Tag: Lebanon

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE
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Members of Iranian Special Forces present in Syria and Lebanon are only ‘counsellors’

Iran confirms the presence on Iranian forces in Syria

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Pope Benedict XVI greeting Muslim clerics during his visit with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda presidential palace AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO
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Catholic Pope brings message of coexistence to Lebanon visit

Roman pontiff says he comes as “pilgrim of peace”

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Turkish national Aydin Tufan Tekin phones after being handed to the Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon at the Lebanese General Security headquarters in Beirut on 11 September AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO
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Turkish and Syrian hostages in Lebanon finally freed

Syrian hostages rescued in midnight raid in Lebanon while Turkish businessman's release…

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Protesters gather outside the Lebanese embassy in Cairo to demand the release of Egyptian doctor Mohamed Al-Hamshari Basil El-Dabh / DNE
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Egyptian doctor released from Lebanese custody

Al-Hamshari arrived back to Cairo on Wednesday night

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Protesters gather outside the Lebanese embassy in Cairo to demand the release of Egyptian doctor Mohamed Al-Hamshari Basil El-Dabh / DNE
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Protesters gather at Lebanese embassy

Patients and colleagues of detained doctor call for his release

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Mohamed Magdy Al-Hamshari was arrested at Rafiq Hariri Airport in Beirut (File photo) AFP PHOTO
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Egyptian doctor arrested in Beirut

Mohamed Al-Hamshari under military investigation in Lebanon

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah AFP Photo
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Nasrallah threatens US on behalf of Iran

Warnings over a possible Israeli strike against Hezbollah’s major ally

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

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A man rides his motorbike in Joura in Lebanon's Bekaa valley in the area where the Kuwaiti engineer was allegedly kidnapped AFP PHOTO
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Reports denied of Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Despite statements by his wife, Lebanese media denies Al-Hooty's abduction

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Lebanese army commandos stand on armoured personnel carriers in the Lebanese northern port city of Tripoli on 22 August AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Flames of sectarian conflict in Lebanon

Ten killed overnight in clashes, while PM warns people against “slipping into…

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