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Lebanon detains 19 people after street battles over port probe

Seven people died and dozens were wounded when violence erupted Thursday following a rally by Shia Muslim protesters demanding the dismissal of the judge investigating last year's devastating Beirut port blast.

Violence in Beirut was 'a show of strength' to browbeat Lebanon's judiciary

For many residents of Beirut, Thursday's street battle reveals how far Lebanese armed groups can go to save some influential people who are being probed for last year's devastating port explosion.

Tensions over Beirut blast investigation pushes Lebanon into new crisis

Iran-backed Hezbollah has accused the United States of meddling in the probe into last year’s Beirut port blast which killed more than 200 people.

Lebanese army seizes over 28 tons of ammonium nitrate

Lebanon's army said that security forces raided a fuel station in the town of Arsal near the Syrian border and seized ammonium nitrate, stored in sacks, that had a nitrogen content of 26 percent.

Hezbollah reportedly threatens Beirut explosion investigator

On the one year anniversary of the event in August this year, Hezbollah’s leader called the investigation ‘politicised’.

Lebanon PM: Hezbollah's import of Iran fuel violates country's sovereignty

Najib Mikati says he is not worried about possible US sanctions "because the operation was carried out without the involvement of the Lebanese government."

Hezbollah brings Iranian fuel into crisis-hit Lebanon

Convoy of tanker trucks carrying Iranian fuel crosses border from Syria into Lebanon, a delivery organised by Hezbollah group to ease crippling fuel shortages in the Arab country.

Lebanon eyes third shipment of Iranian fuel

Lebanese leaders are wary of relying on Tehran to meet country's energy needs but have no other option.

Hezbollah vows to bring Iranian oil to cash-strapped Lebanon

But the militant group's opponents have warned that the move can invite US sanctions on a country that's already reeling under an economic crisis.

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says group could escalate its response to Israel

The group wanted to show any Israeli air strike would be responded to in "the appropriate and proportional way," says leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah exchange cross-border fire as tensions flare

Incident marks third day of cross-border salvoes amid wider regional tensions with Iran but was the first time Hezbollah claimed a direct rocket attack on Israeli territory since 2019.

Israel hits Iran-backed targets in Lebanon with air strikes

Israel’s first strikes since 2014 come in response to three rockets fired from Lebanon a day earlier, two of which struck near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona.