Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held consultations on Sunday regarding Lebanon’s next prime minister, who looks poised to be Nawaf Salam, who has gained the support of enough lawmakers to be designated Lebanon’s next prime minister. Lebanon had lacked a president for two years, during which Najib Mikati was the caretaker prime minister. This resulted … Read more
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told Al Jadeed that he hopes for a ceasefire with Israel in the “coming hours,” the Lebanese media site reported Wednesday evening. Mikati said that while US special envoy Amos Hochstein was visiting Beirut, he brought a proposal that remained “confidential,” the prime minister told Al-Jadeed. He further … Read more
Tehran backs efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon on the condition it would be backed by Hezbollah and simultaneous with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a special visit to Beirut on Friday. “We support efforts for a ceasefire on the condition that it would be acceptable … Read more
Beirut: Amid calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in a statement denied that the country has agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. “It is an American-French proposal, which the Prime Minister has not even responded to,” said the statement from Netanyahu’s office. It added that he had … Read more
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Saturday that Israel must stop its campaign in Gaza and cease attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported. “We are always advocates of peace, and our choice is peace and the implementation of Resolution 1701. Israel must stop its repeated attacks on Lebanon and stop the … Read more
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah publicly thanked Iran for its support of Lebanon on Saturday. Hezbollah’s leader thanked Iran following the Islamic Republic’s envoy to the UN addressing Friday night’s tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and after he posted on his official X, formerly Twitter, account that, “if Israel expands its activities in Lebanon, … Read more
