The Daily Star | Lebanon Army defuses 6 bombs in Tripoli, seizes arms caches The Daily Star Local media reported that soldiers also raided the house of Abdel-Kader Akoumi, a soldier who announced his defection earlier this month and was killed during an Army raid on a house in north Lebanon where an alleged ISIS commander was staying. Syria war fuels sectarian tension in Lebanon Group accused of aiming to set up North Lebanon 'emirate' IS jihadists accused of trying to establish 'emirate' in northern Lebanon |
New York Times | Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon New York Times LABWEH, Lebanon — Recent outbreaks of fighting and growing sectarian tensions in northern Lebanon have heightened fears that the civil war in neighboring Syria is spilling over with new momentum, threatening the country's fragile stability. Over the ... Guns fall silent in Lebanon's Tripoli as army moves in Lebanon's pot farmers gear up for a fight with Islamic State Meet Lebanon's cannabis farmers joining the fight against IS |
WCSH-TV | 1 dead, 1 injured in Lebanon crash WCSH-TV LEBANON, Maine (AP) -- Police said one person has died and another has been sent to the hospital after a crash involving a car and a pickup truck in Lebanon. The vehicles crashed at about 8:20 p.m. Thursday on Route 202 near the intersection with Long ... |
WND.com | ISIS eyes northern Lebanon in major offensive WND.com WASHINGTON – Northern Lebanon could fall into the hands of the Islamic jihadist army ISIS as battles between Sunni jihadist groups and the Lebanese army in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli portend even greater violence in coming weeks. Commentary: Will resilient Lebanon slide into a failed state? No good reason to refuse Iranian aid: Hezbollah MP After losing 1000 men in Syria, Hezbollah builds 'security zone' |
Police blotter, 10/31 — Woman, girl charged with attack at Lebanon grocery store Lebanon Daily News Lebanon police arrested a woman and teenage girl and charged them with attacking a woman at a city grocery store earlier this month. Police were called to the parking lot of Food Plus, 640 N. Seventh St., at 2:22 p.m. Oct. 8. Police said that when they ... |
Spectator.co.uk | Why I've joined Lebanon's exodus Spectator.co.uk Though many of us are leaving, a serious chunk of Lebanon's bourgeoisie, the perennially optimistic merchant class, is in denial in much the same way it was before the civil war in the 1970s. I remember, in 1975, my late father assuring me Lebanon was ... Opinion: Tunisia's Lesson for Lebanon |
In Lebanon, we are overcome with anger Al-Arabiya No sane man in Lebanon can but stand behind the Lebanese army because the alternatives are ISIS and al-Nusra. The alternative will be the destruction of Lebanon all over again. It will be the restoration of 1975's bitter experience when hesitation (to ... |
WCSH-TV | Acton man dies in car crash in Lebanon WCSH-TV LEBANON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- An Acton man died in a crash with a pickup truck. The crash happened on Route 202 in Lebanon. The victim is 65-year-old Antonio Vieria, who died at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck, 37-year-old Clarence ... Lebanon crash kills 1 York County man dies in Lebanon collision 1 dead, 1 injured in Lebanon, Maine, crash |
The Daily Star | Lebanon charges 'ISIS commander' with forming Islamic emirate The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon's military prosecutor Thursday charged an alleged ISIS commander along with 17 other people with attempting to establish an Islamic emirate in north Lebanon and killing Army soldiers. Judge Saqr Sar issued the charge against Ahmad ... |
Gloves Come Off in Lebanon CounterPunch Lebanon is one of these and is still mired in a cold war phase of its 15 year (1975-90) Civil War, from which Lebanon yet to recover. Religious differences are one of the major causes on Lebanon's many problems today and it is within this context that ... |