Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamic extremists at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after the families of the militants were evacuated, the military said Sunday.
France is ready to open up in a "spectacular way" to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
Islamist militants are seeking to evacuate their wounded from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where they have been battling the army for more than three months, security sources and a mediator said on Sunday.
A man from Lebanon County is facing driving under the influence charges after he crashed while trying to get away from police.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamic extremists at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after the families of the militants were evacuated, the military said Sunday.
The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Lebanon, whose government is leading supporter of Lebanon's beleaguered Western-backed government, has left Beirut in the face of attack warnings, a senior Lebanese official said on Saturday. Abdel-Aziz Khoja left on August 17 after the embassy formally notified.
Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said Sunday a state of chaos in Lebanon could spread to other Arab countries. Fadlallah, who was speaking before a delegation from the Amal party, also reiterated his warnings against US interference in Lebanon's political matters.
The ambassador of Saudi Arabia, a leading supporter of Lebanon's beleaguered Western-backed government, has left Beirut in the face of attack warnings, a senior Lebanese official said on Saturday.
A French envoy ended a visit to Beirut on Saturday without any sign of progress toward defusing the nine-month political standoff that threatens to scuttle a looming presidential ballot in Lebanon.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed fighting Islamist militants who have been battling the army for more than three months in north Lebanon, security sources said on Sunday.