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Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance at Lebanese Parliament MP Hussein Jishi said recent developments proved that the US-Israeli project in the region have been thwarted, arguing that ‘Israel’ had failed to achieve its stated war objectives. Speaking at a memorial service on Tuesday, Jishi said ‘Israel’ had been unable to resolve issues related to…

Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Tuesday stated that "the framework agreement is a unilateral agreement imposed by Israel on a Lebanese faction, inside and outside the country, that has limited experience in law and diplomacy," emphasizing that peace with Israel is impossible.

Less than two weeks after Lebanon and Israel signed a US-sponsored framework agreement on June 26, the deal is facing growing criticism as Israeli military operations continue and political divisions deepen inside Lebanon.

Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam offered his deepest condolences to the family of the late school principal Esperanza Ghandour, and to all the residents of Nabatieh and its educational community, following her martyrdom in a condemned Israeli airstrike. He said: “In these painful circumstances, I reiterate the necessity of upholding the ceasefire and initiating a…

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.

“Countries do not recover from wars when the shelling stops, but when society becomes convinced that its future will be better than its past. This is Lebanon’s major economic task the day after a ceasefire.”

Shafaqna India: The Congress on Monday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Israel enjoys “tremendous support” in India, with senior party leader Jairam Ramesh saying the claim was incorrect and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s position should not be mistaken for the views of the Indian people. Ramesh’s remarks came after referring to…

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday condemned the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians and the death of four people yesterday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

Shafaqna India: The Congress on Monday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited India among Israel’s strongest supporters, accusing the government of abandoning India’s moral and civilisational values through its silence on Israel’s military actions in Gaza and the wider West Asia. Congress general secretary in-charge…

The Lebanese army is fully committed to the Lebanese state’s decisions and the implementation of the framework agreement and does not deviate from Lebanon's political authority, MTV quoted President Joseph Aoun as telling his visitors.

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun warned Monday that Israel’s ongoing occupation of territory in the south prevents the army deployment in the area, Anadolu reports. “Israel must be pressured to withdraw from the areas it occupies in Lebanon,” Aoun said during a video call with American Task Force on Lebanon, as cited by a presidency statement.…

President Joseph Aoun is preparing to visit the White House to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump this month, after a new round of Lebanon-Israel talks that will be held next week in Rome.

Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos said Monday direct material damage from Israel’s war on Lebanon is estimated at between $3-4 billion, Anadolu reports. Speaking following a ministerial meeting, Morcos said the figures are preliminary and do not include economic losses or indirect damage, according to the state news agency NNA. The estimates come as the…

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has lauded the Christian residents of the southern border towns for “clinging to the 10,452 square kilometers,” in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that they had asked to be annexed to Israel.

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country's south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said a school principal, her mother, a foreign female domestic worker and a male Syrian worker were killed when an…

Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday praised the statements issued by the heads of municipal councils and religious leaders in southern border villages and towns, particularly the Christian ones in the districts of Marjeyoun and Bint Jbeil.

Israeli enemy forces continued violations of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, with our correspondents reporting Israeli demolitions, an incursion and a strike on Monday. In the newest attack, our correspondent reported an Israeli drone strike hitting a vehicle in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa. Local media reported that the strike in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa resulted in casualties. Israeli hostile…

MP Hassan Fadlallah of Hezbollah on Monday lauded the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Fahmy, for his stance against Israel’s demolition of a residential neighborhood in the southern town of Bint Jbeil.

Member of “Loyalty to Resistance” Parliamentary Bloc, Dr. Hasan Fadlallah, expressed his “deepest appreciation of the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Mr. Nabil Fahmy, for his stance against the barbaric and brutal behavior of the Israeli enemy in bombing a residential neighborhood in the city of Bint Jbeil as part of its ongoing aggression against…

President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Israel's occupation of the south was preventing the Lebanese army's deployment to the area, as the two sides prepare to implement a deal involving the deployment and gradual Israeli withdrawal.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said his country is not at peace with the United States, describing Washington as an unreliable party. Speaking during a meeting in Tehran on Sunday with Mohammad Darwish, chairman of the Hamas Shoura Council, Ghalibaf also said Iran would never recognise Israel. He said Iran would continue to…

President Joseph Aoun has said he is "not fond of Israel," while noting that direct negotiations with it are the only way to pull Lebanon out of war and hostilities.

