Ya Libnan | Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian elected Lebanon grand mufti The Daily Star BEIRUT: Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian was elected Lebanon grand mufti Sunday, receiving around 80 percent of the votes. “What happened today is an expression of the strong will of all Muslims in Lebanon, to face the problems and reiterate the role of Dar ... Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan elected as Lebanon's new Grand Mufti New Grand Mufti calls for modernisation Security Forces Assault Journalists at Dar al-Fatwa |
The Daily Star | Hezbollah MP rejects UNIFIL on Syria border The Daily Star Fayyad's comments came in response to calls by many March 14 leaders for controlling the Lebanese-Syrian borders by the deployment of Army troops backed by the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, which was expanded by Resolution 1701 after the 2006 war ... |
The Daily Star | Hariri holds talks with foreign envoys The Daily Star BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Saturday with envoys of countries comprising the International Support Group for Lebanon, explaining the $1 billion Saudi grant offered to the Lebanese Army and security agencies to combat terrorism. Lebanon: Influential Exile Returns Lebanon's Hariri back as army enters restive border town Former PM Hariri back in Lebanon for first time in three years |
The Economist (blog) | Lebanon and the Islamic State Not us too The Economist (blog) ON AUGUST 7th only a few vehicles could be seen leaving the besieged town of Arsal on Lebanon's border with Syria: tanks ferrying exhausted, chain-smoking Lebanese soldiers, microbuses packed with refugees and ambulances escorted by Lebanese ... Hariri pays first visit to Lebanon since 2011 Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Hezbollah Lebanon's Former PM Returns From Exile Amid Crisis |
Aljazeera.com | ISIS just took a town in Lebanon. Wait, Lebanon? Vox The story of how ISIS got into Lebanon begins just across border in Syria, along the Qalamoun Mountains range. The mountains had become a home base for a number of Syrian Islamist rebels, including from ISIS. Beginning around November 2013, the ... Ceasefire extended in Lebanon's Arsal Radicals Threaten to Drag Lebanon Into Syrian War Border Fighting Intensifies Between ISIS and Lebanon |
For author Joann "JoJo" Lloyd Fichtner it's all about Lebanon Lebanon Daily News Fichtner, who now lives in Cohasset, Mass., recently finished penning her second book, "JoJo: It's All About Me," an autobiography that tells of her upbringing in Lebanon as a member of the Lloyd's potato chip family, her schooling and eventually her ... |
The Daily Star | War victims flee back to Syria as refugee camp in Lebanon is burned to the ... Daily Mail Having previously thought of Lebanon as a relatively safe haven from the long-running civil war between Syria dictator Bashar Assad and hard-line Muslim forces in the country, the Syrian victims found themselves in the firing line earlier this week ... Lebanese Army enters Arsal in full force Lebanon Facing the Spill Over Effect Of Syrian Conflict Lebanon's Maronite bishops condemn Islamist incursions |
The Daily Star | March 14: Member escapes ambush in Bekaa The Daily Star BEIRUT: The March 14 coalition general secretariat said Saturday one of its members had escaped an ambush in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley town of Taybeh. "Nawfal Daw escaped from an armed ambush that was set up for him at 11 a.m. in Taybeh," the group ... |
Is Lebanon next target of Islamic State? Al-Monitor As US fighter jets struck Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq, Lebanon last week battled jihadist groups linked to Jabhat al-Nusra and IS terrorists. On Aug. 2, armed extremist forces attacked Arsal, located in the Bekaa Valley. The assault followed ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon takes further measures to combat risk of Ebola The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon's Agriculture Ministry banned the import of live animals from Ebola-hit African countries, as part of the government's measures to combat the risk of the fatal virus. In a decision numbered 622/1, Minister Akram Chehayeb “banned the ... Lebanon takes steps to guard against Ebola Ebola starting to take an economic toll in region |