Aljazeera.com | Ceasefire extended in Lebanon's Arsal Aljazeera.com Our efforts are important to avoid Lebanon a disaster." Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Arsal, said: "A 24-hour truce will be in place until tomorrow, during these 24 hours the armed fighters holed up in Arsal will withdraw to the outskirts of ... ISIS just took a town in Lebanon. Wait, Lebanon? World View: Syria War Spills into Lebanon as ISIS Attacks Town of Arsal Border Fighting Intensifies Between ISIS and Lebanon |
Aljazeera.com | Saudis give $1bn to Lebanon amid fighting Aljazeera.com Saudi Arabia has given Lebanon's military $1bn to help its fight against self-declared jihadist fighters on the Syrian border. The Saudi gift came as Lebanon army's chief urged France to speed up promised weapons supplies and amid reports that a group ... |
Aljazeera.com | Clashes as Lebanon-IS truce collapses Aljazeera.com The UN Security Council has backed Lebanon's military action against armed groups but urged it to stay out of the conflict in neighbouring Syria, as Beirut vowed no leniency for the "terrorist killers". Twenty-two Lebanese soldiers were missing ... |
WCPO | Lockland, Lebanon decide school levies Cincinnati.com LOCKLAND – One of the region's smallest school districts asked voters Tuesday to approve one of the area's largest tax levies in recent years and it lost big while voters in Lebanon Schools renewed a school tax. Hamilton County's Lockland Schools ... Election results: Lockland, Lebanon, Mt. Healthy levies Lockland school levy rejected by voters; Mount Healthy and Lebanon ballot ... Special election draws voters to polls in Lebanon, Lockland, Mount Healthy |
BBC News | Syria conflict: France to speed up arms for Lebanon BBC News France says that it is to speed up the delivery of weapons to the Lebanese army, as violence from Syria's conflict threatens to spill over. The army has been fighting and Islamist militants from Syria for days around the eastern border town of Arsal. A ... |
The Daily Star | At least 11 wounded in Tripoli attack The Daily Star BEIRUT: At least 10 civilians were wounded Thursday after a homemade bomb was tossed under the al-Khanaq bridge in Lebanon's second largest city Tripoli, a security source told The Daily Star. Earlier reports had suggested that Tripoli citizen, Issam ... Bomb goes off in Lebanon's Tripoli, kills one Bombing in Lebanon's Tripoli Wounds 10 Bomb blast kills one person, injures 4 in Lebanon's Tripoli |
The Wire | ISIS Gains First Ground in Lebanon The Wire There is no political solution with extremist groups who are manipulating the Arab communities under religious obscurantism and strange titles, seeking to transfer their sick acts into Lebanon...Today, the only solution is the withdrawal of the gunmen ... |
The Daily Star | ISIS commander killed in Arsal clashes: report The Daily Star BEIRUT: An commander for extremist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, allegedly responsible for rigging vehicles with explosives for attacks in Lebanon, was killed in ongoing clashes in Arsal, according to Al-Manar. The Hezbollah ... |
The Daily Star | Truce collapses, clashes renew in northeast Lebanon The Daily Star ARSAL, Lebanon: A temporary truce fell apart less than three hours after it was established when withdrawing militants targeted Lebanese Army posts on the hills surrounding the border village of Arsal, northeast Lebanon, a security source told The ... |
Fox News | Syrian rebels kill 10, capture others in Lebanon Fox News The clashes continued into Sunday around the municipal building and an army checkpoint, Lebanon's state news agency reported. Local television footage showing wailing ambulances racing into town and soldiers standing guard just outside its limits. Gunmen From Syria Hit Army Checkpoints in Lebanon Lebanon suffers heavy losses in clashes with jihadists near Syria Army: Arsal clashes part of plan targeting Lebanon |