US military chief recommends bolstering Lebanon, Iraq forces Reuters "When you say would we send the United States Army or the United States military into Lebanon, I'm talking about teams of trainers, and I'm talking about accelerating foreign military sales for equipment for them," Dempsey said in response. "This is ... US military chief recommends increasing security assistance to Lebanon, Iraq US looks to send training teams to Lebanon, Iraq |
U.S. News & World Report | Lebanon Struggles Against Growing Instability U.S. News & World Report Lebanon's security situation is rapidly deteriorating as at least 18 Lebanese soldiers have been killed over the last few days. Earlier today, gunmen again opened fire on a Lebanese army post. These attacks are undercutting Lebanon's political stability. Sectarian violence shakes Lebanon Lebanon Army finds tunnels in Sidon Lebanon's Assir Gone, But Problems Remain |
Aljazeera.com | Who is Lebanon's Ahmed al-Assir? Aljazeera.com Beirut, Lebanon - As the army picks through the debris in the aftermath of Sidon's fiercest battle since the end of this country's civil war, information is slowly trickling out over who Ahmed al-Assir, the controversial Sunni cleric who led the two ... Civilians Flee and Soldiers Die in Clashes in Lebanon Lebanon faces tumult after deadliest Syria-related clashes In Lebanon, as many as 12 soldiers are killed as violence spills over from ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon: Bank Settles Case With US New York Times Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that a Lebanese bank linked to what they described as a vast money-laundering operation by Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese Shiite organization, had agreed to a $102 million settlement. The settlement will come ... Lebanese bank to pay $102 mln over money laundering US fines Lebanese bank $102M for laundering |
RT (blog) | Hezbollah fighting in Syria to defend Lebanon from bloodbath RT (blog) Mainstream media fail to mention that key anti-government forces in Syria swore to kill all the Shiite Muslims and to march straight into Lebanon after Syria. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's secretary-general, announced his party's entry into the ... Lebanon is Being Prepared for Sedition as a Front in the Syrian War UN: Jordan and Lebanon bear the most of Syrian crisis Pistelli: Blacklisting Hezbollah needs time |
New York Times | Clashes Continue on Second Day in South Lebanon City New York Times SIDON, Lebanon — Fierce clashes continued for a second day on Monday between the army and gunmen loyal to a radical Sunni cleric in this southern Lebanese city, in an outburst of civil violence that reflected how deeply the war in neighboring Syria ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon FDI up 19 pct in 2012: UN The Daily Star BEIRUT: Foreign direct investment to Lebanon rose 18.75 percent in 2012 to $3.8 billion, according to a new report released Wednesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which starkly contradicts figures in at least three other ... |
Human Rights Watch | Lebanon: Police Torturing Vulnerable People Human Rights Watch In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 picture, Lebanese police stand guard as protesters carry banners during a sit-in for gays and lesbians in Beirut. In February, about two dozen gays and lesbians held a rare sit-in on Beirut's major intersection of Sodeco ... Lebanon police torturing vulnerable detainees: HRW HRW: World should act on Lebanon police abuse Lebanon gays tortured, beaten and forced to undergo 'anal probes' by police |
McClatchy Washington Bureau | Hezbollah fighters report killing Syrians in fierce battle in Lebanon's Sidon McClatchy Washington Bureau SIDON, Lebanon — Fighters from the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah joined forces with commandos from the Lebanese army Monday to battle followers of an extremist Sunni Muslim cleric in a day of urban warfare that offered worrisome evidence that ... |
Lebanon faces chaos after deadliest Syria-related clashes NBCNews.com (blog) By Oliver Holmes, Reuters. BEIRUT — The Lebanese government will try on Tuesday to secure the country after the deadliest violence since the start of a two-year conflict in neighboring Syria that has pushed Lebanon's myriad militia to clashes. |