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After a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, President Michel Aoun and the accompanying delegation of ministers returned back to Lebanon on Thursday.
On his return, Aoun stressed that ties with the “Gulf countries particularly with Saudi Arabia are back to normal,” adding that the misunderstanding is over now and a “new leaf of relations has been turned. The Lebanese will witness an increase in the influx of Gulf tourists to Lebanon.”
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Public Works and Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos announced on Thursday that the Civil Aviation Directorate began installing additional auditory bird repellents to keep the birds away from the Rafik Hariri International Airport's tarmac.
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Security measures in Beirut's southern suburbs have been upped recently, and Iranian security forces were called for assistance deploying at the entrances leading to Hizbullah's stronghold of Dahiyeh, media reports said Thursday.
Full StoryHead of Hizbullah's Political Bureau Sayyed Ibrahim Amin Sayyed said on Thursday that President Michel Aoun's trip to Saudi Arabia is a “regular” step as part of Lebanon's duties since the country is in the Arab States League, media reports said Thursday.
“President of the Republic's visit to Saudi Arabia is a normal and regular procedure because Lebanon is within the Arab States' League,” said Sayyed from Tehran, adding “I believe the President will have similar visits to other Arab and non Arab countries.”
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A Middle East Airlines plane en route from Beirut to London made an emergency landing Wednesday at Istanbul's airport after a fistfight erupted between two passengers, a media report said.
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Agents from Hermel's State Security department arrested Wednesday the Syrian Mohammed Hindi al-Alaywi, 39, in the border area of Masharii al-Qaa, state-run National News Agency reported.
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Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe has denied seizing three properties from a Lebanese businessman who she claims duped her in a messy $1.35 million diamond ring deal.
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More than 8,000 bottles containing fake alcoholic beverages were confiscated Wednesday in the Zouk Mikael area, the Finance Ministry said.
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British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter on Wednesday called for “technical reforms” and a women's quota in the country's next parliamentary elections.
Full StorySpeaker Nabih Berri voiced calls on Wednesday for a speedy agreement on a new election law, as he assured that the parliament will hold “intensive legislative meetings.”
“Time is running out. We are required to complete a new election law as soon as possible,” Berri said during his weekly meeting with MPs.
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