BBC News | The US, IS and the conspiracy theory sweeping Lebanon BBC News Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, looks at the latest conspiracy theory doing the rounds in Lebanon. "In the Middle East, conspiracy theories are in our blood," one former Lebanese official said ... Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq: Kahwagi Islamists sought to turn Lebanon into Iraq: army chief Islamic State Seek to Unleash Sectarian Chaos in Lebanon with Border Assault ... |
The Daily Star | Derbas: Lebanon could close border with Syria The Daily Star He said Syrian refugees in Lebanon, close to 1.3 million, were divided into four categories: those who face prosecution in Syria and whom Lebanon refuses to deport, some with acceptable identification documents, some who have entered Lebanon illegally ... |
Three Lebanon teens jailed on robbery charges Lebanon Daily News Three Lebanon teenagers were arrested Friday and charged in connection with two separate robberies July 31 on the city's northside. Roberto Maldonado, 18, Antonio Howell, 17, and Nicholas Cintron, 15, were all charged with 14 counts of robbery, ... 3 Lebanon teens jailed for robberies |
The Daily Star | Salam: Dialogue only means for compromise The Daily Star Salam once again commended Saudi Arabia for donating $1 billion to the Lebanese Army to combat terrorism and extremism, saying the grant only demonstrated Riyadh's policy toward Lebanon, "which aims to strengthen the state and its constitutional ... Lebanese Prime Minister Holds Farewell Luncheon for Saudi Ambassador to ... |
FRANCE 24 | French military effort against ISIS 'should focus on Lebanon' FRANCE 24 France would be better placed supporting efforts against Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL) militants in Lebanon rather than on the Kurdish front, specialists told FRANCE 24 on Monday. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on ... |
The Daily Star | Bassil: Israel and ISIS speak same language The Daily Star Bassil asked. Bassil reiterated that Lebanon had asked the International Criminal Court Prosecutor to launch investigations on crimes against humanity perpetrated by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Foreign Minister called for support for to the Lebanese ... |
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 ... Saudis give $1bn to Lebanon amid fighting ISIS Gains First Ground in Lebanon Lebanon's Militant Sunni Sheiks Support Uprising |
The Daily Star | Kahwagi: Army saved Lebanon from jihadist state The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army saved Lebanon from jihadists before they could declare their own state, Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi said. "The Army saved Lebanon from killer 'sectarian strife-seekers' by the Arsal battle,” Kahwagi told local ... |
The Daily Star | Body of Italian peacekeeper found in s. Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon announced Tuesday that the body of an Italian peacekeeper was found in a southern village. In a statement, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said the body of an Italian soldier was found inside a U.N. base in ... Body of Italian soldier found in UN base in southern Lebanon Italian soldier found dead at UNIFIL base in Lebanon-update2 |
Lebanon man, 74, accused of throwing toolbox at officers during drunken ... The Patriot-News A 74-year-old Lebanon man was charged Monday night with aggravated assault after police said he threw a toolbox at officers from the second-story balcony of a Lebanon house. Jay Dewitt Harrington also is charged with criminal mischief, disorderly ... |