The charismatic Abu Omar lords over the Ain Al Hilwe Refugee Camp with his stash of arms and explosives. Some love him; others say he is a symbol of all that is wrong with Lebanon.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's army battled al Qaeda-inspired fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Tuesday as the troops inched toward the militants' strongholds. Officials said two soldiers were killed in the fighting.
The 2006 Second Lebanon War claimed its first high political casualty as Amir Peretz, the Israeli defense minister, stepped down Tuesday, to be replaced by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Craig Coletti is returning to his old stomping grounds. Coletti, a 1985 graduate of Lebanon, was hired on Monday as the boys' basketball coach for the Cedars. The previous head coach, Paul Blackburn, stepped down on June 5.
Saying she wanted students to come to school "with a mind set on work," Lebanon School Superintendent Marianne Bartley has unveiled a proposed dress code that could mean big wardrobe changes.
Abu Omar, a militant Islamist fighting the Lebanese Army, is a charismatic leader in a Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, in southern Lebanon.
The Security Council approved a request from Lebanon?s prime minister to have the United Nations commission investigating the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, help investigate last week?s killing of a legislator, Walid Eido. Mr. Eido died in an attack similar to the one that had killed Mr. Hariri, when a vehicle parked along the same road in Beirut blew up ...
NORWICH — Police have found Maria Marceau, 15, of Lebanon, who fled from her family at the Norwich Wal-Mart Monday night just before 6 p.m. Norwich police said the girl was found shortly after 9 at a Norwich residence.
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa said here on Tuesday that he will meet Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah during his visit to Lebanon, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
TEL AVIV — United Nations forces have sharply reduced operations in southern Lebanon, enabling Hizbullah to restore its military presence following last year's war with Israel.