About 60 South Korean combat soldiers will leave for Lebanon later Wednesday to prepare for the deployment of a peacekeeping force, defence officials said.
Palestinian groups and aid workers said on Wednesday they are working to protect hundreds of refugees believed to be trapped by deadly fighting around a camp in north Lebanon and running out of supplies.
Three Islamist fighters were killed as the Lebanese army repulsed an attack inside a Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon, security sources said on Wednesday.
Syrian authorities reopened a border crossing with northeastern Lebanon on Wednesday, two weeks after closing it reportedly for security reasons, Lebanese officials said.
Chief UN investigator Serge Brammertz, who is probing Lebanese ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, traveled to Syria Wednesday morning and returned to Lebanon in the afternoon, local Naharnet news website reported. Brammertz, along ...
File photo of South Korean soldiers showing their skills during a martial-art demonstration in Ilsan, north of Seoul. About 60 South Korean combat soldiers will leave for Lebanon later Wednesday to prepare for the deployment of a peacekeeping force, defence officials said.
NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon: Palestinian groups and aid workers said yesterday they are working to protect hundreds of refugees believed to be trapped by deadly fighting around a camp in north Lebanon and running out of supplies.
Algerian authorities arrested four members belonging to a Salafist terrorist group named "Iraqi Cell" that trains fighters in Syria and Lebanon and then sends them to Iraq to conduct terrorist attacks, Algiers-based Al-Khabar newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Algerian police arrested two Algerian members after tracking down phone.
Syrian authorities reopened a border crossing with northeastern Lebanon , two weeks after closing it for security reasons. The Qaa-Jousseh crossing was reopened to traffic in both directions at around 2 p.m. (1100 GMT), a senior Lebanese security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Two Australian men arrested in Lebanon late last month have been charged with terrorism offenses including participating in the murder of civilians, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Wednesday. The charges came as Canberra said it would press Lebanese officials to investigate claims of torture made by some of the four Australians.