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Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says

By Simon Lewis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about the confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a US State Department official said on Thursday. Rubio urged Aoun to hold accountable those who ordered, financed and directed the shipment, and “underscored that returning explosives to (Hezbollah) should be out of the question,” the US official said. Rubio urged direct military-

Event date
exact date
Coverage
4 outlets · 4 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Israel, Portugal, Singapore, XM
English
Countries concerned
Lebanon
Security & defense · intensity 0.5 · tone 0.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (50%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.

Western 50%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 50%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 4 outlets in 4 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by srnnews.com (Portugal), . 3 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

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Event sources

  1. Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says
    srnnews.comPortugalPortugal → LebanonEnglish
  2. Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says
    The Jerusalem PostIsraëlIsrael → LebanonEnglish
  3. Rubio urges Lebanon not to return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says
    The Straits TimesSingapourSingapore → LebanonEnglish
  4. Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says
    Al-MonitorMoyen-OrientXM → LebanonEnglish