News: Lebanon

We have started to collect the most important news related to Lebanon in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Lebanon: news

Besieged rebels evacuated from Syria

Monday, December 28th 2015, 16:46
related countries: Syria

Hundreds of fighters and civilians in three besieged parts of Syria are evacuated under a truce deal brokered by the United Nations.
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VIDEO: Lebanon: One in four a refugee

Tuesday, December 22nd 2015, 19:15

More than one million Syrians are now seeking refuge in neighbouring Lebanon, the UNHCR has said.
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Fire traded over Israel-Lebanon border

Sunday, December 20th 2015, 18:56
related countries: Israel, Syria

Israel fires artillery shells in response to rockets from southern Lebanon, hours after Lebanese militant Samir Qantar was killed in a strike in Syria.
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Key Lebanese militant killed in Syria

Sunday, December 20th 2015, 16:26
related countries: Israel, Syria
related places: Damascus

Key Lebanese militant Samir Qantar is killed in a rocket strike near Damascus in Syria, the Hezbollah group says, blaming Israel.
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Gaddafi son freed after Lebanon kidnap

Saturday, December 12th 2015, 8:39
related countries: Libya

The late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped in Lebanon, security sources say.
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Syria jihadists release Lebanese troops

Tuesday, December 1st 2015, 12:26
related countries: Syria

Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate has freed 16 Lebanese security personnel held captive for almost 16 months as part of a swap deal, officials say.
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VIDEO: Has Paris overshadowed other attacks?

Monday, November 16th 2015, 20:49
related countries: France
related places: Paris

In a week that saw attacks by so-called Islamic State in Lebanon, Iraq and France, some people have been questioning whether the shootings in Paris are overshadowing attacks elsewhere.
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Day of mourning after Beirut blasts

Friday, November 13th 2015, 9:45
related places: Beirut

Lebanon holds a day of national mourning after at least 41 people were killed in the deadliest attacks in the capital since the end of the civil war.
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Suicide bombers kill dozens in Beirut

Thursday, November 12th 2015, 21:26
related places: Beirut

At least 37 people have been killed and 181 wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in a Shia suburb of Beirut, Lebanese officials say.
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Deadly bomb rocks Lebanon border town

Thursday, November 5th 2015, 13:47
related countries: Syria

At least six people are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack targeting a meeting of Sunni clerics in a town near Lebanon's border with Syria.
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Saudi prince charged over drugs haul

Monday, November 2nd 2015, 14:56
related countries: Saudi Arabia
related places: Beirut

Prosecutors in Lebanon have charged a Saudi prince and nine other people with drug smuggling, a week after a record seizure at Beirut's airport.
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Lebanon seizes drugs on Saudi-bound jet

Monday, October 26th 2015, 15:11
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Lebanese authorities say they have foiled an attempt to smuggle two tonnes of pills containing amphetamine to Saudi Arabia on a private jet.
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Hezbollah confirms local Syria truces

Friday, September 25th 2015, 21:06
related countries: Syria

The Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah confirms a six-month truce in fighting against anti-government rebels in two areas of Syria.
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VIDEO: Hungary prints ads to warn migrants

Tuesday, September 22nd 2015, 15:49
related countries: Hungary, Jordan, Syria

Hungary has printed adverts in Lebanese and Jordanian newspapers warning Syrian refugees in those countries against making the journey to Europe.
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VIDEO: Lebanon government urged to quit over rubbish

Monday, September 21st 2015, 5:31

There are calls for changes in the Lebanese government after a failure to find a solution to the rubbish crisis.
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Hague court clears Lebanese journalist

Friday, September 18th 2015, 9:29

A Lebanese TV journalist and her station are cleared of obstructing justice by a UN-backed tribunal investigating the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
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Follow UK's lead on refugees - Cameron

Monday, September 14th 2015, 16:06
related countries: Syria

David Cameron calls on other EU countries to "step up to the plate" and fund refugee camps near Syria, while on a visit to Lebanon and Jordan.
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VIDEO: Cameron: 'I wanted to see for myself'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 7:26
related countries: Syria

