Press TV – February 25, 2019 The British government is to impose a full ban on activities of the Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah as London becomes increasingly irritated by the group’s political and military success in the Middle East. UK Home Secretary (interior minister) Sajid Javid said on Monday that the government will designate the […]
U.S. State Department envoy’s jab at Lebanon is ‘tone deaf’ and consistent with larger hegemonic strategy in the region.
Ever since the Netanyahu regime in Tel Aviv convinced a weak Trump Administration to withdrawal from the JCPOA Iran Nuclear Deal, Israeli war machine has been gradually gearing-up for a confrontation with Iran. The Israeli press has been running repeated stories emphasizing how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is considering a military attack on the Iranian, allegedly to destroy a nuclear weapons program which Israel claims exists, but no one has ever seen any evidence of.
Interference by Gulf and Western governments in Beirut’s affairs has been increasing steadily, writes As’ad AbuKhalil for Consortium News. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News After nine months of delays and political feuding, Lebanon finally has a new government. The…Read more →
Press TV – February 11, 2019 French energy giant Total has sparked the anger of Israeli authorities after its chief executive said making investment in the “complex” Israel was not worth the risk. Total’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanne said in an interview with the Financial Times that it was too “complex” to invest in Israel, […]
Press TV – February 10, 2019 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is ready to cooperate with the new Lebanese government in all sectors. “If the Lebanese government demands, Iran is ready to cooperate with this country in all fields,” Zarif told reporters in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Sunday, shortly after his […]
Press TV – February 9, 2019 Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay a visit to Lebanon amid growing tensions between Beirut and Tel Aviv. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Zarif will travel to Lebanon at the head of a delegation on Sunday to hold talks with senior officials in the West Asian […]
So the agony lingers on in Lebanon. Yet again, it is taking months to form a government acceptable to everybody, or which the government can sell to everybody.
RT | February 7, 2019 Lebanon’s parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that an Israeli move to license energy exploration near a disputed maritime boundary threatened to drain Lebanese oil wealth before its own drilling had started. The previous day, Berri accused Israel of breaching Lebanese waters by licensing a company to exploit the […]
Press TV – February 6, 2019 Lebanon’s minister of state for displaced affairs says his country will stick primarily to the Russian strategy for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. “The Russian strategy will be adopted as a basis for our approach towards the return of Syrian refugees to Syria,” Saleh Gharib told […]
