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The U.N. peacekeeping force on the Lebanon-Israel border said its commander is in contact with officials in both countries over tensions regarding two tents set up by Hezbollah last month.
Israel filed a complaint with the United Nations in June claiming that Hezbollah had set up tents several dozen meters (yards) inside of Israeli territory.
Full StoryA son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was taken to hospital for the third time after his health deteriorated due to a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial in Beirut, Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV said.
Al-Hadath said Gadhafi was in "critical condition" after he suffered a sharp drop in his blood sugar level. He was taken to Beirut’s Hotel-Dieu de France hospital on Sunday.
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Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has met in London with the British deputy national security adviser for Middle East affairs, Ajay Sharma, and the Middle East official at the British premiership, George Bowman.
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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh will leave his post at the end of this month when his term will expire, a media report said on Monday.
Full StoryLebanon's presidential election has stalled again, several local media reports said Monday.
Therefore, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will not call for any electoral session unless there are new developments, al-Joumhouria newspaper said.
Full StoryHezbollah has removed one of two tents set up in the Shebaa Farms between Lebanon and Israel, several Israeli media reports said.
On Sunday, Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz told a radio station that Israel was trying to let diplomacy work to resolve the issue.
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Two young men who hail from the northern region of Bsharri have been killed in the Qornet al-Sawda area, which is disputed by residents of Bsharri and Dinniyeh, triggering sectarian tensions and an intervention by the army.
Full StoryIsrael carried out air strikes in Syria near the government-held city of Homs, Syrian state media reported on Sunday, and the Israeli army later said it had responded to rocket fire.
During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.
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France has charged a former assistant of Riad Salameh, the governor of Lebanon's central bank and a subject of judicial probes at home and abroad, with money laundering.
Full StoryWithout reforms, Lebanon will continue to see triple-digit inflation, and public debt in the small, crisis-ridden country could reach nearly 550% of GDP by 2027, the International Monetary Fund warned in a report.
The report came as a follow-up to a nine-day visit by IMF officials in March.
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