Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday that the Syrian crisis has inflicted a huge burden on Lebanon, and that Australia will continue its support to Lebanon on the Syrian refugee issue.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the deadly terrorist attacks in the Lebanese capital Beirut earlier in the day, calling the bombings "heinous acts."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly car bombing in northeastern Lebanon, saying "the recent escalation in acts of terrorism and violence in Lebanon is of grave concern."
The al-Nusra Front in Lebanon and the Marwan al-Hadidi Brigades claimed responsibility Saturday for rocket attacks on Lebanon's east Bekaa city of Hermel.
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the suicide car bombing in an east Lebanese city near the border with Syria, calling it a "terrorist attack."
Lebanon's Foreign Ministry received Tuesday a request from the Saudi embassy in Beirut for the repatriation of the body of Majed al-Majed, a leader of an al- Qaida-linked terrorist group who was arrested in Lebanon.
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut warned Sunday its citizens not to travel to Lebanon, urging those already in the country to avoid hotels, shopping centers and public events.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman asserted Monday that the proposed Geneva II conference to solve the Syrian crisis will be held on January 22, 2014 with the participation of 37 countries including Lebanon.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday refused categorically any entry of Syria's chemical weapons or chemical wastes to the country for disposal.
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly denied Tuesday any knowledge of plans to destroy Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles in neighboring Lebanon.
The British embassy in Beirut on Wednesday amended its travel advice to Lebanon, and kept its warning of travelling "to some areas" in the county.
Turkey completed Monday the withdrawal of its forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL) mission operating in southern Lebanon, Turkish General Staff announced.
Four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, the first time since 2011, breaking the short-lived calm in the volatile region.
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon condemned on Monday a rocket attack that ripped through Beirut's southern suburbs.
Over 60 students were hospitalized in northern Lebanon's port city of Tripoli on Thursday, after drinking contaminated tap water.
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