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Aoun urges Iran to 'be friends with all Lebanese' not just Hezbollah

President Joseph Aoun has met, on the sidelines of an Arab summit in Doha, with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the presidency said in a statement.

Aoun and al-Sharaa discussed bilateral relations, security along the Syrian-Lebanese border, the maritime border demarcation and the repatriation of Syrian refugees.

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14 hurt, including 4 children and 7 women, in Israeli strike on Nabatieh building

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building on the outskirts of the southern city of Nabatieh overnight, wounding 14 people, among them at least four children and seven women, the Health Ministry and the National News Agency said.

Two of the children are in critical condition, the Ministry added.

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At Doha summit, Aoun urges Arabs to press Israel to accept just peace

President Joseph Aoun on Monday announced that “the picture after the (Israeli) aggression against Doha has become clear and the response to it must be equally clear.”

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Qatari emir says Israel wants 'civil war' in Lebanon to halt its attacks

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Monday criticized Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon despite its ceasefire with Hezbollah.

“In Lebanon, the Lebanese government’s acceptance of a U.S. paper is being met with bombardment and assassinations, and Israel is seeking to push it into civil war in order for it to halt its attacks on it,” Sheikh Tamim lamented during an emergency Arab-Islamic summit responding to Israel’s unprecedented airstrike against Hamas officials in Doha.

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After boycotting him in Beirut, Rajji meets Iranian FM in Doha

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji met Sunday in Qatar with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting that prepared for Monday’s emergency Arab-Islamic summit.

The talks extensively tackled the situations in Lebanon and the region, with Rajji emphasizing upon the Lebanese government’s decision to monopolize arms and extend the state’s sovereignty across the country.

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Aoun meets Qatari ruler ahead of Arab-Islamic summit

President Joseph Aoun met Monday in Doha with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the sidelines of an emergency Arab-Islamic summit that will be held in Qatar to discuss Israel’s latest attack on Hamas members in the Qatari capital.

During the meeting, Aoun reiterated his condemnation of the Israeli attack and stressed Lebanon’s “solidarity with Qatar and the brotherly Qatari people,” thanking Doha for “the support it has offered to Lebanon during the various circumstances.”

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Weapons handed over from Ain al-Hilweh and al-Beddawi camps

The Lebanese Army was on Saturday handed over five truckloads of weapons from the Ain al-Hilweh camp and another three from the al-Beddawi camp as part of an ongoing disarmament process.

So far only the Fatah Movement has handed over weapons from several camps in Beirut and its suburbs and the southern region of Tyre.

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Salam condemns Adraee 'provocative' tour in Khiam

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has condemned a "provocative" tour by the Israeli army's spokesperson Avichay Adraee in the southern town of al-Khiam.

In a statement, Salam described the tour in occupied Lebanese territories as an "aggressive behavior", calling on the international community to "exert maximum pressure on Israel to completely withdraw from the Lebanese territories it still occupies and to stop its land, sea, and air violations."

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Disarmament begins Saturday at Ain al-Hilweh and al-Beddawi camps

The handover of Palestinian weapons at the Ain al-Hilweh and al-Beddawi refugee camps will begin Saturday and continue for three days, the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee announced on Friday.

“Dialogue with Hamas is ongoing for the handover of its weapons,” Committee sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel, adding that they expect the file to be finalized at the end of the month.

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Cabinet names regulatory authorities for electricity and telecom sectors

The government has named regulatory authorities for the country's electricity and telecommunications sectors, Information Minister Paul Morcos said late Thursday after a cabinet session.

Naming a regulatory authority for Lebanon's corruption-plagued electricity sector has been a key demand by international organizations.

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