NewsFeed Tens of thousands of mourners have attended the public funeral service for former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his likely successor Hashem Safieddine in a stadium in Beirut. Nasrallah was assassinated in an Israeli air strike in September 2024 during the 14-month war between Hezbollah and Israel. Published On 23 Feb 202523 Feb 2025
Nasrallah was assassinated by Israel five months ago and his public funeral delayed for security reasons. Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon are set to pay their last respects to Hezbollah’s late leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, last September. The public … Read more
Beirut, Lebanon – A new president. A new prime minister. And the sense that Hezbollah, arguably the most powerful group in the country, has been weakened. It has been a potentially transformative few weeks in Lebanon, particularly when taken in the context of a political system that often appears frozen. The developments have been a … Read more
France’s Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut since Joseph Aoun was elected as Lebanon’s president. French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon as a deadline for the pullout nears under the terms of a ceasefire that ended a war with … Read more
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and top ICJ judge Nawaf Salam seen as frontrunners. Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun has begun binding consultations with members of parliament to nominate a prime minister. Aoun’s consultations got under way at 8:15am (06:15 GMT) on Monday with a meeting with Elias Abu Saab, the deputy parliament speaker, according … Read more
Appointment of Joseph Aoun ends two years of political paralysis. After a two-year political deadlock, Lebanon has a president. The election of army chief Joseph Aoun by parliament has been welcomed from Washington to Tehran. He takes the helm of a country ravaged by war and economic crises. What are his immediate challenges? Presenter: Imran … Read more
Al-Qaradawi’s family seeks Lebanese PM’s intervention to prevent his deportation to Egypt, fearing risks to his life. The family of Egyptian opposition activist Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi has called on Lebanese authorities to immediately release him, as fears grow that he will be deported to Egypt, where he is wanted by the law. Al-Qaradawi’s family members … Read more
Israel launches strike on Syria-Lebanon border; drone attack in Gaza kills 20 – CBS News Watch CBS News The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched a “strike on military infrastructure” at the Syria-Lebanon border. The nation is also warning displaced Lebanese residents from returning south just three days into a ceasefire agreement with the … Read more
Beirut, Lebanon – For the past two months, St Francis Church in Hamra has taken in displaced families from southern Lebanon and Dahiyeh, a constellation of Beirut suburbs. It’s been a difficult time for many of the families who fled Israeli bombing and a ground offensive in the south, but since early Wednesday when a … Read more
As a ceasefire the U.S. helped broker between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect Wednesday, President Biden said his administration would quickly launch “another push” with international partners to secure a deal to end the even deadlier war in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Biden, who has less than two months left in … Read more