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Lebanon: Two martyred & two wounded in Israeli enemy airstrikes on South

[Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:50:11 +0300] Beirut – Saba: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that two citizens were martyred and two others were injured on Thursday due to two airstrikes carried out by Israeli enemy drones in the south of the...

Lebanese pro-Palestine activist to be freed after 40 years in French jail

Lebanese pro-Palestine activist to be freed after 40 years in French jail

A French appeals court has ordered the release of Lebanese pro-Palestine activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah after four decades in prison. The former guerrilla with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was sentenced to life...

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill two 'Hezbollah members'

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill two 'Hezbollah members'

Israeli strikes have continued in parts of Lebanon despite the November ceasefire [Getty] Two people were killed Thursday in separate Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attacks despite a ceasefire...

French court orders release of Lebanese militant Abdallah after 40 years in prison

French court orders release of Lebanese militant Abdallah after 40 years in prison

Published on 17/07/2025 - 14:30 GMT+2 •Updated 14:50 A French court ordered the conditional release of a Lebanese leftist militant on Thursday after more than 40 years in detention in France. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was serving a life sentence...

French court orders release of Lebanese militant after 40 years

French court orders release of Lebanese militant after 40 years

PARIS: A French appeals court has ordered the release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah after 40 years in prison. The 74-year-old, convicted for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats, is among France’s longest-serving inmates....

IDF confirms Lebanon drone strikes, says 2 Hezbollah members killed

IDF confirms Lebanon drone strikes, says 2 Hezbollah members killed

The IDF confirms carrying out drone strikes in southern Lebanon earlier today that killed two Hezbollah operatives, APA reports citing Times of Israel. The first strike, between the towns of Kfour and Toul near Nabatieh, killed Hassan Ahmad Sabra,...

WATCH: IDF kills terrorists, destroys tunnels in Gaza, Lebanon strikes

WATCH: IDF kills terrorists, destroys tunnels in Gaza, Lebanon strikes

A Confederacy of Arms: Trading Disarmament for Power in Lebanon

A Confederacy of Arms: Trading Disarmament for Power in Lebanon

🔊 Listen to Post The debate over disarming Iranian-backed forces in Lebanon persists, yet the Lebanese state continues to shirk its responsibility to establish clear mechanisms—or even a timeline—for asserting its sovereignty. This sovereignty,...

French court rules for release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

French court rules for release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

PARIS - A French court on Thursday ruled for the release from prison of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, after serving almost 40 years in prison for attacks on American and Israeli diplomats in France, BFM TV reported. The former head...

PM Salam discusses Syrian unity and Lebanon’s stability in call with Walid Jumblatt

PM Salam discusses Syrian unity and Lebanon’s stability in call with Walid Jumblatt

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam emphasized the need to preserve Syria’s unity and promote understanding among its people under the umbrella of the Syrian state. In a phone call with former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, Salam...

Israeli drone targets truck in the southern border town of Naqoura: Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon

Salam and Jumblat discuss Sweida's clashes, call for restraint in Lebanon

Salam and Jumblat discuss Sweida's clashes, call for restraint in Lebanon

by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 July 2025, 12:58 Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed in a phone call Thursday with former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat the latest developments in Syria and reactions in Lebanon. The two leaders stressed...

2 Lebanese Martyred as Israeli Enemy Steps up Attacks in Violation of Ceasefire

Two Lebanese citizens have been martyred on Thursday as the Israeli enemy escalates attacks in violation of the ceasefire which ended the brutal Israeli war on Lebanon in late 2024. Al-Manar correspondents in south Lebanon reported several attacks...

Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah to be released from French prison after four decades

Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah to be released from French prison after four decades

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese citizen who has spent almost 40 years in prison over his part in deadly attacks on Israeli and US diplomats, can be released, a French court ruled on Thursday. Abdallah, 73, was sentenced to life in 1987 for...

2 killed, 2 injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah group were killed and two civilians were injured Thursday in two separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to official and security sources. According to the...

Two killed in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon

Two killed in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon

2025-07-17T09:47:14+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Beirut Two people were killed and several others injured on Thursday following two drone strikes in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities. Lebanon’s Ministry of...

French court orders release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

French court orders release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

PARIS (AP) — A French court on Thursday ordered the conditional release of a Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant after more… PARIS (AP) — A French court on Thursday ordered the conditional release of a Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist...

French court backs release of Lebanese militant jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

French court backs release of Lebanese militant jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

By John Irish and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah from prison, after he served almost 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on U.S. and Israeli...

French court backs release of Lebanese terrorist jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

French court backs release of Lebanese terrorist jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

French court rules for release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah - BFM TV

French court rules for release of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah - BFM TV

PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Thursday ruled for the release from prison of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, after serving almost 40 years in prison for attacks on American and Israeli diplomats in France, BFM TV reported. The...

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