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FILE - In this May 24, 2019, file photo, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil listens to Lebanese Information Minister Jamal Jarrah while he speaks to a journalist at the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon. The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, sanctioned two former Lebanese Cabinet ministers, including Khalil, who are allied with militant Hezbollah in a rare move against politicians close to the Iran-backed group. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

US sanctions 2 Lebanese politicians allied with Hezbollah

By BASSEM MROUE and BEN FOX - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 1938 file photo, General Henri Gouraud, leader of the French Fourth Army at the end of World War One, buying a cornflower in aid of ex-service organizations in Paris, France. It was a century ago on Sept. 1, 1920, that a French general, Henri Gouraud, stood on the porch of the French residence in Beirut surrounded by local politicians and religious leaders and declared the State of Greater Lebanon - the precursor to the modern state of Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)

Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Amin Sherri, a Lebanese lawmaker of the Hezbollah bloc, center, speaks with families of the victims who were missing from the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. For many, the Iran-backed Hezbollah now stands at the top of Lebanon’s sectarian-based system of power — and so is complicit in the corruption many blame for the port disaster and for driving the country into near bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s powerhouse Hezbollah hit by backlash after blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, U.N. peacekeepers parade during a ceremony to mark the transfer of authority between the outgoing and the newly appointed head of the mission at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon. As the United Nations prepares to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, Israel is working with Security Council members to push for tough changes in the way the force deals with the Hezbollah militant group, Israeli officials said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Lebanese media: Sectarian clashes near Beirut leave 2 dead

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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005 file photo, vehicles burn following a bomb attack that targeted the motorcade of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, killing him and 22 others in Beirut, Lebanon. More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts this in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah allegedly involved in the killing, which deeply divided the tiny country. (AP Photo/File)

Family of convicted Hezbollah member denounces ‘injustice’

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Israeli soldiers sit in a tent next to their mobile artillery units near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Israeli military said attack helicopters have struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border after shots were fired at Israeli troops. Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by Hezbollah since an Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter in neighboring Syria last month. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Wounded people are evacuated as smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The massive explosion fueled widespread anger at Lebanon's ruling elite, whose corruption and negligence many blame for the disaster. Yet, three weeks later, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight and the same politicians are negotiating among themselves over a new government. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon may be broken beyond repair

By Clifford D. May

FILE - In this August 5, 2020 file photo, smoke rises from the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. It was 20 minutes before 6:08 p.m. when the Beirut fire brigade received the call from an employee at the nearby port reporting a big fire. Ten firefighters, including a female paramedic, piled into a fire engine and an ambulance and raced toward the scene, and their ultimate death. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

‘End of the world’: Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, U.N. peacekeepers parade during a ceremony to mark the transfer of authority between the outgoing and the newly appointed head of the mission at the UNIFIL headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, Lebanon. As the United Nations prepares to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, Israel is working with Security Council members to push for tough changes in the way the force deals with the Hezbollah militant group, Israeli officials said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Israel pushes for changes in UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 16, 2014, file photo, shows an exterior view of the Special Tribunal for the assassination of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Leidschendam, Netherlands. More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2020, in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah allegedly involved in the killing. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool, File)

Lebanon tribunal: Hezbollah, Syria not tied to Hariri bomb

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2005, file photo, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, center, speaks to people outside the Lebanese Parliament minutes before an explosion killed him and 22 others, in Beirut, Lebanon. More than 15 years after the truck bomb assassination of Hariri in Beirut, a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands is announcing verdicts this week in the trial of four members of the militant group Hezbollah allegedly involved in the killing. (AP Photo, File)

UN-backed court to issue verdicts in Lebanon’s Hariri case

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Lithuania designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organization

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Residents of Beirut vented their fury at Lebanese leaders Thursday as they crowded around French President Emmanuel Macron, who promised to pressure the politicians for reform while assessing damage from the powerful explosion at the city's port on Tuesday. Story A7. (Associated Press)

Beirut explosion puts Lebanon close to ‘failed state’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Destruction is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion on Tuesday flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Australia pledges $1.4M for Beirut relief effort

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Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after Israeli strike in Syria

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Israeli soldiers work on tanks in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria, not far from Lebanon border, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Lebanon's prime minister has accused Israel of provoking a &quot;dangerous escalation&quot; along the border in an attempt to modify the mandate of a U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel bombs targets in southern Syria amid tensions

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Israeli soldiers gather near shells at an Israeli mobile artillery unit in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The Israeli military on Monday said it thwarted an infiltration attempt by Hezbollah militants — setting off one of the heaviest exchanges of fire along the volatile Israel-Lebanon frontier since a 2006 war between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Lebanon accuses Israel of provoking border escalation

By BASSAM HATOUM - Associated Press

Anti-Hezbollah protesters hold banners with the U.N. Resolution 1559, which was adopted in Sept., 2004, that called for disarmament all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias, during a sit-in against Hezbollah and Iran in front the United Nations headquarters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel says it thwarts Hezbollah infiltration attempt

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon amid tensions with Syria

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press