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Defense minister reiterates need for normalization of intel-sharing pact with Japan

The Maronite Church is determined to defend its rights after the arrest of the Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land over money and medicine intended for families separated by the war, rejecting accusations of links with Israel.

Recently, the General Director of the General Security, Abbas Ibrahim, revealed that he made a visit to Iraq to negotiate the extension of the fuel deal.

The case of Archbishop Moussa al-Hajj, involving his arrest at the border upon his return from Israel to Lebanon, has created political tensions in the country, with an exchange of statements and accusations, and the usual controversial denials.

BEIRUT: Political observers fear a strike by Lebanon’s public sector employees that started a month ago will turn into civil disobedience if it is not dealt with properly, amid government efforts to address their grievances. The heads of the administrative units in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced that they, too, would join the strike by Monday.

Hezbollah has threatened Israel with war if Lebanon is not allowed to exploit its share in the Karish gas field. Now, the Palestinian resistance may…

Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa was transporting aid, food and cash intended to help the poor and needy

BEIRUT (CNS) -- Maronite Catholic officials in Lebanon have denounced the detention of one of its bishops on the countrys southern border with Israel. The July 18 incident occurred at the border post of Lebanons General Security in the village of Ras Naqoura, at which Maronite Archbishop Moussa El-Hage of Haifa and the Holy Land was detained for more than 12 hours. Archbishop El-Hage, also the patriarchal exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan, was traveling by road from his episcopal

To increase its footprint in South Asia, the US is trying to inveigle the weaker countries in the region into accepting economic aid programmes and defence deals cleverly packaged as non-warlike programmes of cooperation. These are programmes like the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC), the Acquisition and Cross Services Agreement (ACSA), the Status of Forces... Read more »

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