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Mona Ziade, who covered Lebanon’s civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks for the AP, dies at 66

BEIRUT (AP) — Mona Ziade, who helped The Associated Press cover major events out of the Middle East…

Libyan delegation in Beirut seeks release of the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

BEIRUT (AP) — A Libyan delegation in Lebanon made progress in talks Monday with judicial officials over the…

Lebanon’s president says negotiations with Israel needed as war led to no positive results

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president said Monday that his country and Israel should negotiate to solve pending problems…

Lebanese army chief briefs government on Hezbollah’s disarmament as Israel strikes kill 2

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's army chief on Monday briefed the government for the first time on its plan…

Bulgaria arrests Russian owner of ship at center of Beirut port blast in 2020

BEIRUT (AP) — The Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at…

Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory

BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon's largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and…

The complex story behind strained Syria-Lebanon relations

BEIRUT (AP) — A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border.…

Hezbollah vows to keep arms, says Lebanon’s disarmament plan serves Israel

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group on Friday vowed not to disarm, saying last…

Lebanon’s army says its troops have killed 3 of the country’s most wanted drug dealers

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army on Wednesday said it killed three of the country’s most wanted drug…

Hezbollah blasts Lebanese government’s plan to disarm group this year and calls it ‘grave sin’

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah on Wednesday sharply criticized the Lebanese government’s decision to begin a process aiming to…