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Hezbollah announce new oil shipment for Lebanon as Mikati pleads for IMF bailout
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, left, meets with Prime Minister Najib Mikat, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon

LEBANON’S Hezbollah announced the arrival of a second tanker loaded with Iranian oil to the Syrian port of Baniyas today, as it continues to defy crippling US sanctions.

The latest shipment arrived in the north-western port city at around 10pm on Thursday night, the Shi’ite movement announced, without giving any further details.

Its media relations department said that lorry convoys would enter Lebanon within the next few days. 

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