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FILE— In this Dec. 11, 2006, file photo, top cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, center, speaks during a conference on the Holocaust with Rabbi Moishe Arye Friedman, left, from Austria, and Rabbi Ahron Cohen, right, from England, in Tehran, Iran. Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday, June 7, 2021, of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 07, 2021 05:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday Dec. 11, 2020, file photo, exterior view of the United Nations-backed Lebanon Tribunal where the court handed down it's sentencing on Salim Jamil Ayyash, a member of the Hezbollah militant group who was convicted of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others 16 years ago, in Leidschendam, Netherlands. Ayyash is not in custody and is unlikely to serve any sentence. A U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Wednesday, June 2, 2021 it is facing a severe funding crisis and will not be able to operate beyond July without immediate assistance. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
UN tribunal for Lebanon may fold due to funding crisis

By Bassem Mroue Jun. 02, 2021 07:51 AM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
Israel's Netanyahu 'determined' to continue Gaza operation

By Fares Akram And Joseph Krauss May. 19, 2021 02:55 AM EDT

Bangladeshi Muslims protesting against Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, gather after Eid al-Fitr prayers in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque and wave Palestinian and Bangladeshi flags in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
The Latest: Israeli airstrike on Gaza house kills at least 7

The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

Salma Mershak, the mother of Lokman Slim, a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of Hezbollah group, reacts during a memorial service to pay tribute to her slain son, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Scores of friends and family members bid Slim farewell Thursday in a ceremony attended by western diplomats and organized in his home in the southern suburb of Beirut amid tight security. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Family, friends bid farewell to slain Lebanese publisher

Feb. 11, 2021 07:36 AM EST

Israelis prepare to fly to Dubai at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The Israeli government is urging its citizens to avoid travel to the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. Thursday's travel advisory comes as Iran is threatening to attack Israeli targets following the assassination of its top nuclear scientist last Friday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat

By Ilan Ben Zion Dec. 04, 2020 02:32 AM EST

An Israeli man handed a flower to Emirati singer Walid Aljasim, during his visit in Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat

By Ilan Ben Zion Dec. 03, 2020 03:28 PM EST

A UN peacekeeper sits atop a light tank near the post where the indirect talks between Israel and Lebanon were being held in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanon, Israel begin indirect talks over maritime border

By Bilal Hussein, Bassem Mroue And Josef Federman Oct. 14, 2020 04:23 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Sep. 30, 2020 03:48 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 30 The San Francisco...

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, gestures as he visits the devastated site of the Aug. 4 explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon. An economic meltdown, a revolution, financial collapse, a virus outbreak and a cataclysmic explosion that virtually wiped out the country's main port. The past year has been nothing short of an earthquake for tiny Lebanon, with an economic meltdown, mass protests, financial collapse, a virus outbreak and a cataclysmic explosion that virtually wiped out the country’s main port. Yet Lebanese fear even darker days are ahead. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)
AP Analysis: Dark days ahead for Lebanon as crisis bites

By Zeina Karam Sep. 29, 2020 02:11 AM EDT

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard as anti-government protesters block a main highway during a demonstration against deteriorating economic conditions as politicians are deadlocked over forming a new government, in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, dealing a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
EU concerned over resignation of Lebanon's PM-designate

By Bassem Mroue And Lorne Cook Sep. 28, 2020 11:13 AM EDT

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, left, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. Adib has resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, nearly a month after he was appointed to the job. The announced by Adib deals a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Government via AP)
Lebanese nominated premier resigns, in blow to Macron plan

By Zeina Karam Sep. 26, 2020 06:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2020 file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, smiles as he meets Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. In a televised address Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, Aoun warned that the crisis-hit country could be going to “hell” if a new government is not formed. An initiative led by Macron called for a Lebanese government of independent specialists that was to be formed by Sept. 15. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP, File)
Lebanese president warns of 'hell' if no new gov't formed

By Zeina Karam Sep. 21, 2020 10:31 AM EDT

Workers repair water tanks and damaged apartments overlooking the site of the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Diplomat poised to become PM-designate in crisis-hit Lebanon

Aug. 31, 2020 03:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2011 file photo, People line up outside a bar during New Year celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon.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/Grace Kassab, File)
Turning 100: Lebanon, a nation branded by upheaval, crises

By Bassem Mroue Aug. 31, 2020 02:45 AM EDT

Lebanese soldiers work at the site of the Aug. 4 deadly blast in the port of Beirut that killed scores and wounded thousands, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon leaders name favorite for PM before Macron's visit

By Sarah El Deeb Aug. 30, 2020 11:50 AM EDT

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 Aug. 28, 2020 12:00 AM EDT

People walk next debris from destroyed buildings on a neighborhood near the site of last week's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
US official says FBI joining Beirut explosion investigation

By Sarah El Deeb Aug. 13, 2020 05:39 AM EDT

In this photo taken from a footage provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, Russian and Lebanese medical specialists visit a Russian field hospital set up in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Russia's emergency officials say the country sent five planeloads of aid to Beirut after an explosion in the Lebanese capital's port killed at least 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday. Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations sent rescuers, medical workers, a makeshift hospital and a lab for coronavirus testing to Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)
The Latest: Lebanon customs chief arrested in Beirut blast

Aug. 07, 2020 06:07 AM EDT

People ride past damaged buildings at a neighborhood without electricity near the scene of Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut's port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing over a hundred people and wounding thousands. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Officials long warned of explosive chemicals at Beirut port

By Bassem Mroue Aug. 07, 2020 04:15 AM EDT