A deadly car bomb blast which rocked a main square in Beirut on Friday brought back dark memories of Lebanon’s violent past and the civil war which tore the country apart. "We’ve seen this all before, we’ve grown up with it," said 34-year-old Bassam, who works in the Ashrafieh neighborhood where the bomb struck. The […]

  ولد وسام الحسن إبن بلدة بتوراتيج الكورانية العام 1965 وهي بلدةعرفت بشغفها بالسلك العسكري وحبها لخدمة الوطن. كان وسام الحسن ضابطا ً ملحقا ً برئيس الوزراء الراحل رفيق الحريري و مكلفا ً بمهمة البروتوكول ، وصودف عدم وجوده معه يوم إستشهاده في الرابع عشر من شباط 2005. عُين في العام 2006 رئيسا ً لشعبة […]

  Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan, chief of the Intelligence Bureau of the Internal Security Forces, was killed on Friday in a car bomb attack in the Beirut district of Ashrafiyeh, state-run National News Agency reported. The powerful explosion rocked a street adjacent to Sassine Square in Ashrafiyeh, leaving seven other people dead and 78 others wounded, […]

  ARSAL: This Lebanese border town has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels, a way station for wounded fighters and home to hundreds of frightened Syrian refugee families. Residents of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town of 40,000, say they have strong motives to help those trying to topple Syria’s regime: they themselves were harassed […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Wednesday that Arab Spring demonstrations are legal means for people to demand their political, social and economical rights, but these protests were hijacked and turned into violent conflicts. In a speech he gave during the General Bishops Synod in Rome, al-Rahi explained that “some countries took advantage of ongoing […]

  Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel inaugurated on Monday a new courtroom at Roumieh prison to speed up the trials for the Fatah al-Islam inmates, as 11 security personnel and two officers were referred to the Military Court over the recent prison break.   “The chamber at the prison is completely […]

  BEIRUT: Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said Monday his country was committed to helping Lebanon and supporting it in all circumstances, a statement by Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s press office said. “Qatar has a moral commitment to help Lebanon both before and after the 2008 Doha agreement,” the Qatari Emir said following talks […]

  Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall. He told reporters shortly afterwards how the mission had […]

  أكد رئيس الجمهورية العماد ميشال سليمان، في كلمة القاها خلال رعايته افتتاح مؤتمر الاغذية العالمية في الاونيسكو، انه لا يجوز ان يكون ثمن ( 1/8 ) سكان العالم يعانون نقصا مزمنا في الغذاء، لافتا الى تحذير المنظمات الغذائية من ازمة خطيرة. ودعا الى ضرورة ايلاء القطاع الزراعي الاهتمام اللازم لتطويره والى التخطيط وتصويب رؤوس […]