Reduced clashes in the Gaza and Lebanon fronts came as Iran-Israel tensions grew. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If … Read more
It also restated that French citizens should “absolutely refrain from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.” Meanwhile, German airline Lufthansa on Sunday announced it won’t be conducting any flights to Amman, Erbil and Tel Aviv until Tuesday and flights to Beirut and Tehran until Thursday at the soonest. The announcement comes after the airline … Read more
A Lebanese man sanctioned for allegedly funneling millions of dollars to Hamas was found dead in a mountain town outside Beirut, a security source told Reuters on Wednesday. The security source identified the victim as Mohammad Surur and said he hailed from a northeastern town near the Syrian border and worked in currency exchanges … Read more
The killing of a local politician has deepened sectarian and political faultlines in Lebanon, raising fears of armed clashes between rival factions in a country already beset by a deep economic crisis, and cross-border shelling with Israel. Government and religious officials have rushed to quell tensions after the killing of Pascal Sleiman prompted fears … Read more
A coordinator in the Christian Lebanese Forces party was kidnapped in the Byblos District of northern Lebanon on Sunday, with officials expressing concerns the kidnapping could exacerbate already heavy tensions between various factions in Lebanon. According to MTV Lebanon, four armed individuals riding in a white car kidnapped Pascal Sleiman, the coordinator for the … Read more
Cyprus appealed on Wednesday for vigorous action from the European Union to stem a recent tide of mostly Syrian refugees arriving by sea via Lebanon, saying the island’s reception capacity was at breaking point. At least 600 Syrians have arrived in Cyprus in the past four days on small boats, spurred by milder weather. … Read more
Lebanon: Immediate ceasefire or inevitable disaster An-Nahar, Lebanon, March 30 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org If the information provided by sources close to Hezbollah is accurate, then significant developments in southern Lebanon are on the horizon. It appears that Wafiq Safa, a security official in Hezbollah, recently visited the … Read more
4.0 magnitude aftershock hits Northeast after morning earthquake – CBS News Watch CBS News A 4.0 magnitude aftershock rocked parts of the Northeast just hours after a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the region. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett reports. Then, Susan Hough, geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, joins CBS News with analysis. … Read more
Cyprus is pressing the EU to designate parts of Syria as safe for returns of migrants, and also to condition EU aid to Lebanon on its preventing migrants from departing. With a population of 1.25 million, Cyprus is the closest EU member country to Lebanon, with the 264-kilometer sea journey taking about 10 hours by … Read more
Two anti-graft groups have filed a complaint in France against Lebanon’s billionaire caretaker premier Najib Mikati and his relatives, seeking an investigation into alleged financial crimes including money laundering, according to a document seen by Reuters. In a statement issued by his office, Mikati said he had not been formally notified of the complaint … Read more
