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The Lebanese Armed Forces issued a formal statement on Friday denouncing a series of Israeli airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut. The military warned that continued Israeli operations risk undermining Lebanon’s participation in the multilateral committee responsible for overseeing the ceasefire that ended the 14-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The condemnation followed airstrikes launched by Israel earlier in …

A Lebanese man who had spent 33 years in Syrian prisons arrived in his hometown of Chekka on Monday, following his release by Islamist-led rebels. Salim Hamawi became the first Lebanese prisoner to return to Lebanon, although another man, Ali al-Ali, was filmed after being freed from a prison in Hama last week. Ali had been missing for almost 40 …