BEIRUT, August 14. /TASS/: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that consultations on a ceasefire between government forces and the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) are underway.
"Consultations are ongoing, and the results will be shared with you soon," he said in a televised address on Saturday. The president stressed that it was essential to find a political solution that would guarantee lasting peace and stability.
BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank governor said nobody was running the country, hitting back after government criticism of his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves.
In an interview broadcast on Saturday, Riad Salameh said the government could resolve the problem quickly by passing necessary legislation.
He denied he had acted alone in declaring an end to the subsidies on Wednesday, and said it was widely known that the decision was coming.
BEIRUT, Aug 11 (NNN-NNA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), warned that, more than half of migrant workers in Lebanon are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, to survive an economic crisis that has plunged most of the population into poverty, a statement released by the UN reported.
“They have lost their jobs. They are hungry, they cannot access medical care and feel unsafe,” IOM Lebanon’s Head of Office, Mathieu Luciano, said.
BEIRUT, Aug 10 (Reuters) - President Michel Aoun on Tuesday condemned criticism of Lebanon's Christian Maronite patriarch after he expressed opposition to the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah, warning that insults must be avoided to safeguard national unity.
Following a cross-border salvo between Israel and Hezbollah, Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai was sharply critical of Hezbollah on Sunday, saying no group should decide on war and peace and urging the army to halt rocket fire from the south.
06 Aug 2021; MEMO: Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said it had fired rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area today in response to Israeli airstrikes which struck sites belonging to the group yesterday.
The Israeli military said at least ten rockets were launched towards Israel from southern Lebanon.
"In response to the 10+ rockets just fired at Israel from Lebanon, we are currently striking the rocket launch sites in Lebanon," the Israeli army said in a statement.
06 Aug 2021; MEMO: The Lebanese army said on Thursday that it holds Israel responsible for "changing the rules of engagement" and appealed to the international community to put pressure on the Israeli government to "curb its hostile practices".
BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group said it fired a barrage of rockets near Israeli positions close to the Lebanese border on Friday, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier.
Israel said it was firing back after at least 10 rockets were launched from Lebanon, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett swiftly convened a meeting with the country’s top defense officials.
BEIRUT (AP) — Banks, businesses and government offices were shuttered Wednesday as Lebanon marks one year since the horrific explosion at the port of Beirut with a national day of mourning.
The grim anniversary comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial meltdown, and a political stalemate that has kept the country without a functioning government for a full year. United in grief and anger, families of the victims and other Lebanese were planning prayers and protests later in the day.
03 Aug 2021; MEMO: The head of the Lebanese Forces party, Samir Geagea, yesterday called for early parliamentary elections to be held in order to resolve Lebanon's crises.
Geagea's call came during a rally organised by his party in Beirut to commemorate the first anniversary of the Beirut post explosion which killed more than 200 people and wounded 7,000 others on 4 August 2020.
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