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Nasrallah Hails Aoun's Border Op Decision, Says 'Golden Equation' Vital Even if Army Gets Stronger

Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday hailed President Michel Aoun over the Lebanese state's decision to launch Operation Dawn of the Outskirts, as he noted that the controversial “army-people-resistance equation” will remain needed even if the army gets stronger.

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UK Vows Continued Support for Army, Regrets IS 'were Able to Retreat across Syria'

Chargé d’Affaires Ben Wastnage of the British embassy in Lebanon on Thursday congratulated the Lebanese Army on its successful border operation against the Islamic State group and announced that the UK remains committed to “supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces.”

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U.S. Says Support for Army to Continue as Military Sources Deny Aid Halt

A senior U.S. general and Lebanese military sources have stressed that U.S. support for the Lebanese army will continue, after media reports claimed that Washington intends to halt its assistance in connection with Hizbullah's role in the latest developments on the eastern border.

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Constitutional Council Suspends Tax Law after Gemayel-Led Appeal

The Constitutional Council on Thursday ordered a suspension of the implementation of the new tax law that was approved the fund a new wage scale for civil servants and the armed forces, a day after ten MPs led by Kataeb Party chief Sami Genayel filed an appeal against it.

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IS Hands Over to Hizbullah Body of Slain Iranian Soldier

The media arm of Hizbullah said Thursday the group has received the body of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member recently captured and killed by the Islamic State group in Syria.

The handover of Mohsen Haji's body is part of a controversial deal brokered by Hizbullah to clear IS fighters from an area along the Lebanon-Syria border.

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ICRC: Authorities Must Act Now to Give Answers to Families of Missing Persons

On the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on Lebanese authorities to “fulfill their obligations to uncover the fate of those who went missing during conflicts in Lebanon and to provide answers to their families.”

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Hariri Begins Paris Visit, Urges Lebanese to 'Turn Page of Discord'

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday met with French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris, beginning an official visit to France that also involves talks with President Emmanuel Macron.

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U.N. Renews Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon as U.S. Warns of War

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday extended the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for another year amid pressure from the United States for the U.N. force to take action against Hizbullah.

The council unanimously backed a French-drafted resolution after much wrangling with the United States over the mandate of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between Hizbullah and Israel.

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Nasrallah Defends IS Deal as 'Only Way' to Unveil Captive Troops Fate

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday defended a deal his group negotiated to evacuate Islamic State militants from the Lebanon-Syria border, saying it was the "only way" to resolve the "national and humanitarian" case of determining the fate of Lebanese soldiers captured three years ago by IS and later killed.

Nasrallah was responding to criticism of the deal, which was to allow over 300 militants and their families to relocate to an IS-held area in eastern Syria, near the border with Iraq.

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Berri Urges Cooperation with Syria, Defends Salam, Qahwaji and IS Negotiations

Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday stressed that cooperation in all fields between Beirut and Damascus is vital for the two countries, as he defended ex-PM Tammam Salam and former army chief General Jean Qahwaji in the face of criticism over the 2014 anti-jihadist clashes.

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