David Cameron has visited a Lebanese refugee camp amid the crisis triggered by war in neighbouring Syria.
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Lebanon to resume waste disposal

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 21:24
related places: Beirut

The Lebanese government agrees to resume waste disposal after weeks of protests over rubbish left in the streets of the capital Beirut.
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VIDEO: Meeting the Syrian pen seller

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 17:59
related countries: Syria
related places: Beirut

Fiona Bruce meets the Syrian who was photographed selling pens in Beirut, sparking a massive fundraising campaign.
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VIDEO: Lost childhoods of refugees in Lebanon

Monday, September 7th 2015, 18:17
related countries: Syria

Thousands of refugees from war-torn Syria have made their way to Europe, but many thousands more are living in camps in nearby Lebanon.
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Danish anti-migrant ads in Lebanon

Monday, September 7th 2015, 11:54
related countries: Denmark

The Danish government places advertisements in Lebanese newspapers aimed at deterring potential immigrants.
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Lebanon ministry occupiers ejected

Tuesday, September 1st 2015, 21:14
related places: Beirut

Lebanese police forcibly remove a group of protesters from the "You Stink" movement who occupied the environment ministry.
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Lebanese hold 'You Stink' protest

Sunday, August 30th 2015, 0:14

Thousands of protesters staged a rally in the Lebanese capital over the government's failure to tackle a rubbish disposal crisis.
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VIDEO: The refugees who have fled Syria

Thursday, August 27th 2015, 22:24
related countries: Syria, Turkey

The BBC looks at the lives of refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria, now living in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
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Lebanon fails to agree rubbish solution

Tuesday, August 25th 2015, 19:28
related places: Beirut

Lebanon's cabinet fails to reach agreement on how to tackle the country's rubbish crisis, which has sparked violent protests in Beirut.
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Lebanon cartoons vent anger at rubbish crisis

Monday, August 24th 2015, 14:43

Lebanese cartoons parody waste mountain crisis
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Lebanon rubbish protest postponed

Monday, August 24th 2015, 14:31

Organisers of protests over the failure of Lebanon's government to clear rubbish from the streets of Beirut postpone a rally planned for Monday.
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VIDEO: Beirut rubbish protests escalate

Monday, August 24th 2015, 3:49
related places: Beirut

Armed military vehicles have been deployed in Lebanon as thousands of protesters clash with riot police in the streets of Beirut, injuring dozens.
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VIDEO: In Beirut with the 'You Stink' protest

Sunday, August 23rd 2015, 19:25
related places: Beirut

Jim Muir reports from the front line between protesters and Lebanese police in a row over corruption and waste disposal in Beirut.
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Lebanon pledge on police 'excesses'

Sunday, August 23rd 2015, 17:34

Lebanese PM Tammam Salam promises to take action against police who used force to disperse demonstrations against piles of uncollected rubbish.
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VIDEO: Thousands in rubbish crisis protests

Sunday, August 23rd 2015, 1:58
related places: Beirut

Thousands of people have taken part in angry anti-government demonstrations in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Clashes at Beirut rubbish protest

Saturday, August 22nd 2015, 21:25
related places: Beirut

Lebanese protesters demonstrating over a rubbish crisis clash with police in Beirut, leaving at least 15 people injured.
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Lebanon wracked by dysfunction

Wednesday, August 19th 2015, 0:18

The political dysfunction wracking Lebanon
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Lebanon faces rubbish 'catastrophe'

Monday, August 17th 2015, 16:58

Lebanon's health minister warns that the country is facing a major health disaster because of the failure to collect huge amounts of rubbish.
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Lebanon arrests wanted radical cleric

Saturday, August 15th 2015, 15:30

Lebanese fugitive Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir is detained at Beirut airport while trying to leave the country, officials say.
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VIDEO: Week of rubbish piles up in Beirut

Sunday, July 26th 2015, 3:02
related places: Beirut

No waste has been collected for a week in Lebanon's capital city, Beirut.
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