A safe haven has been set up inside a bombed-out refugee camp in Lebanon for civilians trapped by almost 40 days of fighting between the army and Islamist militiamen, a Palestinian camp official said.
According to a report submitted to the Security Council on Tuesday, the smuggling of arms from Syria into Lebanon can not be halted by present border controls.
A champion Australian boxer who left Sydney abruptly weeks ago is one of four men being held in Lebanon on suspicion of terrorist activity, reports said Wednesday.
LONDON (AP) - Among the biggest challenges Tony Blair will face in his new role as Middle East envoy is Arab anger over the wars in Iraq and Lebanon, and perceptions that he speaks for U.S. President George W. Bush.
Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.VIOLENCE:300 militants killed, wounded in Lebanon camp
Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
LONDON (AP)--One of the biggest challenges that Tony Blair will likely face as a Middle East envoy of the international community is Arab anger over the wars in Iraq and Lebanon, and the suspicion that he is a lackey of U.S. President George W. Bush.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.
A UN report released here Tuesday called for a major upgrading of Lebanon's lax frontier security to prevent arms smuggling from neighboring Syria, including assigning international experts to a new, multi-agency Lebanese border force.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed on Tuesday US support for Fuad Siniora after meeting Lebanon's Prime Minister in Paris during two-day European visit.