The BBC's Martin Asser returns to Lebanon to examine how the nation is faring a year after the Hezbollah-Israeli war.
Washington's unconditional and unflinching support for Israel during its 34-day bombing of Lebanon last year dealt a key blow to US influence in the Middle East, already eroded by the Iraq war.
Lebanese authorities have identified the bodies of 10 Saudis among Fatah al-Islam militants killed in fighting with the army in northern Lebanon, a senior security official said on Monday.
Most of the old town of Bint Jbeil still lies in dusty ruins a year after war erupted in Lebanon between Israel and Shi'ite Hezbollah guerrillas.
The situation in Lebanon topped the agenda Monday when Syrian President Bashar Assad met with the secretary-general of the Arab League.
A year after the blistering war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon is mired in political and economic crisis and faces a deadly new challenge from an Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militia.
China's soldiers have destroyed more than 7,000 mines and bombs during their peace-keeping mission in Lebanon in the past 15 months, a military official said Tuesday.
Police in Wilson County are investigating a second homicide at a Lebanon housing complex and believe the murder is both gang and drug-related. | | Lebanon Chief Scott Bowen said the victim, 36-year-old Nathaniel Hodges, was a member of a gang known as the Vice Lords and records show he had a lengthy arrest record for drugs, weapons violations and burglary. | | Resident James Oldham is shaken... ...
China's soldiers have destroyed more than 7,000 mines and bombs during their peace-keeping mission in Lebanon in the past 15 months, a military official said Tuesday. "China's engineer battalion cleared landmines and detonated bombs ove ...
Widespread media reports of Syria warning its nationals to flee Lebanon ahead of a major outbreak of violence and civil war there are "unfounded," contended Lebanon's Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt in an interview today with WND.