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Lebanese police officers and army soldiers stand guard at their outpost during a demonstration, against a possible military strike in Syria, near the U.S. Embassy in Awkar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Lebanese foreign minister says embassy evacuations unnecessary

by Caroline Akoum | Sep 8, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday that the security situation in Lebanon was stable and that there was no reason for foreign governments to issue warnings to their citizens to leave the country. The...

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The Lebanese flag waves from The Lady of Lebanon sanctuary in the Christian Lebanese village of Harissa overlooking the Bay of Jounieh on September 12, 2012. (AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ)

Kuwait advises citizens to leave Lebanon

by Caroline Akoum | Sep 2, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kuwait has condemned the search of a car belonging to one its embassy staff at a Hezbollah checkpoint in a southern suburb of Beirut last week. Lebanese officials have responded by saying that the search was an isolated incident caused by an...

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A picture taken on November 11, 2009, shows Hezbollah fighters, holding up Lebanese flags and the yellow flag of the militant Shiite Muslim group, as they parade on the occasion of Martyr’s Day in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR)

Hezbollah ‘military wing’ added to EU list of terrorist organizations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The European Union voted Monday to place the military wing of Hezbollah on its list of groups and organizations deemed to be terrorist groups. According to EU officials, this move comes with two conditions: members states are allowed to...

Lebanese FM: EU should reconsider Hezbollah blacklisting

by Layal Abu Rahal | Jul 21, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said on Saturday that the European Union should “think carefully” before placing Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations. The EU is due to discuss the issue on Monday. Speaking during a...

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Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby, speaks to the media, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Emigrants Adnan Mansour, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, and Iraqi Freeing Minister Hoshyar Zebari, look on during their news conference after the Russian-Arab League meeting in Moscow. (AP)

Will Lebanon be Held Accountable for its Pro-Assad Bias?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 12, 2013 | Opinion

Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour confused everyone at the Arab League because while the league itself was trying to offer Syria’s empty seat to the Syrian National Coalition, Mansour requested the reinstatement of the Assad regime’s representatives. What...