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(MENAFN) Joseph Aoun said on Tuesday that a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory would help the state extend its authority across the country and remove the justification for any armed presence outside official state control,...

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(MENAFN) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun declared Tuesday that an Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanese soil would strip away the last remaining justification for armed groups operating outside state authority — his most direct public linkage...

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(MENAFN) The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings on Wednesday for residents of several towns in southern Lebanon, despite a fragile ceasefire remaining in place.

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(MENAFN) The United Nations has raised alarm over what it described as a “deteriorating” situation in Lebanon after Israel issued a displacement order affecting the entire port city of Tyre, with officials warning that nearly 44,000 people could...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations sounded the alarm Tuesday over a sweeping Israeli displacement order targeting Lebanon's coastal city of Tyre, warning it will force nearly 44,000 people from their homes — many of whom had already been uprooted by...

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(MENAFN) Israeli government officials have heightened their rhetoric toward Lebanon, with some ministers advocating harsher military measures, including strikes on Beirut and territorial occupation, following recent Hezbollah drone attacks.