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Syria's al-Sharaa meets Lebanese PM in bid to improve long-fraught ties

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus on Saturday in a bid to improve long-fraught ties, with the pair focusing on strengthening their shared border.

The New York Times · 10h

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Meets With Syrian Leader

The visit by Prime Minister Najib Mikati was the first official trip by the Lebanese leader to meet with the new government of Syria.

Barron's · 9h

Lebanese PM In Damascus: Drawing Borders With Syria A Priority

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Saturday during his first visit to Syria since president Bashar al-Assad's fall that demarcating the countries' shared land and sea borders was a key concern.

Reuters · 1d

Lebanon's Mikati to meet Syrian leader Sharaa in Damascus, Lebanese sources say

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

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Syria’s new ruler pledges long-term strategic ties with Lebanon

Syria's new leader Ahmad Sharaa called on Lebanon Saturday to forget about the past "negative" relations resulting from ...

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Lebanon army chief elected president after 2 years with no head of state

Joseph Aoun, 61, Lebanon’s army commander, takes the role of president after over two years of the seat being empty and 13 attempts to vote in a leader.

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Italy's FM Antonio Tajani meets Lebanon's new president for talks in Beirut

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks during a press conference at the Italian embassy in Lebanon, 10 January, 2025 ...

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UAE to reopen embassy in Beirut, strengthen bilateral relations

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone call on Saturday with Joseph Aoun, congratulating him ...

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Lebanon’s parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock

Lebanon’s parliament chose the country’s army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long ...

U.S. envoy in Beirut amid uncertainty over future of Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire

Israeli troops withdrew from the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura on Monday, amid growing accusations from both sides of ...

Al-Monitor7d

Iranian plane, diplomat searched at Beirut airport: What we know

On Nov. 15, an Iranian delegation accompanying Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...

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Who is Joseph Aoun, a low-profile army chief who is now Lebanon’s president?

Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him say he is ...

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Marine Bustros and Fadlo Dagher, of DHP Architecture, restore an iconic 19th-century church in the heart of Beirut

Saint Maroun Church in Gemmayzeh has been a staple of the Lebanese Maronite community since it was built in 1875. This past ...

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Two relatives of Assad ‘arrested at Beirut airport with fake passports’

Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, ...

Khaleej Times on MSN6h

'UAE Embassy in Beirut to reopen': President Sheikh Mohamed, Lebanon's Joseph Aoun reach agreement

President Sheikh Mohamed held a phone call today with Joseph Aoun, congratulating him on his election as President of ...

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