries work to repatriate people displaced by the country's long civil war.

The New Arab Staff
11 May, 2025
Syrian former Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa addressing the media during a press conference in Helsinki, 21 May 2002 [Jaakko Avikainen/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty]
Farouk al-Sharaa testifies
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Farouk al-Sharaa testifies: Rafic Hariri was a friend

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

08 May, 2025
5-year-old Haydar Hijazi, rescued after hours of digging by Lebanese civil defence teams, receives treatment at Labib Medical Centre in Sidon after Israeli warplanes bombed the Hijazi family's house in south Lebanon, 26 September 2024. [Getty]
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Lebanon's war-wounded, pregnant face deepening healthcare crisis

Suzanne Abou Said
08 May, 2025
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42 years after Beirut Marines bombing, the US learned nothing

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Jeffrey G. Karam

07 May, 2025
Lebanese soldiers and medics search the vehicle at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern port city of Sidon
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Hamas says commander killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon's Sidon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2025
Remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location, Beirut.
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Turkey thwarted another attack with pagers in Lebanon last year

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2025
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Lebanese army detains third Hamas member linked to rocket attack

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2025
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Lebanese army raids Captagon factory along Syrian border

The New Arab Staff
05 May, 2025
Locals who were displaced from the village of Kfar Kila gather by Lebanese Army vehicles deployed by the rubble of a destroyed building in the southern Lebanese village on February 18, 2025. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanese army says Hamas hands over rocket fire suspect

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 May, 2025
A Lebanese voter arrives to cast her vote in the first round of municipal elections, at a polling station in the Haret Hreik suburb south of Beirut on May 4, 2025. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon holds local polls in first vote since Israel-Hezbollah war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 May, 2025
Planes from Emirates Airlines (L) and Middle East Airlines are seen on the tarmac at Rafik Hariri international airport in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on November 21, 2015. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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UAE says citizens can again travel to Lebanon from 7 May

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 May, 2025
Israel has assassinated several Hamas members on Lebanese soil
Lebanon
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Lebanon warns Hamas not to compromise its national security

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 May, 2025
Brigadier General Michael Leeney [Getty]
Lebanon
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US names new head of Lebanon ceasefire monitoring mechanism

The New Arab Staff
30 April, 2025
Hezbollah's new Secretary General Naim Qassem
Lebanon-Israel conflict
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Hezbollah urges gov’t to act against Israel’s strikes on Lebanon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 April, 2025
A man holding a gun stands guard as Palestinian refugees hold a demonstration in support of Gaza at Ain al-Hilweh Refugee Camp in Sidon, Lebanon on May 30, 2021. (Photo by Ali Hankir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Abbas to visit Lebanon for talks on disarming Palestinian camps

The New Arab Staff
27 April, 2025
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Lebanon-Israel conflict
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Mass panic, displacement as Israel bombs southern Beirut

The New Arab Staff
27 April, 2025
Wreckage of Beirut Port wheat silos after 2020 explosion
Beirut port blast
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French team heads to Beirut to share findings on 2020 port blast

The New Arab Staff
27 April, 2025
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Lebanon's Bassil renews calls for Syrian return before elections

The New Arab Staff
27 April, 2025
Dozens of Syrians take part in a protest in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Damascus on April 25, 2025, demanding the release of Syrian detainees held in Lebanon's Roumieh Prison. (Photo by Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Syrian protesters call on Lebanon to release detainees

The New Arab Staff
26 April, 2025
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8 wounded in drone strike on Lebanon Syrian border

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2025
Lebanon parliament postpones session on electing new president
Lebanon
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Lebanon amends banking secrecy law in key reform

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2025