Pentagon official says US is committed to supporting Lebanon’s army despite freeze in aid

Pentagon official says US supports Lebanon’s army

AP sources: Administration says aid to Lebanese military important for US, Mideast security

AP sources: Renewed Lebanese military aid sought

Rights group says Lebanon’s judicial system fails to protect domestic workers

Group: Lebanon not protecting domestic workers

Syrian influence in Lebanon is on the rise again, 5 years after split

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

Israel’s military says explosions in southern Lebanon occurred at Hezbollah weapons depot

Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot

Hezbollah leader rejects prosecutor’s demand to hand over information in Hariri case

Hezbollah won’t cooperate with Hariri tribunal

Firefight sparked by parking dispute highlights militias’ role in Lebanon’s tensions

Armed militias: a quandary for Lebanon, US

Lebanon moves to address widespread use of weapons after deadly clashes

Lebanon moves to address widespread use of weapons

Iran says it’s prepared sell weapons to Lebanon if Beirut asks for military assistance

Iran says it’s ready to sell arms to Lebanon

Lebanese army troops deploy in central Beirut after clashes between Hezbollah, Sunni group

Lebanese army deploys in Beirut after clashes

Hezbollah and Sunni group clash in Beirut with heavy weapons leaving 3 dead

Hezbollah, Sunni group clash in Beirut, killing 3

Hezbollah leader says government should ask Iran to equip national army

Hezbollah: Iran can equip Lebanese army

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group says authorities should formally ask Iran to help equip the country’s military.

Hezbollah and Sunni groups clash in Beirut with heavy weapons leaving 1 dead

Beirut sectarian battle kills 1, wounds 3

BEIRUT — Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire in Beirut on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding at least three others, security officials said.

Hezbollah tries again to implicate Israel in Hariri killing in material handed to UN tribunal

UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link

Lebanon gives Palestinian refugees employment rights; critics say significant problems remain

Lebanon gives Palestinians employment rights

Parliament passes law to let 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon work in any profession

Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees right to work

Underneath fields and homes in south Lebanon, Israel sees the battlefield of the next war

Underneath Lebanon, Israel sees hidden battlefield

Lebanese intelligence agents kill 2, including a leader of al-Qaida-inspired group

Lebanese intelligence agents kill 2 militants

Lebanon opens bank account to receive donated funds to buy weapons for army

Lebanon opens account seeking donations for arms

Palestinians, crammed for decades in refugee camps in Lebanon, may get broader right to work

Lebanon debates giving Palestinians rights

Lebanese defense minister: US military assistance shouldn’t be tied to conditions on Israel

Lebanon rejects US concerns over military help

Lebanon says US suspension of military aid weakens American-backed effort to strengthen army

Lebanon: US military aid halt is ‘unwarranted’

Lebanon trying to reassure US it has control of weapons after Congress holds military aid

Lebanon tries to assure US after military aid halt

Lebanon says US cutoff of military aid is unwarranted and weakens effort to build up army

Lebanon says US military aid cutoff unwarranted

Hold placed on US military aid to Lebanese army over concerns about Hezbollah influence

US military aid to Lebanon put on hold

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Monday he has suspended U.S. military aid to Lebanon’s army amid growing concern in Congress that American-supplied weapons could threaten Israel.

Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah seen as key to containing Israel-Lebanon flare-up over tree

Flare-up over tree accents Israel-Lebanon tension

UN peacekeepers dispute Lebanese claim that Israel breached border before clash that killed 4

UN disputes Lebanese claim Israel violated border

UNIFIL Asked LAF and IDF to Exercise Maximum Restraint

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JERUSALEM (GaeaTimes.com) — On Tuesday morning, during a routine maintenance work in the area between Israel’s border fence and the international border fence, Lebanese army opened fire on the IDF (Israel Defense Army) soldiers, killing Lt.-Col Dov Harari on the spot. UNIFIL(United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) has confirmed that they received early notification from IDF about the work and had passed the information to the LAF (Lebanese Army Federation) before Tuesday.

UN peacekeepers: Tree at center of deadly Lebanon-Israel border clash was in Israeli territory

UN: Tree in Lebanon-Israel clash was in Israel

Lebanon, Israel exchange fire in most serious clashes since 2006; at least 4 people dead

Lebanon, Israel clash near border; at least 4 dead

Israeli military says high-ranking officer killed in clash with Lebanese forces

Israel says senior officer killed in Lebanon clash

Lebanon, Israel clash in most serious clashes since 2006

Lebanon, Israel clash near border; at least 3 dead

Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon to defuse fears of violence between rival factions

Saudi, Syrian leaders make rare visit to Lebanon

Saudi and Syrian leaders visit Beirut amid rising tension between rival Lebanese factions

Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon amid tension

Saudi and Syrian leaders to visit Beirut amid rising tension between rival Lebanese factions

Saudi, Syrian leaders head to Lebanon amid tension

Saudi king comes to Syria amid regional tensions, heated rhetoric about Hezbollah

Saudi king in Syria amid regional tensions

Senior Hezbollah official says the group has list of military targets inside Israel

Hezbollah says it has list of targets in Israel

UK foreign ministry pulls ambassador’s blog post praising Hezbollah-linked cleric after outcry

UK removes blog post praising late Lebanese cleric

Israeli military says Hezbollah has network of arms depots inside south Lebanon villages

Israel: Hezbollah storing weapons inside villages

Hezbollah not interested in dialogue with US until it changes its ‘pro-Israel’ Mideast policy

Hezbollah not interested in dialogue with US

Israeli premier: Gaza flotillas aimed at breaking military embargo, bringing weapons

Israel: Flotillas aim to get weapons to Gaza

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri presses Obama on Mideast peace deal, tells him the ‘clock is ticking’

Lebanese PM presses Obama on Mideast peace deal

A confident Hezbollah promotes itself through ‘jihadi tourism’ in its strongholds

Hezbollah promotes itself through ‘jihadi tourism’

Lebanese PM visits Syria weeks after Israel accused Damascus of supplying Hezbollah with Scuds

President Barack Obama

Lebanese president says Hezbollah can’t be asked to disarm at time of tension with Israel

Lebanese government won’t ask Hezbollah to disarm

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