The United States and France on Friday insisted Lebanon's imminent elections must not to be thrown off track by the killing of anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem this week.
Mahmoud Khalifa has tried five times to sneak into Europe. Each time, he was caught and sent back to Lebanon, the country where he was born but is denied some of the most basic rights because he is a Palestinian refugee.
Thousands of Lebanese attended the funeral today of an anti-Syrian lawmaker whose assassination further rocked Lebanon?s political order.
Thousands of Lebanese attended the funeral on Friday of an anti-Syrian Christian legislator whose assassination this week fuelled tensions ahead of Lebanon's bitterly contested presidential election.
The always combustible Middle East resembles a tinderbox today as thousands of Lebanese turned out for the funeral the anti-Syrian MP who was blown-up earlier this week. Antoine Ghanem was the seventh Syrian opponent to be killed since 2005 and his death has "fuelled tensions ahead of Lebanon's bitterly contested presidential election," writes Reuters.
A summer-long battle ended in the Middle East two weeks ago, when Lebanon's Army finished up its combat with Islamic militants in a large Palestinian camp. Bravo for Lebanon, but now the volatile aftermath – a 40,000-strong refugee crisis and lingering threats – needs fixing.
The cortege slowly made its way to the nearby Sacre Coeur church, where several leading members of Lebanon 's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority attended the funeral service, in what was as much a political as a family event.
Lebanon was in mourning on Friday for the funeral of anti-Syrian MP Antoine Ghanem whose assassination has stirred fears of more instability in the tense runup to a presidential vote in parliament.
Lebanon buries latest victims of murderous campaign against anti-Syrian politicians.
THE United States and France have insisted Lebanon's imminent elections must not to be thrown off track by the killing of anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem this week.