Battle for Syrian Rebel Town Erases Lebanon Border ABC News Sunnis and Shiites from Lebanon are streaming into Syria to take up arms on opposite sides of a fierce battle over a rebel stronghold — a fight that has effectively erased the border between the two countries and underlined how Lebanon is being sucked ... |
The Daily Star | Russia urges world to help end terrorism in Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on world leaders to help end the spate of deadly car bomb attacks in Lebanon. “He urged the international community to eradicate terrorism in Lebanon and the region as a whole,” Russia's news ... Leaders meet to win help for Lebanon Paris meeting pledges aid for Lebanon as Syria refugees flow in Leaders meet in Paris to win help for Lebanon |
The Daily Star | Landmark ruling rubbishes anti-gay law in Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: A judge presiding over a case prosecuting homosexuality has ruled that a notorious piece of legislation criminalizing gay sex is not valid, a decision that has been hailed as a major achievement by activists in Lebanon. The latest edition of ... Lebanon: Being Gay Is Not a Crime Nor Against Nature |
The Daily Star | Syria: President al-Assad's forces focus efforts on strategic town near Lebanon euronews The three week attack comes as part of “The Battle of Qalamoun”, the name of the mountainous area of the Syria-Lebanon frontier used by both government forces and rebels for smuggling people and supplies. The Syrian rebels, who consist mainly of the ... Syrian warplanes strike Lebanon border Is a new Israel-Lebanon war looming while the world is busy with Ukraine? Syrian Aircraft Strike Near Lebanese Border Town |
Fire damages Lebanon home, injures man Lebanon Daily News Firefighters carry a ladder to 1130 Church St., Lebanon, Thursday evening to fight a fire that started in the second-floor bathroom. The home's lone occupant, Harry Long, was taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. (Earl Brightbil — Lebanon Daily News). |
The Moscow Times | Ukraine crisis overshadows Lebanon support group meeting Al-Monitor The Ukrainian crisis clearly overshadowed the International Support Group for Lebanon meeting in Paris, which constituted the perfect opportunity for opponents in this crisis — Russia, the United States and Europe — to meet, without any of them ... Remarks After Meeting of International Support Group on Lebanon |
The Daily Star | Syria's al-Qaida undecided on Lebanon expansion Jerusalem Post Al-Qaida's Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, has not yet decided whether to expand their operations in Lebanon, a source in the group told a Lebanese newspaper. A commander in the Nusra Front told Al-Akhbar that his organization and the rival jihadist ... Akhbar editor remains defiant as Rifi files case |
Lebanon Boys and Girls Club halts membership WISH INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – It was designed as a safe place for Boone County kids ages five to 18 to learn and grow. But now, the Lebanon Area Boys and Girls club has closed it's membership and started a waiting list. The club has been in it's Main Street ... |
The Daily Star | Bassil calls for distancing Lebanon from Ukraine crisis The Daily Star “I asked [French Foreign Minister Laurent] Fabius to distance Lebanon from the Ukraine crisis,” Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said in comments to pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper published Wednesday. Bassil, who held talks with his French counterpart ... Bassil, Fabius underline importance of Lebanon stability |
Yahoo News | Syria helicopters carry out raids on Lebanon border Yahoo News Beirut (AFP) - Syrian helicopter gunships launched multiple raids on areas inside Lebanon Wednesday near the border town of Arsal, in what a local official described as "the most violent attack the area has suffered." Five people were lightly wounded ... |