Lebanon’s Hariri suspends role in politics, will not run in parliamentary election

January 24th, 20220 BEIRUT - In a bombshell announcement, Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician Saad al-Hariri said on Monday he was suspending his role in political life and would not run in a forthcoming parliamentary election. The news comes as the country is tackling a dire financial crisis that has seen the country depend into social and...

U.S. blacklists Hezbollah official, Lebanon-based companies

September 17th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on a Hezbollah official and two Lebanon-based companies as the country experiences a deep economic crisis, accusing them of being linked to the Hezbollah group. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Arch Consulting and Meamar Construction,...

U.N. tribunal convicts main defendant in Hariri assassination case

August 18th, 20200 LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — On Tuesday, a U.N.-backed tribunal convicted Salim Jamil Ayyash, allegedly a member of the Hezbollah group, of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanon’s political forces. Hariri, a Sunni Muslim...