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An Italian U.N peacekeeper takes a picture of a United Nations helicopter carrying Italian peacekeepers preparing to take off from the UNIFIL headquarters for a patrol over the Blue Line, a U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel, in the costal town of Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. A statement by the Lebanese Higher Defense Council on Wednesday instructed the country's military to confront any Israeli &quot;aggression&quot; on its land or maritime borders. The statement comes amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors, who are technically at war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon labels Israeli border wall an ‘aggression’

By BASSAM HATOUM - Associated Press

The ancient sculpture &quot;Bull's Head&quot; is displayed at the Lebanese National museum during a ceremony celebrating the return of three ancient sculptures from the United States, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The treasures once owned by private collectors and valued at more than $5 million US were ordered returned to Lebanon by the Manhattan district attorney. They were stolen from a temple during the Lebanese 1975-90 civil war and confiscated in New York in the past few months. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon displays stolen ancient artifacts returned from US

Associated Press

A map shows the offshore block 9, center, which Israel claims, at the Energy ministry, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. Lebanon's Energy Minister Cezar Abi Khalil has vowed the country will go ahead in its oil and gas exploration tender near its maritime border with Israel despite Israeli claims the block 9 field belongs to it. The Lebanese Cabinet approved in December 2017 licenses for three international companies to carry out exploratory drilling off for the 10 offshore blocks to determine whether oil and gas exist in the area. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon blasts Israel over oil exploration near border

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Israeli defense chief: Lebanon will pay for Iranian meddling

Associated Press

Rights groups call for Lebanon inquiry on device spying

Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 photo, Greg Stegall, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank's mobile distribution and produce manager, visits Palmyra Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post 6417, a participant in the food bank's MilitaryShare program, in Palmyra, Pa. The food bank's MilitaryShare program, started by Stegall in December 2015, provides 50 to 60 pounds of food to military families free of charge each month, and distributed about 1 million pounds of food in 2017. Stegall is a U.S. Navy veteran, the son of a World War II U.S. Army veteran and the father and father-in-law of U.S. Air Force veterans. (Michael K. Dakota /Lebanon Daily News via AP)

Giving military families a hand-up with MilitaryShare

By ANDREA RICH and Lebanon Daily News - Associated Press

A smartphone screenshot taken Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 shows the WiFi networks active at the corner of Pierre Gemayel and Damascus Streets in Beirut. A report being published Thursday identifies the second WiFi network from the top as being associated with Lebanon’s General Directorate of General Security, which is at the same address. (AP Photo)

Report links hacking campaign to Lebanese security agency

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

Lebanese journalist sentenced in absentia for army criticism

Associated Press

People walking in front of the Cinema City complex in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Lebanon’s censorship authorities have effectively banned Steven Spielberg’s newspaper drama, “The Post,” because the American director is on a regional blacklist for supporting Israel. The directive by the country’s General Security agency still needs to be signed by Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk to enter into effect, but that is considered a formality. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon bans ‘The Post’ over Spielberg’s support for Israel

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

"We announce that we are fully prepared and ready to stand as one with the Lebanese people with the Palestinian cause," said Qais al-Khazali, the Baghdad-born leader of the Iraqi-based Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia. (Associated Press/File)

Qais al-Khazali, Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia leader, takes Iran’s fight to Israel

By Seth J. Frantzman

Man served 31 years in Navy, Air Force National Guard

By GORDON JACKSON - Associated Press

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri attends a press conference as part of a summit convened by France to bolster Lebanon's institutions, in Paris, Friday Dec. 8, 2017. It is the first major gathering of key nations to discuss Lebanon's future since a crisis erupted following Hariri's shock resignation last month while in Saudi Arabia. Hariri has since rescinded his resignation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Saad Hariri, Lebanon PM, back in power as U.S. and others rally against Hezbollah

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Hezbollah fighter looks toward Syria from the fields of the Lebanese border village of Brital. Iran is making its greatest progress to date toward its goal of creating a "Shiite Crescent," a land connection from Iran to Lebanon, where Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants have a long-established political foothold. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s ‘Shiite Crescent’ across Middle East nearly built

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Lebanese actor charged with collaborating with Israel

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Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri, speaks to reporters after a lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ** FILE **

Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s prime minister, in Egypt amid resignation crisis at home

By Hamza Hendawi and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

In this Sept. 1 2017 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Hariri has accepted an invitation to come to France after his surprise resignation from Saudi Arabia nearly two weeks ago that stunned Lebanon and rattled the region, the French president's office announced Thursday Nov. 16, 2017. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP, File)

France says Saad Hariri, Lebanese P.M., accepts invitation, will come within days

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia has been cultivating substantial military assets for decades, and its arsenal outnumbers Iran's both in quantity and quality. (Associated Press/File)

Iran, Saudi Arabia war readiness compared

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks via a video link, during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyr's Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Nasrallah said that the country's prime minister is currently detained in Saudi Arabia and that his "forced" resignation is unconstitutional because it was done "under duress." He also said that war with Israel is unlikely. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Saudi Arabia ‘has declared war’ on Lebanon, says Hezbollah leader

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this March 7, 2017 file photo, Israel's transportation and intelligence minister Yisrael Katz speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Katz told The AP on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, that following the surprising resignation of Lebanon's prime minister, Israel is planning a diplomatic offensive against Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

AP Interview: Israel planning UN action against Iran

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned from his position abruptly Saturday, amid rumors of assassination attempts against him. Reportedly, he met with Saudi officials weeks ago. (Associated Press)

Lebanese fear prime minister’s resignation was a Saudi power play

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press