Turkiye wants to join a new Lebanon security initiative after UN mission ends
ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Turkiye is interested in participating in a new security initiative for Lebanon when the 7,500-member UN peacekeeping mission in the south of the country expires at the end of the year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a joint press statement with his Lebanese counterpart on Thursday. Last year, the UN Security Council […]
Israel confirms next round of talks with Lebanon to be held in Rome
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed on Tuesday that the next round of talks with Lebanon will take place in Rome, as the two countries work to build on a framework agreement reached last month with US backing. “Less than two weeks ago, Israel, Lebanon and the United States reached a historic framework agreement. […]
Lebanon must remove Hezbollah threat from south: German minister
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday urged Lebanese authorities to confront Hezbollah and reassert state control over the country’s south, where the militant group has been engaged in hostilities with Israeli forces. During a visit to Jerusalem, Johann Wadephul, who backed Israel’s ground invasion of southern Lebanon earlier this year, also praised the US-brokered agreement […]
Trump presses Syria to take on Hezbollah, raising alarm in Lebanon and Israel
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, US President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria’s autocratic President Bashar Assad a year and […]
Hezbollah lawmaker warns of Lebanese ‘internal conflict’ after Israel deal
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah warned on Sunday of “internal conflict” in Lebanon over the country’s agreement with Israel, which the Iran-backed militant group rejects, predicting that the deal would not be implemented. The agreement, which was signed in Washington on Friday after five rounds of talks and aims to pave the way to peace […]
Iran holds meeting with US, Qatar on Lebanon, frozen funds: state media
TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): Iranian state television said on Sunday that delegations from Iran, Qatar and the United States were holding a meeting in Switzerland to discuss a ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s frozen assets. “A tripartite meeting involving Iran, the United States and Qatar on the subjects of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s blocked assets […]
Few residents return to Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh after a US-Iran truce with fighting nearby
NABATIYEH, Lebanon(RAHNUMA): Starting in the early hours of Tuesday, Aida Jleilati and her daughter dug through the pile of rubble that was once their home in the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon picking up some of their belongings that survived a late May airstrike by Israel. They were among a trickle of residents who […]
India condemns killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon
United Nations, June 4 (IANS) India condemned on Thursday the attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon, which killed a Serbian soldier serving the UN. “India reiterates the fundamental importance of respecting the sanctity and inviolability of UN premises and personnel,” India’s UN Mission said in a statement that condemned the attack that occurred on Wednesday. Condemning […]
Trump says Iran talks continuing ‘at rapid pace’ after Tehran halted negotiations over Israel’s Lebanon assault
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities. “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. Iranian state news agency Tasnim […]
Israel vows to create military controlled zone around Lebanon’s Litani River
Jerusalem, June 1 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday vowed to turn the area of southern Lebanon’s Litani River into a military-controlled zone, and to continue striking Beirut until Hezbollah stops attacks. If there is no peace in northern Israel, “there will be no peace in Beirut,” Katz said in a statement released […]
