The Daily Star | Joy in Lebanon and Turkey after hostage swap deal RTE.ie Jubilant scenes in Lebanon and Turkey have greeted the return home of nine Lebanese and two Turkish hostages freed in a swap deal. A plane with nine Lebanese hostages freed from northern Syria landed safely in Beirut last night - nearly a year and a ... Celebrations as Lebanon says pilgrim hostages in Syria 'freed' Turkish pilots freed in Lebanon in hostage deal Turkish pilots recount kidnapping ordeal, say no abuse occurred |
The Daily Star | Religious leaders, politicians hail release of pilgrims The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon's religious leaders and politicians Sunday praised the release of nine Lebanese hostages held captive in Syria as an event that had brought the Lebanese together in a rare show of unity. Meanwhile, Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister Walid ... |
Firefighters team up for training at Lebanon County Fire School Lebanon Daily News Silhouetted by fire, a Lebanon County firefighter looks out from the second story of the burn building at the Lebanon County Fire School. County firefighers participated in a training exercise at the school on Sunday. (Barbara West Lebanon Daily News). |
Pilots kidnapped in Lebanon arrive back in Turkey Yahoo News ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan personally greeted two kidnapped Turkish pilots when they arrived back in Istanbul on Saturday after two months in captivity in Lebanon, live television footage showed. The pair were released earlier ... |
Nusra Front sent rigged cars to Lebanon: report The Daily Star BEIRUT: The extremist Islamist Nusra Front sent four rigged cars to unknown areas in Lebanon, media reports said Sunday. Referring to a leaked memo, dated Oct. 18 and sent from the head of General Security's unit in the Rafik Hariri International ... |
Five compete for four seats on Lebanon school board Lebanon Daily News There are five people running for four seats on Lebanon school board that carry a four-year term. The job is voluntary. Four of them will be familiar to voters, while the fifth is a newcomer. All of them share similar perspectives on Lebanon School ... |
Lebanon's Franchise Market Grows As Debate on Legislation Continues Al-Monitor Charles Arbid, head of the Lebanese Franchise Association (LFA), told Al-Hayat that the franchise sector in Lebanon was developing at a fast pace amid high demand and supply and the entry of new brands to the market. “Franchises are the best means of ... |
The Daily Star | Sleiman thanks regional countries involved in release deal The Daily Star Head of Lebanon's General Security Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim had engaged in negotiations between Syria and Turkey to reach the release deal, which only witnessed a major breakthrough days after Qatar said it would intervene to immediately resolve the ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanese pilgrims return, kidnapped Turks back home The Daily Star “Congratulations to Lebanon, not just the hostages,” he told reporters at Rafik Hariri International Airport, where relatives, officials, MPs and envoys from Lebanon's various political parties all waited to greet the returned hostages. Prior to the ... |
The Daily Star | UPDATE 1-Lebanon's Bank Audi profit down 5.5 pct after Turkish launch Reuters (Adds details, background). BEIRUT Oct 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Bank Audi reported a 5.5 percent drop in its net profit for the first nine months of 2013 in comparison to the same period last year. The $261 million in net earnings, compared to $277 ... Bank Audi sees profits decline in 2013 with Turkey expansion |