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Lebanese PM Saad Hariri selfies in Moscow at #WorldCup

German envoy denies any plan to settle Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri meets with Russian president Putin in Moscow

Lebanon foreign minister escalates refugee row with U.N. agency

Arsal mayor: if Syria refugees want to return home we will help them but if they dont want to leave they continue to be welcome here

Hariri in Moscow today to meet with Putin; will Saudi-Russia WorldCup opener tomorrow

U.S. Embassy Beirut:Finally, all six A-29 Super Tucano are in Lebanon.

Maj Gen Qassemi Soleimani, head of Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps IRGC described Lebanon's recent elections as a referendum, saying the votes were held in a situation where Hezbollah was being accused of interfering in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the region.

PM designate Saad Hariri says every party should make "sacrifices" for the formation of the new Cabinet

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says his fighters will only leave Syria if its leadership requests it

Lebanon freezes UNHCR residency applications: foreign minister

Far-right NGO linked to Identitarian movement - members of which are currently being prosecuted in Austria, while others have been banned from entering the UK - is "working" with Syrian refugees in Lebanon to discourage fleeing to Europe.

Lebanon parliament speaker Berri, who is an ally of Hizbullah says the armed group will withdraw from Syria once the "country is captured and unified"

SAA 11th Division begin its deployment along the Syrian-Lebanese border in place of Hezbollah who withdraw from the northern parts of the border during the last two days

Lebanon gen security chief says contacted Syria to return thousands of refugees to their homes: Al Jazeera

Hezbollah: If Israel starts a war in Gaza, we will fire rockets from Lebanon and Syria to Tel Aviv.

Without France, Lebanon would probably be at war, Macron says

PM Hariri says everyone has the right to make demands

Report citing Lebanese + Russian media outlets says 2 Israeli Air Force F-16 planes were challenged by Russian Sukhoi Su-34 jets over Tripoli, Lebanon, early on Monday and forced away. "There's been no official confirmation from Russia or Israel".

Lebanese Intelligence arrests Zaman Al Wasl reporter in Arsal

Nasrallah: Lebanon is not bankrupt but if it continues into this road it will lead to collapse.

Nasrallah: I read all election programmes, all which talked about providing services and tackling corruption, great, there is a joke in Lebanon that before elections parliamentarians remember us and after they forget us

Nasrallah: We refuse US/Zionist agenda in Lebanon whether it is occupation or installing political administration or a normalisation agreement

Nasrallah: Not to forget the people of the villages and those on the border region and throughout all Lebanon. Lebanese Army and other factions also played a role, as well as the Syrian Arab Army who sacrificed dead.

Nasrallah: On Liberation Day of 25 May 2000, I congratulate all on this day whether it's Lebanon or the people of the region as a lesson for the present and future.

Reports that Israeli warplanes were flying over Lebanon at the time of airstrike on Dabaa airbase in Syria

Saad Hariri: We hope to form a transitional government and must adhere to the policy of disassociation

Hariri received 111 votes out of 128 during parliamentary consultations

Saad Hariri receives parliamentary approval to form Lebanese government. 69 votes out of 128

Lebanon's Hariri wins majority support to be PM