A Palestinian cleric acting as mediator to enable families of Islamist militants to leave a besieged camp in northern Lebanon said on Wednesday that phone contact with the Fatah al-Islam extremists had been lost.
A Palestinian cleric trying to negotiate a ceasefire to allow the families of Islamist militants to leave a besieged camp in northern Lebanon said on Wednesday phone contact with the Fatah al-Islam extremists had been lost.
The Lebanese army conducted a pair of raids Wednesday in northern Lebanon as part of an effort to oust militants seeking refuge there.
Lebanon has refused AIFF's request to change the dates for the first round of World Cup qualifiers with India, which could force a change in the scheduling of India's first ever professional league. The home-and-away matches are scheduled for October 8 and 28 and the AIFF is worried about the start of the pro-league scheduled for September 30. The AIFF wanted the two legs to be brought closer so ...
The instability has crippled Lebanon’s tourist season, but at least some Lebanese are determined to ignore worries about a new civil war or the army’s three-month-old battle with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in the north.
Germany's grand coalition government has agreed to extend the Bundeswehr's peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until September of next year.
Tensions between regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Syria are running high because of sharp discord over Lebanon, as the country faces fresh turmoil over a divisive election and a high-profile court case.
BERLIN -- The German government decided Wednesday to renew Germany's mandate for its participation in the UN force in Southern Lebanon until September 2008.
BEIRUT -- Top French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran returns to Lebanon Thursday on a new mission to try to break a nine-month deadlock among Lebanon's feuding political parties, a diplomatic source said.
Lebanon has rejected India's plea to advance the return leg of the Asian group pre-World Cup qualifier's first round, India's Indiatimes newspaper said. According to the newspaper's Web site, All India Football Federation (AIFF) received a communication to this respect from its Lebanese counterpart Tuesday..