Lebanon's Shia parliamentary faction, which includes parties like Hezbollah and Amal Movement, on Thursday protested against anyone appointing ministers on its behalf

US Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales on Thursday accused Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Lebanese movement, of stockpiling across Europe ammonia nitrate - an explosive fertiliser that destroyed the port in Beirut

A fire broke out early on Tuesday in a shopping mall in the center of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has presented to Russian Ambassador Alexander Zasypkin one of the most honorable awards, the National Order of the Cedar, for his contribution to the development of ties between Moscow and Beirut, Aoun's press office said on Monday