Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister who was assassinated in 2005, bears the shaky hope for a pro-Western, democratic future in Lebanon.
Lebanon on Tuesday charged 14 people with murder and terrorism, including the spokesman of the Islamist militant group Fatah al-Islam, state prosecutor Saeed Mirza told AFP.
Forest fires break out in several parts of Lebanon injuring 15 people, civil defence officials say.
No one officially recorded Lebanon’s late-afternoon tornado Friday, but conditions were perfect for one to occur.
Lebanon will miss a huge chance to heal its wounds if it fails to elect a new president due to rifts between the anti-Syrian majority and the opposition, a prominent candidate said on Tuesday.
Forest fires blazed in several parts of Lebanon, including the vicinity of the ancient town of Deir al-Qamar southeast of Beirut, civil defence and security sources said.
Firefighters battled wildfires in steep valleys in several mountainous areas of Lebanon on Tuesday. Thousands of trees were charred and several homes damaged or destroyed. Civil Defense workers, backed by Lebanese Army helicopters, struggled to extinguish blazes in the North and in the Chouf Mountains east of Beirut.
DEIR AL-QAMAR, Lebanon (AFP) - Fifteen people were injured in fires that raged across forests and damaged houses to the north and east of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, a local official said.
DEIR AL-QAMAR, Lebanon (Reuters) - Forest fires blazed in several areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, including around the ancient town of Deir al-Qamar, a world heritage site.
Forest fires blazed in several areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, including the ancient town of Deir al-Qamar southeast of Beirut. "Most of Deir al-Qamar is engulfed in thick, black smoke. There's not one wooded area left. Television footage showed several burned-out cars on roads in the Shouf region and smoke rising from charred woodland.