The Daily Star | Militias battle anew in Lebanon's Tripoli, army arrests 21 fighters Reuters TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes resumed on Tuesday between Lebanese militias who back opposing sides of Syria's war and 21 fighters were arrested by the army as it pursued a six-month-long mandate to end bloodshed battering the city of Tripoli. Army arrests 21 over clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli Lebanon army to take control of Tripoli after clashes Army to take over security in Lebanon's second-largest city for 6 months after ... |
How Lebanon can turn things around CNN (blog) Editor's note: Georges Pierre Sassine is a political activist who writes about Lebanon's public policy issues at www.georgessassine.com. The views expressed are the writer's own. Lebanese may have enjoyed celebrating 70 years of independence last week. |
Lebanon leaders get lesson about America's coolest small town Lebanon Daily News Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello, right, greets Kelly Withum, executive director of Venture Lititz, Lititz Borough's Main Street Program, before a discussion Tuesday at HACC's Lebanon Campus on how to market Lebanon. (Jeremy Long — Lebanon Daily News). |
The Daily Star | Lebanon indicts 13 over foiled Beirut bomb attack The Daily Star Those in custody were identified as Mohammad Nayef Atrash from east Lebanon's border town of Arsal, Hassan Mohammad Maarawi, a Syrian national, and Turkish national Mohammad Misbaheddine Ozamir. The remaining individuals are five from Arsal, ... |
Hezbollah says preventing Iraq-style violence in Lebanon The Daily Star “If we had abandoned our responsibilities, Qusair, Qalamoun would have fallen in the hands of armed groups and Lebanon's eastern border with Syrian including the Bekaa Valley would have been infiltrated by armed groups and there would be have been ... |
The Daily Star | Police funding fighters in Lebanon's Tripoli: Nasrallah The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah accused Tuesday the General Directorate of Lebanon's police force of arming and funding fighters in the northern city of Tripoli, where frequent deadly clashes linked to the Syria crisis have been waged. Lebanon Ready to Collapse Nasrallah praises the Iran Nuclear deal |
Silent auction to benefit Lebanon Police K-9 Fund Lebanon Daily News A year-long fundraising effort to purchase a Lebanon Police Department K-9 officer will come to its successful conclusion this weekend with a silent auction that is expected to add thousands of dollars more to an already impressive total. The auction ... |
The Daily Star | Kataeb, FM want to distance Lebanon from Syria crisis The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and the Kataeb party discussed Tuesday a proposal by the Kataeb to include the neutralization policy in the Lebanese constitution as they stressed the need to distance Lebanon from the Syrian crisis. Kataeb has recently ... |
Syria-fueled violence kills four in Lebanon's Tripoli Reuters Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni Muslim from Tripoli, held talks with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and other security officials on Saturday to discuss how to end the violence, which erupted despite the deployment of soldiers ... |
The Daily Star | Five wounded in Lebanon refugee camp blast The Daily Star SIDON, Lebanon: Five people including a 14-year-old were wounded in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in south Lebanon Tuesday when a bomb exploded near the funeral procession of a Fatah member who was shot last week, sources at the ... Bomb blast, gunfire hit Lebanon's Sidon |