Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

498 results

Skip to results
498 results sorted by Updated (newest)
In Lebanon
  • FCO welcomes Lebanon's announcement to uphold its duties to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

    Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati has announced that his government will honour its international commitments to pay its dues to the United Nations Special Tribunal.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister offers condolences on death of Judge Antonio Cassese

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was sorry to hear of the death of Judge Antonio Cassese, who died of cancer on 21 October.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Podcast marks the 20th anniversary of Lebanon hostage release

    British journalist John McCarthy was released in 1991 after more than five years as a hostage in Lebanon. Mark Watchorn talks about the release in a Foreign Office podcast.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns bomb attack in Lebanon

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has commented on today’s bomb attack in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, which injured members of a UN peacekeeping patrol.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on new Lebanese Government

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt: "I am pleased that a new government has now been formed."

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lebanon: Special Tribunal for Lebanon indictments

    FCO spokesperson comments on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon submitting a sealed indictment in the Hariri case to the country's prosecutor general.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns bomb attack in Lebanon

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has commented on the bomb attack in Lebanon.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon

    Tom Fletcher CMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK gives new aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

    New aid for Lebanon will provide urgently needed medical supplies for 1,172 families and ensure that 3,500 families have shelter.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Special Tribunal for Lebanon: working to end impunity

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: "It is important that the Special Tribunal be allowed to work freely."

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary on resignation of members of the Lebanese Government

    Foreign Secretary William Hague condemns the continuing attempts to undermine the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Minister "welcomes" Israel's intention to withdraw from Ghajjar, Lebanon

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has spoken following an announcement by the Israeli Security Cabinet that Israeli forces will withdraw from Northern Ghajjar in Lebanon.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary announces funding of £1 million for Special Tribunal in Lebanon

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK is "committed to supporting the search for justice in Lebanon".

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister "extremely concerned" about disruptions to the Special Tribunal in Lebanon

    Following reports from Lebanon this week that indicated that investigators from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon were attacked and prevented from carrying out their work, Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has issued a st…

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK statement on UN Inquiry into Gaza flotilla and today's clashes on Israeli-Lebanon border

    The Foreign Office has issued a statement following the UN Secretary-General's announcement of a panel of inquiry into the interception of the Gaza flotilla on 31 May, and today's clashes on the Israel-Lebanon border.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alistair Burt meets with Lebanese officials

    On his second day visit to Lebanon, Minister Alistair Burt met with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Shami.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister in Lebanon

    Continuing his visit to the region, the Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt arrived in Lebanon today for a two day visit.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British Minister for the Middle East tours South Lebanon

    The British Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt arrived in Lebanon today for a two-day visit following his activities in Damascus.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government