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Local 06:39 PM | 22 May 2026

Patriarch Elias Howayek declared blessed...

Fady Mahouly

The Association of Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family announced “the beatification of its founding father, Patriarch Elias Hoyek, the patron saint of the family, priests, and Lebanon.” The association conveyed “the news of His Holiness Pope Leo

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US State Department: Hezbollah has ignored repeated calls issued by the legitimate Lebanese government to stop its attacks and respect the ceasefire, and instead continued to fire on Israeli positions and transfer fighters and weapons to southern Lebanon. This is considered a deliberate campaign to destabilize the country and maintain its influence at the expense of the future of the Lebanese people. US State Department: The United States condemns in the strongest terms Hezbollah’s reckless call to overthrow the democratically elected Lebanese government. Ministry of Health: Two martyrs and 10 wounded in the Israeli attacks on Arabsalim, including paramedics Trump: The agreement with Iran has not yet been negotiated Trump: Our agreement with Iran is the opposite of the Obama agreement, which gave it huge sums of money and a clear and open path towards possessing a nuclear weapon.