Lebanon

BEIRUT/TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday stressed Iran's keenness to protect calm and security in Lebanon, calling leaders in the region for a meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza and Lebanon.

The Iranian diplomat made the remarks during a press conference in Lebanon's capital Beirut with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib.

12 October 2023; MEMO: Israel has shelled the Ahl Al-Qur’an Mosque in the town of Al-Dhahira in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, Anadolu news agency reported.

Anadolu’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that the mosque and dozens of nearby homes were directly hit by the Israeli artillery shelling.

The Lebanese army patrols and inspects damage caused by the Israeli bombings.

12 October 2023; MEMO: The former head of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, sent a message to US President Joe Biden urging him to see the picture of the conflict between Gaza and Israel from both sides.

Tehran, IRNA- Multiple rockets have been launched from Lebanon towards the Israeli occupied territories on the third day of the largest retaliatory attack in decades by the Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas on the Israeli regime.

Israeli media reported on Monday that about a dozen rockets were fired from Lebanon towards occupied al-Jalil and Jabal al-Shaykh.

It was not immediately known who was responsible for the rocket attack but some Israeli media sources blamed Palestinian resistance groups in southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Oct 7 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese navy, yesterday rescued 124 Syrians and one Lebanese, on board an illegal immigration boat, off the shores of al-Mina, in the northern city of Tripoli, near the Palm Islands.

The boat had set off from al-Abda Beach, however, its engine broke down yesterday afternoon. The passengers called for help from the army naval forces, whose members immediately intervened and rescued them.

The boat and passengers were transferred to the port of Tripoli, and were provided with first aid immediately.

BEIRUT, Oct 7 (NNN-NNA) – Three prisoners were killed and 16 others injured yesterday, in a fire inside a prison in Zahle, located in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon.

The fire was set by several prisoners, as they were trying to escape from the prison due to dire living conditions there, amid the current financial crisis, said the report.

BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian city of Homs, killing 80 people and wounding 240, the health minister said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on an army that’s been fighting a civil war for more than a decade.

The strike killed civilians, including six children, as well as military personnel, and there were concerns the death toll could rise as many of the wounded were in serious condition, Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash said.

BEIRUT, Sept 29 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese army received yesterday, the first shipment of Qatar’s fuel donation, the military said in a statement.

The donation is part of Qatar’s efforts, to assist the Lebanese military, during the current financial crisis, the statement said, adding that, the remaining portion of the donation will be delivered in the upcoming months.

Late last month, the Qatar Fund for Development announced that, it would supply the Lebanese army with fuel aid, valued at 30 million U.S. dollars over a period of six months.

26 September 2023; MEMO: Palestine refugees in Lebanon yesterday held a protest in front of the Dutch embassy in Beirut calling for Amsterdam to release humanitarian activist Amin Abu Rashed, Quds Press reported.

23 September 2023; MEMO: Lebanon’s army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started the confrontation, Reuters reports.

Tensions have flared along the frontier this summer, with rockets fired at Israel during flare-ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence, and members of the heavily armed Lebanese group Hezbollah or its supporters facing off with Israeli forces.