Lebanese Army chief vows stability, security amid 'sensitive missions'

General Rodolphe Haykal convenes an emergency meeting to address ongoing Israeli violations and affirms the Lebanese Army's commitment to national stability. The Lebanese Army is shouldering major responsibilities on multiple fronts and is...

Lebanese citizen martyred in Israeli drone strike on the southern town of Seer Al-Gharbiya: Health Ministry

Lebanese Martyred as Israeli Enemy Stages More Ceasefire Violations

A Lebanese citizen was martyred in an Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Friday, with other Zionist attacks being reported in violation of the ceasefire that ended the brutal Israeli 66-day war on Lebanon in late 2024. Al-Manar correspondent tin...

Indiana cardiologist leaves Witham Health in wake of malpractice findings

Lebanon, Ind.-based Witham Health Services has confirmed that cardiologist Edward Harlamert, MD, is no longer employed at its Lebanon medical center following multiple malpractice allegations, according to an Aug. 28 WTHR report. A July 10 letter...

AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being piloted at Lebanon’s Al Hamshari Hospital in a project that could help stretched medics provide better care for huge numbers of Palestinian refugees. The hospital, near Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee...

One killed in Israeli strike on civilian car in South Lebanon

Israeli aggression across Lebanon continues: from incursions to airstrikes on different areas, as well as on vehicles, 24/7 surveillance drones, and dropping bombs on border villages. One Lebanese citizen was killed in yet another Israeli...

Unprecedented step: Lebanon funds kidney transplants for all qualified patients

In an unprecedented move, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced that it will now provide full health coverage for kidney transplant procedures, extending the benefit to all eligible Lebanese citizens.

Arab ShowcaseThe Arab American aiming to ‘cure the disease’ in US politics

The promo video opens with halcyon scenes from the 1950s, with the almost exaggerated American accent of the narrator extolling the virtues of a political candidate's "all-American story". It concerns a home-grown boy from south-east Michigan who...

COVID wasn’t the only virus. Arrogance infected public health.

America doesn’t have a science problem. It has a trust problem. The collapse of trust didn’t happen in a vacuum. It happened because the people running our institutions — government agencies, public health bureaucracies, and elite media — chose...

Insights Into Electronic-Cigarette Perspectives: Smokers’ Knowledge Attitudes and Practices at Hamad Medical Corporation, 2020

Introduction Tobacco consumption accounts for 7 million global deaths annually due to direct use (6 million) and (1.2 million) due to passive smoking.1 Furthermore, the economic burden of tobacco use has overwhelmed nations and healthcare systems....

Lebanon army chief raised prospect of resignation over Hezbollah disarming plan

Lebanon’s army commander in chief has at one stage indicated he was prepared to step down over the adopted process for drafting and implementing a plan to disarm Hezbollah, security sources in Beirut told The National on Friday. The army has been...

Lebanese army chief 'threatened to quit' over Hezbollah disarmament plan, sources reveal

Lebanon’s army commander in chief has threatened to resign over a plan to disarm Hezbollah, security sources in Beirut told The National on Friday. The battered army has been tasked with drawing up a plan to dismantle the once-dominant force in...

Israel declares Gaza City “a dangerous combat zone,” Pakistan floods force evacuation of a million people, UN votes to end Lebanon peacekeeping force

Gaza’s official death toll has topped 63,000 as Israel intensifies attacks and declares Gaza City “a dangerous combat zone.” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveils an exterminationist plan for “total victory” in Gaza. Israel says it...

Fury as Riad Salameh, banker who bankrupted Lebanon, is bailed

Riad Salameh once hailed as a financial wizard but now blamed for orchestrating one of history's most devastating economic collapses walked free just days before his legal detention period would have expired. [Getty] Depositors who lost their life...

UNIFIL to leave Lebanon at the end of 2026 generating new uncertainties amid tensions over ...

The UN Security Council has extended UNIFIL’s mandate for one final year, until 31 December 2026, after the United States rejected further extensions. Present in Lebanon since 1978, UN peacekeepers now number 10,800. President Joseph Aoun was...

Tánaiste calls on European Union countries to launch a training mission for Lebanese military

IRELAND IS TO ask EU countries to support a new Irish army training mission for the Lebanese Armed Forces in the wake of the UN vote to end the peacekeeping mission. Tanaiste Simon Harris, who is Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, will...

Award winning professor shows how Queen’s expands its global health impact

A new two-million-dollar project puts Queen’s at the forefront of research on hidden harms in humanitarian work. Faculty and researchers investigate health, justice, and equity in global contexts, and a recent multimillion-dollar award to Dr....

Lebanon residents excited for new TriStar freestanding emergency room

LEBANON, Tenn. (WSMV) - No one wants to take a trip to the emergency room, but when you need it, you need it fast. “When we think about stroke or heart attacks, every single minute can actually save a life,” said TriStar CEO Cindy Bergmeier. Right...

Lebanon hospital's birthing center will remain open following community outcry

The birth center at Lebanon Community Hospital will continue to operate after a community effort to prevent its closure. LEBANON, Ore. - The future of the birth center at Lebanon Community Hospital is now secure, bringing relief to families in the...

Samaritan won't close birthing center in Lebanon — for now

Executives at Samaritan Health Services have made up their minds: They're keeping their babies, or at least the centers where they're born. Despite rumblings from the top, birthing services will continue at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital's...