The United States Tuesday called for a vote this week to set up an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, despite opposition from Russia, China and other Security Council members.
The army clashed with al-Qaeda-linked Islamic fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, breaking a week-long truce. Lebanon's government said it's determined to defeat the militants but remains willing to give mediation a chance.
Heavy clashes erupted Tuesday between Lebanese troops and Fatah Islam militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon — the sharpest escalation after a weeklong truce.
Turkey, the first Muslim country to contribute troops to a UN military mission in violence-wracked Lebanon, on Tuesday extended its mandate by a year.
The army clashed with al-Qaida-linked Islamic fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, breaking a weeklong truce. Lebanon's government said it's determined to defeat the militants but remains willing to give mediation a chance.
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S., the U.K. and France are predicting that the U.N. Security Council will approve a resolution to establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri, despite opposition from Russia, China and other council members.
A Lebanese soldier is killed in fighting overnight with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - The Lebanese army launched artillery shells at a Palestinian refugee camp on Tuesday and militants barricaded inside fired mortars in the heaviest fighting there in a week.
A 12-year-old dog who neighbors say is blind is recovering after being attacked by a deer Tuesday outside a home in Mt. Lebanon.
ANKARA - Turkish Parliament adopted on Tuesday a motion by the Turkish Prime Minister`s Office requesting the extension of mandate of Turkish troops under the banner of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another year.