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Hezbollah says it will hit back at Israel as Lebanese army fires at Israeli drones

August 31st, 20190 BEIRUT — Hezbollah said it would respond with a “surprise” strike against Israel after drones crashed in Lebanon at the weekend, but it also said a new full-out...

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Departing Lebanese counsel general plants cedar trees in Dearborn and Birmingham as gift of resilience, friendship

August 31st, 20190 DEARBORN — In the spirit of giving, appreciation and the rooted historic Lebanese presence in the United States of America, Suzan Mouzi-Yassine, the Michigan-based...

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Coral Beach Resort responds to local family’s grievances: Hijabs are welcomed at our hotel

August 30th, 20190 BEIRUT — After The Arab American News published an article about "Islamophobia in the motherland", Coral Beach Hotel & Resort Marketing Manager Rana Younes...

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Lebanese defiant after drone strikes

August 26th, 20190 BEIRUT - Lebanese farmers and residents of Beirut suburbs hit by drones at the weekend vowed on Monday to stand their ground in the event of any Israeli attack, amid...

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Islamophobia in the motherland: Local family speaks out about experiencing discrimination while visiting Lebanon

August 17th, 20190 DEARBORN — While Muslims are demanding respect and fighting for their rights in the West, especially in the United States, Arab American Muslim families who visit...

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Saudi Arabia blocks Palestinians fleeing Syria’s war from Hajj

August 10th, 20190 BEIRUT - On top of being refugees who have been displaced twice, Palestinian refugees who previously resided in Syria and fled the war to Lebanon have been rejected...

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Netanyahu and Nasrallah exchange threats amid rising tensions in the region

July 22nd, 20190 BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke during the annual commemoration of the 2006 victory of Lebanon's second war with Israel, addressing his support for...

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Iran: From strategic patience to mutual action

July 20th, 20190 TEHRAN - After a pressure campaign from the U.S. and its allies on the Iranian economy, followed by a few threat exchanges, Iran has seized an oil tanker it claimed was...

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Hezbollah leader says U.S. seeking to talk

July 13th, 20190 BEIRUT - The leader of Hezbollah said on Friday that Washington was seeking to open channels of communication despite ramping up sanctions against the Iran-backed...

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Jared Kushner’s ‘deal of the century’ fails in Bahrain

July 3rd, 20190 MANAMA - The so called "deal of the century" proposed by President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, which sought to deal with the Palestinian-Israeli...

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Lebanon opposes U.S. plan for Mideast, not attending Bahrain conference

June 30th, 20190 BEIRUT — The Lebanese government and parliament both oppose a U.S. plan for settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday,...

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Lebanese consul general explains mission’s services to the community

June 22nd, 20190 SOUTHFIELD – The Lebanese Consulate in Detroit is an active and contributing member in the community, with Suzan Mouzi-Yassine as its consul general and the head of...

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Militant kills two police, two soldiers in Lebanon’s Tripoli

June 4th, 20190 BEIRUT - A militant attacked a security patrol in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Monday night, killing two police officers and two soldiers before blowing...

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Lebanon mourns former Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir

May 17th, 20190 BEIRUT — Political leaders and thousands of Lebanese gathered on Thursday for the funeral of the former Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir. Ten black-clad...

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Local self-proclaimed cleric Mohammad Hajj Hassan embroiled in scandal, condemned by High Islamic Council

May 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN — The Dearborn-based Shia cleric Mohammad Hajj Hassan, who is the so called leader of the Free Shia Movement, has been the center of controversy following the...

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Dr. Mohamad Hakim of Beaumont Dearborn dies at 59, shocks community

May 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN - One of Dearborn's beloved surgeons, Dr. Mohamad Hakim, M.D., P.C., passed away on April 24 following a massive heart attack. Hakim, 59, was a...

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From Peddling to Prophecy: Arab American journalism history told in a photo exhibition

April 26th, 20190 DETROIT – On Friday, April 12, the Lebanese Consulate in Detroit hosted an exhibition featuring journalists' works entitled "From Peddling to Prophecy.” It was...

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State Dept. warns Americans of kidnapping risk: Lebanon among other Arab states on the list

April 11th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - Due to the increased risk of American citizen abductions, the U.S. State Department has updated its travel advisories for 35 countries, with a new...

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Lebanese illustrator challenges views of Arab women through art

March 9th, 20190 BEIRUT — Lebanese artist Christina Atik has produced a series of digital pictures to illustrate sentences commonly used in Arab countries to criticize women with the...

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Nasrallah: Hezbollah could enter Israel now and before tunnels were found

January 26th, 20190 BEIRUT — Hezbollah has “for years” been able to enter Israel, the Lebanese group’s leader said on Saturday, responding for the first time to Israel’s discovery...

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Israel claims it sealed off cross-border tunnels from Lebanon

December 21st, 20180 TEL AVIV — The Israeli military claimed it sealed off four tunnels on Thursday that it said had been dug by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah under the border from...

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Lebanese man fined $50 million, sent to prison for helping Hezbollah

December 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A Lebanese businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for being an important financial supporter of Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

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Israel asks Lebanon to destroy tunnel allegedly dug by Hezbollah across border

December 7th, 20180 Israel asked Lebanon’s army and U.N. peacekeepers on Thursday to destroy a tunnel it said had been dug by the Hezbollah group across the border into what it called its...

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Nasrallah: Hezbollah has precision rockets despite Israeli efforts in Syria

September 21st, 20180 BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday, Sept. 20, that his group had obtained precision rockets despite Israeli strikes in recent years aimed at...

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Sayyed Nasrallah says Hezbollah stronger than ever

August 17th, 20180 BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Party, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday his group was stronger than ever and would “very soon” celebrate...

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Lebanon working for return of thousands of Syrian refugees

June 5th, 20180 BEIRUT — Lebanon is working with Damascus for the return of thousands of refugees who want to go back to Syria, a Lebanese official said on Thursday. As the Syrian...

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Young Arab American on track to becoming a professional author

May 25th, 20180 By Sarah Kominek DEARBORN - Maya Audi, a 15-year-old sophomore at Dearborn High School, has her eyes set on becoming an author. In April 2016, Audi and her...

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Nasrallah warns Israel: “Your border, your forces and your settlements” at risk if strikes continue