Speaker of Lebanon’s Parliament Nabih Berri praised positions announced by municipal councils and religious leaders in border villages rejecting Israeli claims alleging that residents of these communities sought to join the Israeli entity. In remarks cited by local media on Monday, the Lebanese speaker hailed the statements issued by municipal councils in border villages and…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who headed negotiations with Washington, said on Sunday that implementing the memorandum of understanding with the US is “difficult but possible,” stressing diplomacy must preserve battlefield gains. Qalibaf made the remarks at a meeting with Mohammed Darwish, head of Hamas’ Leadership Council, on the sidelines of farewell ceremonies for…

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday addressed Druze chieftain Walid Jumblat by saying that “history does not move backward,” in an ongoing spat between the two leaders over the 1949 Armistice Agreement with Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports Sunday that the US had restricted Israeli military operations in Lebanon, Anadolu reports. “I heard it was said in the media that President Trump asked not to act against terror tunnels in Lebanon. This is a legend, fake news. He didn’t say anything to me about it, and…

On the occasion of America's 250th Independence Day, President Joseph Aoun sent a congratulatory telegram to U.S. President Donald Trump, wishing him and the American people "continued success, prosperity, and further progress."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed Tehran’s ironclad commitment to the Axis of Resistance during separate meetings with senior delegations from Hezbollah and Hamas, held on the sidelines of the monumental funeral ceremonies for the late Leader, Martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei. Speaking amid the multi-day commemorations, Araghchi hailed Hezbollah’s Resistance as a “source of pride”…

More than 640,000 displaced people in Lebanon have returned home, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as clashes between Hezbollah and Israel have wound down following a deal to end the Middle East war.

Shafaqna India: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. The deal reached in Washington calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the…

President Joseph Aoun accused Hezbollah on Friday, without naming the group, of being accustomed to foreign control and tutelage, arguing that this is why they are obstructing the framework agreement that separates Lebanon's negotiations from Iran.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Free Patriotic Movement President and MP Gebran Bassil said that the Movement’s position on the proposed framework agreement is based on Lebanon’s national interest.

Israel and Lebanon signed a framework deal last week to end months of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Hezbollah's opponents, including Samir Geagea and Sami Gemayel welcomed the deal. So did President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam who had already vowed to extend the state's authority to all Lebanese territories.

Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Haneen El Sayed said Saturday that around 400,000 displaced people have returned to their areas in southern Lebanon, while many others remain unable to go back because of widespread destruction or lack of access to their homes, Anadolu reports. El Sayed made the remarks during a visit to the southern city…

The UK Deputy National Security Adviser Dame Barbara Woodward concluded a two‑day visit to Lebanon (1–2 July), focused on strengthening further cooperation between the UK and Lebanon, supporting regional stability, and reaffirming the UK’s long-standing commitment to Lebanon’s security and sovereignty.

The Lebanese health ministry updated on Saturday the toll of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon since March 2, 2026, recording 4303 martyrs and 12202 injuries. Meanwhile, the Israeli attacks on South Lebanon villages continued with artillery shelling off Ramya town. Al-Manar correspondent indicated that two of the enemy helicopters carried out a machine-gun combing operation…

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who announced Thursday the creation of a high-level committee tasked with developing economic partnerships and security agreements with Syria, said Friday that the cooperation aims at "strengthening bilateral relations" to achieve the common interests of the two countries.

This April to June saw 83 Israeli attacks on Christians in Israel or Israeli-occupied territories in 76 incidents, most of them in Jerusalem, according to a report released Friday, Anadolu reports. The report was issued by Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC) and the its Hotline for Documenting Harassment against Christians in Israel, a nongovernmental…

President Joseph Aoun defended on Thursday negotiations with Israel, saying they were not a betrayal and he would not surrender "a single inch of Lebanon's territory", according to the presidency.

TEHRAN — The funeral ceremonies for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, have become more than a moment of national mourning. They have also provided Iran with a significant diplomatic opportunity, as senior officials and high-level delegations from across Asia and the Middle East gathered in Tehran for a series…

Druze leader Walid Jumblat declared in an interview with L'Orient-Le Jour that he "will not be part of a coalition to bring down the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel."

Amal Movement issued on Friday a statement on the occasion of its Martyr’s Day, reiterating its rejection of the “Framework Agreement” with the Zionist enemy. The Movement also affirmed its support to the Lebanese Army, denouncing the Israeli attempts to utilize its soldiers and officers for the sake of its interests. What follows is the…

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed Thursday that the framework agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel "opens the door to restoring a functioning state and ending the chronic conflict that has drained Lebanon for decades."

The ‘Israel’-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon, Amnesty International and five human rights and press freedom organizations said today. Parts of the text appear to be aimed at preventing victims of serious international crimes from seeking justice before international forums. Others seem to…

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he is ready to reach a settlement if the other side shows a similar willingness, while describing a proposed framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel as an "agreement of sedition."

An individual Hezbollah fighter operating inside an area in southern Lebanon occupied by Israeli enemy forces opened fire on a patrol in Bint Jbeil, wounding one soldier seriously and injuring two others before disappearing, according to Israeli Army Radio. The report said troops from the 679th Brigade (Yiftach) had entered a building in the southern…

President Joseph Aoun affirmed Thursday to a delegation that included MPs Michel Mouawad and Ashraf Rifi, along with other figures, that "our responsibility is to proceed from a Lebanese perspective."