Human Rights Watch | Despite north Lebanon truce, Alawite fighters keep finger on trigger Reuters TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The battle-scarred streets of this hilltop enclave have fallen quiet, but fighters say the shaky truce is a mere pause in a conflict that has just begun and which threatens all Lebanon. Jabal Mohsen, a minority Alawite ... Lebanon: Take New Approach to Protect Tripoli How fighting in Tripoli, Lebanon echoes battles raging in Syria Fighting lull in north Lebanon's Tripoli |
ABC News | Lebanon Parliament Set to Extend Term Amid Turmoil ABC News Lebanon's parliament moved Wednesday to extend its term, skipping scheduled elections because of the country's deteriorating security linked to the civil war next door in Syria. The decision is a blow to Lebanon's tradition of free elections in a ... Lebanon parliament to vote on election delay amid violence Lebanon's parliament set to extend term as Syria war spreads into country ... |
Press TV | Terrorists seek to drag Lebanon into Syrian crisis: Mohsen Saleh Press TV Well actually Lebanon was dragged into this crisis in Syria by some of these gangs going into Syria and trying to attack the Syrian army, the Syrian national army and also by some of the statements from these terrorist groups..." Related Viewpoints: ... Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah will destroy Lebanon Syrian Fault Lines In Lebanon's Bekaa Valley Martin Armstrong Syria's shadow of war reaches Lebanon |
Press TV | Syrian Crisis Hits Lebanon's Economy Voice of America “A negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis would bring that positive political shock to Lebanon,” he said. “It would help consumer confidence and investor sentiment recover and, therefore, it would help economic growth pick up rather quickly given ... Armed men kill three soldiers in eastern Lebanon Gunmen kill three soldiers in east Lebanon Lebanon troops killed |
Iran Has No Territorial Ambitions? Tell It to Lebanon and Syria Commentary Magazine The takeover of Lebanon was completed in 2008, when Iran's wholly-owned Lebanese subsidiary, Hezbollah, staged an armed occupation of Beirut to reverse two government decisions (the government had planned to dismantle Hezbollah's independent ... |
Daylight robbery reported at Lebanon city corner store Patriot-News Lebanon city police are on the hunt for a man they say held up a city corner store in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon. Police arrived at the Ganesh, a convenience and grocery store at 601 Cumberland St. in Lebanon, at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday for a report of ... Corner store robbed in Lebanon |
Lebanon Tourism Down 13% This Year on Syria War, Minister Says Bloomberg Tourism in Lebanon has dropped 13 percent this year, weakened by travel warnings and spillover from the civil war in neighboring Syria, caretaker Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said. Tourism had already contracted by 20 percent in 2012, Abboud said today ... |
WHAS 11.com (subscription) | KSP: Woman's body found along I-65N near Lebanon Junction WHAS 11.com (subscription) LEBANON JUNCTION, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Kentucky State Police have launched an investigation after a woman's body was found in a grassy area along Interstate 65 north near Lebanon Junction. Police said a mowing crew found the body wrapped in a sheet ... |
Lebanon students win Destination Imagination finals WCAX A five-member team from Lebanon High School performs on stage at Destination Imagination's Global finals in Knoxville, Tenn. The group already won a regional and state competition in their improvisational acting category to get there. "You are already ... |
'Horrible decision' leads to state prison for Lebanon man Lebanon Daily News What President Judge John Tylwalk termed a 19-year-old man's "horrible decision" led to "serious consequences" in the form of a two- to five-year state prison sentence Wednesday. By all accounts, Justin Lugo-Luciano, 522 N. 10th St., Lebanon, had been ... |