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Aoun, Abbas declare arms must come under Lebanese state control

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents pledged to end non-state weapons in refugee camps, urging tighter coordination and state control.

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Rita El Jammal
21 May, 2025
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Abbas in Beirut as Lebanon moves to disarm Palestinian factions

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21 May, 2025
Lebanese army soldiers stand next to a destroyed car that was targeted in an Israeli drone strike in Abu al-Aswad in southern Lebanon on May 17, 2025.
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Lebanon says 9 wounded in Israeli strike

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20 May, 2025
The funeral ceremony held for Hezbollah members killed in Israeli attacks, on April 4, 2025 in the town of Mais al-Jabal in southern Lebanon. (Photo by Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Lebanon pushes ahead with south vote despite Israeli attacks

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20 May, 2025
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Lebanon bars Syrians at airport without foreign residency

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20 May, 2025
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Lebanon's Bassil renews calls for Syrian return before elections

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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

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26 April, 2025
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8 wounded in drone strike on Lebanon Syrian border

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25 April, 2025
Lebanon parliament postpones session on electing new president
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Lebanon amends banking secrecy law in key reform

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24 April, 2025
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Lebanon, Syria commemorate 110th Armenian genocide anniversary

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24 April, 2025
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DNA study reveals most Carthaginians not Levantine Phoenicians

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24 April, 2025
Chief of the Lebanese Hezbollah group Naim Qassem (R) attends a commemoration ceremony alongside former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil (C) and Iran's Ambassador in Lebanon Mojtaba Amani
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Iran tries to placate Lebanon after 'disarmament' comment anger

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24 April, 2025
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Israel in overnight Lebanon raid amid Hezbollah disarmament push

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24 April, 2025
A view of building of Zouk Power Station as the facility responsible for distributing the state's daily allocation of 4 hours of electricity is currently non-operational due to a lack of sufficient fuel in Beirut, Lebanon on August 17, 2024.
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Lebanon secures $250m World Bank loan to tackle power crisis

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24 April, 2025
Death toll in Israeli air strike on Beirut rises to 31
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HRW: Israel hit civilians in ‘indiscriminate’ Lebanon attacks

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23 April, 2025
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Lebanon FM to summon Iranian envoy over X post on Hezbollah arms

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22 April, 2025
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Jamaa Islamiya commander killed in Israel strike south of Beirut

Rita El Jammal
The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2025
Pope Francis speaks about the situation in Lebanon as a Lebanese priest (R) holds Lebanon's flag during the Pope's limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on September 2, 2020 during Covid-19. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon declares three days mourning for 'beloved Pope Francis'

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025
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Pope Francis's legacy of peace and dialogue in the Middle East

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21 April, 2025
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The legacy of elite-led reconstruction failures in Lebanon

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