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FPM calls for 'Lebanon’s neutrality' in Israel-Iran conflict

The Free Patriotic Movement said Wednesday that Lebanon should not take part in the Israeli-Iranian conflict as the arch foes traded fire for the sixth day.

"The war in the region is concerning and is threatening peace and stability in the region and in Lebanon," the statement said, describing the Israeli strikes on Iran as an aggression and condemning it. "The FPM is against any aggression on the sovereignty of any county."

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UN peacekeeping chief meets Lebanese leaders, urges effort to keep UNIFIL

Under-Secretary-General for U.N. Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix met Wednesday in Lebanon with President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri.

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Israeli interception missile lands in south Lebanon

An Israeli interception missile landed Wednesday afternoon in a valley between the Tyre district towns of Barish and Maaroub, the state-run National News Agency reported.

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Israeli drone drops anti-Hezbollah leaflets on Aitaroun

An Israeli drone on Wednesday dropped leaflets resembling fake currency over the southern town of Aitaroun, the National News Agency said.

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Hezbollah's Qmati says Iran 'strong enough', doesn't need military support from anyone

Hezbollah political bureau member Mahmoud Qmati denied Tuesday in an interview with Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik that Hezbollah would get involved in the Iranian-Israeli war.

"Israeli reports about Hezbollah preparing to intervene are merely false pretexts to justify Israel's ongoing aggression against Lebanon," Qmati said.

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Israeli violations: Latest developments

A civilian narrowly escaped Israeli fire on his car on the outskirts of al-Khiam in south Lebanon on Monday night as Israel dropped an incendiary bomb on the southern border town of Blida.

On Tuesday, media reports said that Israel dropped leaflets over al-Naqoura warning fishermen against fishing there, while a drone dropped a sound bomb on the coastal town.

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Berri tells Israel 'cheerers' nothing will remain in region but Israel if it wins

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri hinted that Israel will destroy everything and everyone in the region if it wins this war.

"There will be only Israel," he said, in remarks published Tuesday in Annahar, adding that those who are happy shouldn't be.

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Salam stresses need to spare Lebanon any involvement in Israel-Iran war

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday underscored the need to “prevent Lebanon's entanglement in any way in the ongoing war” between Israel and Iran.

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Ex-Syrian commander questioned in Beirut over missing US journalist

Former Syrian official and adviser to ousted President Bashar al-Assad has been interviewed in Beirut by the FBI and the CIA in April, in the presence of Lebanese officials, The Washington Post and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said Sunday.

According to the reports, Bassam al-Hassan told the FBI that American journalist Austin Tice was killed in 2013 on the orders of al-Assad, after Tice briefly escaped from his prison cell.

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What has Bassil said on Hezbollah, peace with Israel?

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday denied remarks attributed to him about Hezbollah and the possibility of peace between Lebanon and Israel.

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