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Nahar Net
4 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
Aoun, Berri reportedly put final touches on response to US paper
by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 July 2025, 16:31 President Joseph Aoun met Friday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to put the final touches on Lebanon's response to a U.S. request to disarm Hezbollah, Saudi news interactive channel al-Hadath said. Aoun who took office in the aftermath of more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah had vowed a state monopoly on bearing arms, while demanding Israel comply with a November ceasefire. Israel has warned it will continue to strike until Hezbollah has been disarmed. U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack asked Lebanese leaders to formally commit to disarming Hezbollah in a proposal that reportedly focused on halting hostilities for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Lebanese-Israeli conflict, with a deadline for a complete disarmament of Hezbollah before the end of November. After that, the reconstruction of war-hit regions can begin, al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday.
Nahar Net
4 days ago
- Politics
- Nahar Net
US Envoy to visit Lebanon next week with timeline for Hezbollah disarmament
by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 July 2025, 14:31 U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack is currently holding consultations in New York and will visit Lebanon next week, local al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday. According to the daily, Israel has told Barrack that it expects Hezbollah to hand over its ballistic and hypersonic missiles before engaging in further discussions. The new U.S. paper would focus, according to the daily, on halting hostilities for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Lebanese-Israeli conflict. It proposes a timeline for Hezbollah's disarmament. The deadline for the government to announce its plan to disarm Hezbollah is August 1 and the the plan must be completely implemented before the end of November. After the complete disarmament of Hezbollah, the reconstruction of war-hit regions can begin, the daily said. Lebanese leaders who took office in the aftermath of more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have vowed a state monopoly on bearing arms, while demanding Israel comply with a November ceasefire. Israel has warned it will continue to strike until Hezbollah has been disarmed. Barrack's visit next week would be his third. In previous visits the diplomat asked Lebanese leaders to formally commit to disarming Hezbollah and later said he was satisfied by the response of Lebanon's authorities to his request.
CairoScene
6 days ago
- CairoScene
Miracles on the Med: Lebanon's Naqoura Cliffs
Naqoura Cliffs are proof that some of the most beautiful corners of the Mediterranean aren't in guidebooks. Down at the southernmost tip of Lebanon, where the land hums with old tension and the sea forgets, a stretch of coast rises like something from a dream—or a secret too long kept. The cliffs of Naqoura, tall and chalky white, tumble into the Mediterranean in folds and fractures, their faces wind-scrubbed and sea-carved into caves, arches, and rippling ledges. This isn't the Mediterranean of beach bars and glossy hotel views. This is the edge—where waves crash into limestone like they're knocking on ancient doors, and where silence is broken only by the rustle of olive branches or the distant hum of a patrol boat. The cliffs are protected by nature and by history. Just inland sits the headquarters of UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force, and beyond that, the tense hush of the Lebanese-Israeli border. This strange serenity—the mix of beauty and borderland—has kept Naqoura wild, nearly untouched by the tourism that has softened much of the Mediterranean's wilder edges. Locals who know the way whisper of sea caves you can only reach by kayak, where the light filters in turquoise and the water laps at smooth white stone. Divers say the clarity here is surreal, with coral patches blooming beneath cliff shadows and schools of fish flickering in and out of the shallows. You won't find snack shacks or sun loungers. You probably won't even find signs. But if you manage to make it here—through permits, through patience, through the poetry of the unexpected—you'll find a place where Lebanon meets the sea in raw, radiant solitude. It's not the easiest destination. But then again, miracles never are.
Middle East Eye
28-06-2025
- Middle East Eye
Israeli raids kill three and wound two in southern Lebanon, says ministry
Lebanon's Health Ministry has confirmed that three people were killed and two others wounded following a pair of Israeli drone strikes targeting two towns in the country's south. The attacks, which struck separate locations, marked another deadly escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli border. The ministry did not immediately release further details about the identities of those killed.
Dubai Eye
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Israeli strikes pummel south Lebanon hilltops
More than a dozen Israeli air strikes battered a row of hilltops in southern Lebanon on Friday, security sources said, with the Israeli military saying it had attacked a damaged military site that armed group Hezbollah was seeking to restore. The simultaneous strikes hit a mountainous strip near the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, according to the Lebanese security sources, who said Hezbollah likely still had arms depots there. There was no immediate comment from the group. The Israeli military said its fighter jets had attacked a site used to manage Hezbollah's "fire and defence system". It said the site was destroyed in last year's war but that Hezbollah was attempting to resume activities there in breach of the November truce that ended the conflict. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun on Friday fired the same accusation back at Israel, saying it was continually violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal by keeping up strikes on Lebanon. The ceasefire deal stipulates that southern Lebanon must be free of any non-state arms or fighters, Israeli troops must leave southern Lebanon as Lebanese troops deploy there and all fire across the Lebanese-Israeli border must stop. Israeli troops remain in at least five posts within Lebanese territory and its air force regularly kills rank-and-file Hezbollah members or people affiliated with the group.
