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Lebanon

How far does Sunni objection to the amnesty go?

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Lebanon

From Lebanon to Syria: an official visit with social files

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Politics

Salam asks Paris for an international presence in the south after UNIFIL

French Foreign Minister Barrot meets Lebanon's leaders on arrangements once the UN force leaves.

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Security & Justice

Salam pledges to widen the probe into the seized explosives truck

Two men were detained at Dahr al-Baidar; the prime minister wants every person involved identified.

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Politics

Hezbollah pledges up to $14,000 per destroyed home; US says the money 'does not exist'

The pledge sidesteps a framework that aims to keep reconstruction funds away from armed groups.

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Economy

EDL approves restarting idle Zouk and Jiyeh power plants, unit by unit

The $300 million plants have sat idle amid a legal dispute with their operator.

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Church & Faith

Spared at a wall in 1990, a Lebanese Baptist learned to serve those she feared

Rosette Mansour tells Baptist Press how serving Syrian refugees healed an old wound.

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Politics

Iranian deputy minister tells Beirut to 'arm everyone' instead of disarming Hezbollah

Saeed Khatibzadeh's remarks in Beirut were seen by Lebanese sources as interference in the country's affairs.

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Politics

Lebanese army delegation heads to Tampa talks to press for an end to Israeli attacks

The US-hosted military meeting on 20 October comes as Israel reinforces its forces on the border.

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Corruption & Governance

Officials weigh a $2 billion loan plan funded from central bank reserves

A working paper seen by Asharq Al-Awsat would lend to households and industry while depositors still wait.

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Security & Justice

Lebanon's first general amnesty since 1991 takes effect, but not for theft of public money

The Constitutional Council threw out a challenge, and courts have begun applying the law.

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Diaspora

Lebanese in France mark 13 October with a Mass in Marseille

The Rassemblement pour le Liban remembered the soldiers and civilians killed on 13 October 1990.

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Church & Faith

Pope Leo XIV greets crowds from his window for the first time since cancer surgery

Thousands in St Peter's Square chanted "Viva il papa" as he led the Angelus.

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Church & Faith

Aishiyeh remembers its martyrs: 'loyalty to the martyrs and attachment to Lebanon's unity'

A Mass in the southern Christian village honoured the victims of the October 1976 massacre.

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Community

South Lebanon's olive harvest held hostage behind Israel's 'Yellow Line'

Farmers need permits to reach groves inside the zone; officials say about half of the south's farmland has been out of reach at times.

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Politics

Berri tells French ministers Lebanon wants UNIFIL to stay

The Speaker says Lebanon has complied with Resolution 1701 and urges pressure on Israel.

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Security & Justice

Third group of convicted Syrian prisoners to be handed to Damascus soon, says Mitri

Two groups totalling about 265 inmates have already been transferred under February's agreement.

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Lebanon

Netanyahu says Israeli army will stay in south Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed

The Israeli PM says he does not trust the Lebanese government to disarm the group.

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Politics

Salam orders arrests over illegal weapons: 'war and peace belong to the state alone'

After two nights of tension in Beirut, the PM backs the army and calls for everyone involved in moving illegal arms to face the courts.

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Politics

Foreign Minister Raggi tells Iran to stop arming and funding Hezbollah

Lebanon's top diplomat demands an end to Iranian interference as the weapons crisis deepens.

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