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Lebanon files complaint with UN Security Council against Israeli ceasefire violations

Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council, through its Permanent Mission in New York, against Israel's repeated violations of the ceasefire and of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.

The National News agency said Tuesday that Lebanon has cited ground and air attacks, the destruction of homes and residential neighborhoods in Lebanon, and the kidnapping and targeting of Lebanese citizens, journalists and Lebanese army members.

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Sunni MP and Tashnag urge Salam to avoid 'double standards'

MP Nabil Bader of Beirut has accused Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam of “selectivity” in his approach toward the cabinet formation process.

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LF MP calls on Salam to show 'modesty', says he 'doesn't have a bloc'

MP Pierre Bou Assi of the Lebanese Forces on Tuesday hurled a jab at Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam.

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Lebanese army seizes Hezbollah weapon truck, reports say

The Lebanese Army has seized a Hezbollah truck loaded with weapons in the Iqlim al-Kharoub region near Sidon, media reports said Tuesday.

The weapons, including detonators and grenades, were taken from a warehouse in Wardaniyeh after it was targeted by an Israeli strike.

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Netanyahu says war with Hezbollah and allies has 'redrawn' Middle East map

Before leaving for Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's wars with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and its confrontations with Iran had "redrawn the map" in the Middle East.

"But I believe that working closely with President Trump we can redraw it even further, and for the better," he said.

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Salam says he's the one picking ministers after 'consultations' with blocs

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reassured that the government formation process is “moving forward positively according to the reformist, salvation course” that he had pledged and in line with the “standards” that he has already announced.

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UN special coordinator for Lebanon to discuss ceasefire, 1701 with top Iran officials

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has begun a visit to Tehran, where she is set to meet with senior Iranian officials.

The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders, her office said in a statement Monday.

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Iran guards chief says Hezbollah defied 'heavy blows'

Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami on Monday said that Hezbollah “remained resilient despite the heavy blows it received” during the latest war with Israel.

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Iran denies sending cash to Hezbollah through airport

The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday said the media reports claiming that Tehran is sending money to Hezbollah through Beirut airport are “an Israeli media campaign aimed at obstructing reconstruction” in Lebanon.

The Wall Street Journal had reported Friday that Israel had complained to the U.S.-led ceasefire committee that "Iranian diplomats and others are delivering tens of millions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah to fund the group’s revival."

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Will the government be formed in the coming hours?

The cabinet line-up has reached the final stages and Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam is “working on resolving two points ahead of presenting the final draft to the president in the coming hours,” LBCI TV reported on Monday.

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