Latest in Tag: Lebanon Highlight
Latest in Tag: Lebanon
MasterCard, Bank Audi, Alfa, Touch turn smartphones into virtual payment tools
The entities partner up to produce cutting-edge technology that allows consumers to conduct daily transactions from their smartphones
Hezbollah vows response to âIsraeli air strikeâ
The Shiâa movementâs statement was the groupâs first admission it had been targeted in the raid, although Lebanese sources had previously reported the attack.
Israel bombs Hezbollah target on Syria-Lebanon border
AFP â Bent on halting any transfer of weapons to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Israel has bombarded a position of the powerful Shiâa group on the Lebanon-Syria border, sources say. On Monday night, âtwo Israeli raids hit a Hezbollah target on the border of Lebanon and Syria,â a Lebanese security source told AFP. Lebanon’s National News Agency …
Lebanon army ‘paying price in blood to fight terror’
Three people were killed and 18 wounded, the official National News Agency said.
Lebanon IDs Beirut suicide bomber as radical Palestinian
The toll from Wednesday’s double car bombing rose to 11, after a woman died of her wounds
Twin Beirut suicide bombings target Iranian centre
Lebanonâs army confirmed the attack was a double suicide car bombing, and Health Minister Wael Abu Faour said four people were killed and 103 wounded.
Twin bomb blasts rock Beirut suburb, three dead
The explosions sent a large plume of smoke over the area and Lebanese television showed scenes of widespread destruction.
Lebanon forms consensus govt after 10-month stalemate
Hezbollah is accused of participating in the 2005 assassination of Haririâs father, former premier Rafiq Hariri, and five of its members are on trial in absentia before a special court in The Hague.
Investors cling to frontiers as emerging markets sink
Lebanon, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Qatar and Kuwait are among the worldâs lesser developed markets and are outperforming more mainstream emerging markets
10 killed in days of clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli: security
The deaths are the latest in multiple rounds of fighting between the Sunni neighbourhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh and the Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen
New Beirut car bombing against Hezbollah kills 4
The blast took place on busy Al-Arid Street in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood, targeted by a suicide car bombing earlier this month.
Four dead, 35 hurt in Beirut bomb blast: Red Cross
The blast took place in a southern Beirut neighbourhood, a stronghold of Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Blast hits Hezbollah heartland in Beirut: TV
The blast took place on a busy commercial street
Four dead in clashes in Lebanonâs Tripoli
AFP- Four people have been killed in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian conflict regularly break out, a security source said Monday. âThree people, a woman and two men, were killed in heavy clashes overnight in which heavy artillery and rockets were used,â the source told …
Divided Syria opposition debates joining peace talks
The talks opening Wednesday are aimed at setting up a transitional government to find a way out of the brutal conflict that has killed 130,000 people and made millions homeless since March 2011.
Car bomb in Lebanon town near Syria kills at least three
This was the fifth major assault on a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon since the Shi’a movement admitted it was fighting alongside President al-Assad’s forces in Syria
Lebanon teen death spurs ‘selfie’ anti-violence protest
The âNot A Martyrâ campaign sprung up after Chaar was killed in a 27 December car bombing that targeted moderate Lebanese politician Mohammad Chatah.
Lebanon arrests head of Qaeda-linked group: minister
Saudi Arabiaâs interior ministry also confirmed that Majid, a Saudi citizen, was on a list of 85 suspects wanted by the kingdom.
Lebanon mourns ex-minister killed in bombing
The bombing raised fears about the fragile situation in Lebanon, which has seen the war in neighbouring Syria regularly spill over.
Israel hits back after rockets fired from Lebanon
The Israeli government accused the powerful Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah of being behind the rocket fire and threatened an even tougher response to any further attacks.
5 dead in Beirut bomb including Hariri adviser: state news agency
More than 50 injured
Beirut car bomb kills adviser to former premier
Mohammad Chatah was assassinated when a car bomb targeted his convoy in the city centre
Huge blast rocks Lebanese capital
Television channels showed pictures of thick smoke near the Serail, where Lebanon’s prime minister has his offices
Israel fire on Lebanon in retaliation for soldier killing
The army said the soldier was shot by Lebanese troops as he was driving a civilian vehicle along a section of the border near Rosh HaNikra on the Mediterranean coast.
An unregulated security threat
By Andrew Tabler, Now. As more and more Syrians flee to neighboring Lebanon, the situation there is a growing national security concern not only for Lebanon, but the entire region. While Hezbollah and Iran are supporting the Assad regime in Syria, their increased vulnerability in Lebanon should give them pause, as the recent bombing of …
Refugees should not participate in domestic politics: UNHCR official
RSM activist highlights hardships Syrian refugees face in Egypt
Hezbollah is No Resistance
By Anno Bunnik Extremist movements and parties tend to disguise their true colours. The English Defence League, notorious for its racism, calls itself a âHuman Rightsâ Organisation. Dutch politician Geert Wilders, bent on banning the Quran, mosques and immigration, heads the âFreedomâ Party. Hezbollah, the self-proclaimed champion of Islamic âresistanceâ is not alone in its …
Egyptâs transition period to end next spring
Fahmy discusses roadmap, domestic affairs and foreign policy in UN address
Religious leaders and Syrian refugees meet in Lebanon
By Isabella Eisenberg Here, in the northern Lebanese district of Akkar, Catholic-Maronite, Sunni, Greek-Orthodox and Alawite villages are scattered all over the landscape. The Syrian border is a 15 minute drive to the north of the northern Lebanese town of Halba, and residents can hear shelling in Syria at night and episodes of sectarian strife …
Car bombs at Lebanon mosques kill 42, wound hundreds
Both blasts hit at the hour of weekly Muslim prayers, in a city where Sunni supporters of Syria’s rebels engage in frequent, often deadly, clashes with Alawites, who back the Assad regime.