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Reuters: Hezbollah readies for new regional war with funds from Iran

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has spent three months preparing for a possible resumption of hostilities with Israel, after receiving...
World

Israel strikes south Lebanon after soldiers killed, talks continue in Rome

Israel said two of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon on Wednesday while Lebanese authorities said Israeli retaliatory...
Local

Cyprus intelligence chief’s Beirut trip: what Lebanese media report

A Cyprus government source has confirmed that Tasos Tzionis, Director of the Cyprus Intelligence Service (KYP), visited Lebanon and...
Local

Cyprus sends €200,000 in humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The Republic of Cyprus has sent humanitarian aid worth around €200,000 to Lebanon through the CyprusAid programme, following a...
World

Lebanon, Israel to hold next talks in Italy on August 4, Lebanese official says

Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold their next round of U.S.-brokered talks on August 4 in Italy, a...
World

Rare access to Beaufort Castle reveals Hezbollah’s hidden war preparations

For the very first time, a small press group was granted wartime access to Beaufort Castle, the strategic fortress...
Economy

Cyprus, Lebanon agree study into electricity interconnection

The governments of Cyprus and Lebanon have taken the next step toward an electrical interconnection between the two countries,...
World

EU countries back ‘full ban” on Israeli settler imports, the only obstacle is unanimity

After a tense meeting on Monday the European Union decided to not introduce a ban on products from territories...
Economy

Cyprus, Lebanon file World Bank request for interconnector funding

Cyprus and Lebanon will sign a letter today formally requesting World Bank financing for an electrical interconnector between the...
Politics

Christodoulides pushes for EU-Lebanon strategic agreement in talks with Lebanese foreign minister

President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanon's Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji discussed the close ties between Cyprus and Lebanon during a...
World

What’s in the deal between Israel and Lebanon?

Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.-mediated peace framework that would leave Israeli troops inside occupied southern Lebanon until...
World

Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal

Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an increasingly...
World

Hezbollah rejects US-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal as ‘surrender’

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it...
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