The Daily Star | Lebanon Army expands northeast border shelling The Daily Star BAALBEK, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army has expanded its targets along the northeastern border with Syria, pounding jihadi militants on the outskirts of Arsal, security sources said Tuesday. The sources said the new preemptive measure began late-Monday ... Lebanese army foils terrorist intrusion attempt near Arsal Lebanese army thwarts attack by gunmen northeastern Lebanon |
The Daily Star | Lebanon deports French researcher The Daily Star BEIRUT: A French expert on Islamist extremism has been deported from Lebanon over “terrorist links,” a General Security source told The Daily Star. A senior General Security officer said Tuesday that French Scholar Romain Caillet was deported Sunday ... Lebanon denies entry to French jihadist expert Can Lebanon's Future Movement provide a moderate Sunni alternative? |
International Business Times | Iran-Backed Hezbollah Pushes For 'Nonsectarian, Democratic' Lebanon To ... International Business Times Hezbollah pushes for a "democratic" Lebanon. Girls carry Hezbollah flags and pictures of assassinated Hezbollah leaders during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Leader Day in Beirut's southern suburbs Feb. 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz ... Israel warns against Hezbollah attacks from Golan Heights Lebanon: Hezbollah could become sectarian to defend Lebanon, MP Fayyad Lebanon to Get 1st Batch of French Weapons Next April |
The Daily Star | Second north Lebanon baby dies after hospital denies admission The Daily Star AKKAR, Lebanon: A 6-month old girl who was refused admissions to an Akkar hospital died Tuesday in what marks the second incident of its kind this week. Inaam Eid, from the Akkar town of Yebnine, was refused entry to the Rahhal Hospital because her ... |
Bolivia seizes 27 tons of coca bound for Lebanon Fox News Latino Bolivian police seized 27 tons of ground coca leaves concealed in packets of yerba mate tea that were about to be shipped to Lebanon for processing into cocaine, the government said Monday. This is the first time Bolivian authorities have discovered an ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon Bans Basketball Fans From Games After Brawl ABC News Lebanon has banned basketball fans from attending games after a fist fight broke out between players from rival teams. Sports and Youth Minister Abdul-Muttaleb Hinnawi told the local Al-Jadeed TV on Monday that the decision was taken by the interior ... Lebanon basketball fans banned from games after brawl |
Yahoo News | Many Assyrians unable to enter Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: The actual number of Assyrian Christian refugees coming to Lebanon from embattled areas in northeast Syria was unclear Tuesday, as sources within the community claimed some families were stranded on the border despite an Interior Ministry ... Lebanon authorises entry for 20 Assyrians fleeing IS Assyrian Christians begin arriving in Lebanon Assyrian refugees flood into Lebanon amid Syria violence |
The Daily Star | Hezbollah seeks secular, democratic state: MP The Daily Star “We [Hezbollah] believe in equality among all the Lebanese, and in this country we seek to establish a nonsectarian, democratic state,” Fayyad said during a visit of the former Israeli Khiam prison in southern Lebanon. He noted that all Lebanese should ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon interior minister: I won't sign civil marriage contracts The Daily Star BEIRUT: Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk remained adamant that he will not sign contracts from civil marriages performed in Lebanon. “My position on civil marriage will not change,” Machnouk said in remarks published by local newspaper Al-Akhbar. Lebanon minister refuses to sign Civil Marriage contracts |
Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Opponents of Mt. Lebanon deer cull protest at corral site Pittsburgh Post Gazette More than two dozen protesters stood on the side of Connor Road in Mt. Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, demanding more humane options for dealing with the community's deer population. “Humane options now!” the protesters cried as vehicles whizzed ... Protesters demonstrate against Mt. Lebanon deer culling program Cull Protesters Demonstrate In Mt. Lebanon Deer cull program in Pittsburgh suburb draws protesters |