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Hariri to return to Paris for Lebanon crisis talks

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:44:00 +0100

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will attend talks in Paris Friday on the crisis triggered by his recent resignation announcement to be attended by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, France said Tuesday.

French trio Wanderer cancels Lebanon concert: festival

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:19:52 +0200

French classical group Trio Wanderer cancelled its Sunday evening concert in Lebanon's Baalbek International Festival, a day after activists lambasted it for playing in Israel last year.

France's Hollande pledges aid to Lebanon

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 13:48:47 +0200

French President Francois Hollande on Saturday pledged financial and military support for Lebanon and urged its paralysed political class to elect a president, at the start of a regional tour.

France arms Lebanon for Isis fight

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:55:15 +0200

The first French weapons will arrive in Lebanon on Monday as allies seek to bolster the country's defences against jihadists.

Pilot starts whip-round to refuel diverted plane

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:06:00 +0200

Air France passengers on a flight which was diverted from Beirut and landed instead in Damascus were asked at one point to chip in and help pay to refuel the plane, a passenger said on Thursday.

Journalist still in Syria says Le Figaro

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0100

The employer of wounded French journalist Edith Bouvier said on Tuesday she was still in Syria, after President Nicolas Sarkozy retracted his confirmation that she had been evacuated to Lebanon.

Juppé: attack on peacekeepers was 'vile'

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0100

Foreign Minister Alain Juppé condemned Friday's bomb attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in Lebanon in which five French troops were wounded, saying France would not be intimidated by such "vile acts".

French UN soldiers hurt in Lebanon blast

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:47:00 +0200

Three French UN peacekeepers in Lebanon were wounded in a roadside bombing in the southern city of Sidon, and another three suffered hearing problems, French military officials said.