The Guardian | Two dead as clashes flare again in Lebanon's Tripoli Chicago Tribune TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Sunday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, a security source said, where sporadic fighting between Sunni Muslims and Alawites over six days has mirrored sectarian faultlines in the raging ... Lebanon's Arabic press digest - Aug. 27, 2012 Civil war looms in Lebanon Lebanon fears a firestorm as old rifts that led to civil war open up again |
The Daily Star | Captors free Kuwaiti hostage in Lebanon: KUNA Chicago Tribune BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti national was freed by his kidnappers in Lebanon on Monday, state-run news agency KUNA said, and the man said he had been accused by his captors of funding the Syrian uprising. Issam al-Houti was abducted in Lebanon's ... Security forces free Kuwaiti after manhunt in eastern Lebanon Lebanon to free Kuwaiti hostage Kuwaiti hostage freed in Lebanon |
Hamsayeh.Net | Majority of refugees flee to Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon Catholic Online As the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad continues to batter rebel forces throughout the nation, the number of Syrians who have fled their homeland for the neighboring countries of Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan have now exceeded 200,000. Turkey says it has no influence over Syrian captors Syrian rebels set free a kidnapped Lebanese In Lebanon, kidnapping by clans raise alarm |
Two dead as clashes flare again in Lebanon's Tripoli Chicago Tribune TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Sunday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, a security source said, where sporadic fighting between Sunni Muslims and Alawites over six days has mirrored sectarian faultlines in the ... |
PBS | Syrian Spillover Violence in Lebanon Rattles Residents PBS TRIPOLI, Lebanon | The violence in Bab al-Tabbaneh, a desperately poor neighborhood in Tripoli, Lebanon, is so bad that trash collectors won't even come to clean the streets. Massive piles of garbage now lie in the sidewalks. The stench is unbearable. Tripoli's Syria Street Separates Sectarian Clashes Semblance of normalcy returns to embattled Tripoli districts |
Morning Sentinel | School district sprays for West Nile Morning Sentinel Staff Writer. LEBANON — While state officials await test results from two suspected cases of mosquito-borne viruses in humans, a school district in York County has sprayed pesticides at elementary school properties to protect students. click image to ... |
Independent Online | Aleppo archbishop flees to Lebanon: Vatican radio The Daily Star ROME: The Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Aleppo has fled to Lebanon and his offices in the war-ravaged city have been looted, Vatican media said on Monday, amid fears over the fate of Christian minorities. Vatican radio and the missionary news ... Aleppo archbishop flees to Lebanon as Syria slips towards sectarian war Syrian archbishop takes refuge in Lebanon after offices sacked |
Zee News | Israel threatens to attack Lebanon in case of Hezbollah 'provocations' - report RT The conflict between Tel Aviv and Beirut has been on a slow-burner, but never quite extinguished, since Lebanon serves as the home base for militant group Hezbollah, which Israel sees as one of its main foes. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, ... Netanyahu to Lebanon: Israel will strike in case of Hezbollah provocation 'Israel to strike Lebanon if Hezbollah provokes' Netanyahu to Lebanon: Israel will strike if Hezbollah provokes |
National Catholic Reporter | Pope's Lebanon trip could be a papal high-wire act National Catholic Reporter In what may be among the most challenging voyages of his papacy, Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit Lebanon Sept. 14-16, against the backdrop of a bloody insurrection in neighboring Syria and deep tensions in Muslim/Christian relations in various parts ... LEBANON 14-16 Sep 2012 Pope Benedict XVI visits Pope faces diplomatic challenge on trip to Lebanon |
The Daily Star | Lebanon ex- minister admits planning killings: report The Daily Star BEIRUT: A former Lebanese minister has confessed to plotting sectarian killings along with Syria's security chief, according to alleged leaked security documents published by a local newspaper on Monday. Former Information Minister Michel Samaha, who ... Probe reveals Syria's Assad behind Lebanon terrorism plot |