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Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van Der Bellen, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon: Israel border tunnel operation won’t endanger calm

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Lebanon says police thwarted bombing attacks by IS

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Israeli military digger works on the border with Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to &quot;expose and thwart&quot; tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel calls for international response to Hezbollah tunnels

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Serbian U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to &quot;expose and thwart&quot; tunnels it says were built by the Hezbollah militant group that stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Lebanon says Israel offered no proof of border tunnels

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, an Israeli soldier stands near a wall at the Israel Lebanon border near Rosh Haniqra, northern Israel. The Israeli military says it has launched an operation meant to &quot;expose and thwart&quot; tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group and stretching from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel launches operation to thwart Hezbollah border tunnels

By Ariel Schalit and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

FILE - This Thursday, Nov.8, 2018 file photo, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during a visit of French President Emmanuel Macron inside the French carmaker Renault factory of Maubeuge, northern France. Ghosn may have fallen from grace as one of the auto industry's most powerful leaders but Ghosn can count on continued support in at least one corner of the globe. Lebanese have long held hopes that Ghosn, who was born to Lebanese grandparents and holds Lebanese citizenship, would play a bigger role in politics one day or help salvage its increasingly struggling economy. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Dramatic downfall of Carlos Ghosn reverberates in Lebanon

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, an Israeli soldier stands near a wall at the Israel Lebanon border near Rosh Haniqra, northern Israel. Even with attention currently focused on Gaza-based Hamas militants along its southern border, Israel's most pressing security concerns lie to the north. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

For Israel, a rearmed Hezbollah in Lebanon is top concern

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

British radio presenter killed in Lebanon

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Lebanese Minister of State for Refugee Affairs, Mouin Merhebi, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, at his office, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Merhbi says about 12,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since June, some of them have been killed, detained or forced to join the military slowing down the return of Syrians residing in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Lebanese protesters chant slogans during a protest against corruption and criticizing long-serving politicians for failing to form a government, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. Lebanon is marking 75 years of independence with a military parade Thursday in Beirut, but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate: the country's corruption-plagued economy is dangerously close to collapse and political bickering over shares in a new Cabinet is threatening to scuttle pledges worth $11 billion by international donors. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s economy faces stark choice: Reform or collapse

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, a Lebanese customs officer walks past trucks waiting to cross into Syria from the Lebanese border crossing point of al-Masnaa, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. The long-awaited reopening of a vital border crossing between Syria and Jordan earlier this month was supposed to bring relief to Lebanese farmers and traders looking to resume exports to Gulf countries. But the commerce has so far been complicated by politics, high transit fees and fighting over which trucks pass through which country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s ‘lung’ to Gulf markets choked by politics

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Journalists and supporters of Lebanese Prime Minister--designate Saad Hariri, left, clap as he arrives for a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Hariri accused Hezbollah of hindering the formation of a new government six months after parliamentary elections. He said the Shiite militant group bears full responsibility for the consequences, including Lebanon's flagging economy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese premier accuses Hezbollah of blocking government

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FILE - This Monday, July 11, 2016 file photo, a member of The International Red Cross takes a saliva sample from Umalbaneen Ali Wehbe, sister of Habib Ali Wehbe who went missing in 1976 during the Lebanese civil war, at her home, in the southern suburb of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon's parliament approved Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 the formation of an independent commission to help determine the fate of thousands of people who went missing during the country's civil war 28 years after it ended. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon to form body to probe civil war disappearances

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Supporter of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group listen to a speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, via a video link, during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyr's Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it won’t give up its rockets

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Lebanon accuses editor of harming relations with Saudis

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Beirut Rules’ by Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz

By Joshua Sinai

In this January 19, 2018 photo, billboards from Hezbollah's committee for the support of the Islamic resistance, that shows a Hezbollah fighter while holding the group's yellow banner and the Lebanon's national flag, are displayed on the Beirut airport highway, in southern Beirut, Lebanon. The Trump administration will resume crushing oil sanctions on Iran in early November, 208, a step that aims to strain Tehran’s funding of its regional allies. Arabic on the poster reads, &quot;A project to equip a holy warrior, top, He who equips an invader is part of the battle (a saying from Islam's Prophet Muhammad), center, we thank you for your contribution, bottom.&quot; (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran’s regional allies

By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Israel says it finds Hezbollah outpost on Lebanon border

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier opens the border gates as an UN vehicle enters Syria in Quneitra crossing in the Israeli controlled Golan, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. The crossing between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights reopened for U.N. observers who had left the area four years ago because of the fighting there. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: Israeli military welcomes reopening of crossing

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Clashes in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon wound 6

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press