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Purple from Holy Temple objects traced to snail guts at 3,000-year-old Haifa factory
By Melanie Lidman
Archaeologists uncover new evidence at a Phoenician dye factory that suggests the site was conquered by Israelites around the mid-9th century BCE
Newly-elected Lebanese member of parliament Taymour Jumblatt, son of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and grandson of Kamal Jumblatt, arrives to attend the first session of the newly-elected assembly at its headquarters in the capital Beirut on May 31, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 10:33 pm
Lebanon’s main Druze party names new leader, son of longtime party chief
Sole contender Taymour Jumblatt, 41, to succeed father Walid Jumblatt, who headed Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) party for 45 years
By AFP
An example of fibers dyed using the purple color from sea snails. (courtesy Jonathan Gottlieb)
June 22, 2023, 10:57 am
Purple from Holy Temple objects traced to snail guts at 3,000-year-old Haifa factory
Archaeologists uncover new evidence at a Phoenician dye factory that suggests the site was conquered by Israelites around the mid-9th century BCE
By Melanie Lidman
Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, February 2, 2023. (Interpol via AP)
June 17, 2023, 6:51 am
Interpol seeks Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities
Red Notice issued for Georges Lotfi after US authorities charge him with criminal possession of stolen property, possessing illegal artifacts
By BASSEM MROUE
Mourners hold up pictures of people who died in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people on the 25th anniversary of the attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2019. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
June 16, 2023, 5:26 am
Argentina seeks arrest of 4 Lebanese suspects in 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish center
Suspects are ’employees or operational agents’ of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, long believed to be behind attack that killed 85, with Iran’s help
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, casts his vote as parliament gathers to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, June 14, 2023. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
June 14, 2023, 1:10 pm
Lebanese lawmakers fail to elect president as Hezbollah pulls out of voting session
Terror group’s candidate for president in parliamentary vote to end power vacuum trailed behind rival after first round of ballots cast
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A crowd of people gathers at the courtyard of the Sursock Museum during an opening event for the iconic venue in Beirut, Lebanon on May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
June 8, 2023, 9:46 pm
Lebanon recalls ambassador from France following rape allegations
Rami Adwan denies claims of ‘psychological and physical violence’ and attempting to hit an embassy employee with his car
By AFP
An Irish UN peacekeeper stands next to the coffin of his comrade Pvt. Sean Rooney, who was killed near the southern town of Al-Aqbiya, during a memorial service, at Beirut airport, December 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
June 2, 2023, 2:47 pm
Hezbollah bashes military tribunal after its fighters accused of killing peacekeeper
Official in Iran-backed terror faction claims there’s ‘no justification… to mention the group’s name’ in indictment for Irish soldier’s death
By AFP
Lebanese soldiers stand behind a damaged vehicle after a UN peacekeepers convoy came under fire in the Al-Aqbiya village, south Lebanon, December 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
June 1, 2023, 8:33 pm
Lebanese military tribunal accuses Hezbollah fighters of killing UN peacekeeper
Judge indicts 5 members of Iran-backed terror group for shooting dead Irish Private Sean Rooney and wounding 3 others in December
By Agencies
Damage is seen to a PFLP-GC site in Lebanon, following an alleged Israeli bombing on May 31, 2023. (Social media)
May 31, 2023, 11:40 am
Deadly blast at Palestinian terror group base in Lebanon; Israel denies involvement
5 dead in large explosion at PFLP-General Command site in the Bekaa Valley near Syrian border; Lebanese security source says old rocket exploded at arms depot
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative -- A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows a Lebanese army soldier with the 6th brigade guarding the Lebanese-Syrian border on August 28, 2017 (PATRICK BAZ / AFP)
May 30, 2023, 3:15 pm
Lebanese army frees kidnapped Saudi national in special operation near Syria border
Lebanon’s PM hails rescue of man taken by unidentified assailants dressed as security personnel from a restaurant on the Beirut seafront
By AFP
A crowd of people gather at the courtyard of the Sursock Museum during an opening event for the iconic venue in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 27, 2023, 7:00 pm
From ashes and debris, iconic Beirut museum reopens 3 years after port blast
Much of Sursock Museum’s art was heavily damaged by the massive explosion that ripped through the capital in 2020
By Kareem Chehayeb
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah greets his supporters through a screen via a video link from a secret place, during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 25, 2023, 11:41 pm
Hezbollah chief responds to Israeli warnings: You’re not threatening war, we are
Nasrallah says any mistake by Jerusalem could ‘blow up the entire region,’ after IDF Military Intelligence chief issues similar warning
By ToI Staff
The Empire State Building in New York City, November 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
May 24, 2023, 3:23 pm
Hezbollah sleeper who photographed US landmarks for possible attacks gets 12 years
Alexei Saab, 46, also allegedly attempted to shoot dead a man he thought was an Israeli spy, participated in Lebanon bombing that injured Israeli soldier
By AP and ToI Staff
Muslim men pray along an a pavement by a public beach after a demonstration against modesty customs, in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on May 21, 2023. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP)
May 21, 2023, 9:11 pm
Lebanese women protest modesty norms after beachgoer harassed for bathing suit
Activists gather at beach in southern city of Sidon despite ban on protest; conservative Muslims arrive to disperse demonstrators, hold prayer service
By AFP
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid provided by Lebanese Shiite terror group Hezbollah set out for Syria from Beirut's southern suburbs on February 12, 2023. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
May 11, 2023, 10:06 pm
US authorities seize Hezbollah-linked website domains in counterterrorism effort
In blow to Lebanese terror group, the US Justice Department takes control of 13 online platforms linked to sanctioned members, businesses and charities
By AP
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