JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - The fifth anniversary of Israel's war in Lebanon passed largely unmarked in the Jewish state on Tuesday, with no official events planned and the border between the neighbours mostly quiet.
The conflict that began on July 12, 2006, ending 34 days later with the deaths of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, has faded [...]
THE HAGUE (AFP) - (AFP) - People harmed in the attack that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri can join the legal proceedings, the tribunal investigating the 2005 killing said Tuesday.
"Individuals who have suffered physical, mental or material harm can apply to participate in the proceedings as victims," the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) said in a statement.
"T [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Lebanon's opposition leader Saad Hariri on Tuesday defended a UN-backed court that has indicted Hezbollah members in the 2005 murder of his father against "misleading accusations" by the Shiite group.
"After the indictment was issued, I decided it was time for me to speak, to rectify... (Hezbollah leader) Hassan Nasrallah's misleading accusations that the tribunal i [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Israel's proposed maritime border with Lebanon threatens regional security, Lebanon's foreign minister said on Monday, as a feud over offshore gas fields between the two enemy states deepens.
"Israel's measures have created a new point of tension in the region and threaten peace and security across this region," Foreign Minister Adnan Mansur told reporters in [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Israel's cabinet approved on Sunday a map of the Jewish state's proposed maritime borders with Lebanon to be submitted for a UN opinion, in a brewing dispute between the neighbours over offshore gas fields.
Lebanon's Energy Minister Gebran Bassil countered that Beirut will not give up its maritime rights.
Israel's proposed map lays out maritime borders tha [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Lebanon's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Thursday, as the prime minister vowed his cabinet would cooperate with a UN-backed court charging Hezbollah members in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.
Moments after the pro-Western opposition walked out, Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Hezbollah-dominated government secured 68 out of a [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - The defence chief of a UN-backed court which has indicted Hezbollah members over the murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri on Tuesday urged those charged to get lawyers, warning they were now fugitives.
"As of now, as of the moment the arrest warrants are issued, whoever is charged is no longer a free person and becomes a fugitive," Francois Roux told AFP in a [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Lebanon's opposition has demanded Prime Minister Najib Mikati announce his full support for a UN-backed court charging Hezbollah members in ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder, ahead of a vote of confidence.
"We demand the prime minister announce openly and clearly his commitment (to the tribunal) before parliament on Tuesday and say that he will take all necessa [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Lebanon braced on Friday for a possible backlash after a UN-backed tribunal issued an indictment in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in which four Hezbollah members are named.
Daniel Bellemare, prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), hailed as a "historic milestone" the indictment, which implicates Hezbollah operatives in the assassinat [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - A UN-backed court on Thursday issued a long-awaited indictment and arrest warrants for the 2005 murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, with members of the powerful Hezbollah reportedly among those named.
Prosecutor General Said Mirza said he received the sealed indictment and arrest warrants in the case, which many fear could plunge the country into poli [...]
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