The No 4 bus runs a short line through central Beirut. Its worn seats are almost always full. In the window is a new, crudely written sign, asking passengers to unzip their jackets before boarding. A suicide bomber recently hid explosives under his clothes and blew up a bus headed for the Hezbollah-controlled southern […]

  The Lebanese army carried out raids in the northern city of Tripoli on Thursday after a soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting, the military and a radio station said.   The army said in a communique that two masked men riding a motorcycle killed Fadi al-Jubaili, an army warrant officer, at around 6:15 […]

  Health Minister Wael Abou Faour referred on Monday the case of the Natamycin anti-fungal agent found in labneh (strained yogurt) products to the General Prosecution.   The case will be referred to the General Prosecution in order to take the necessary measures against those found to be involved in this issue. He referred the case […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Tuesday announced that he will not nominate a certain candidate for the presidency, calling for the election of a president who is able to “heal the rifts” among the Lebanese.   “I do not have names to nominate for the presidency and I will not nominate anyone … We […]

  The Annunciation (also called the Feast of the Annunciation) celebrates the announcement given by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and give birth to the Son of God. The feast is observed on March 25th, which is nine months before the Christmas celebration of the birth of Jesus. This date also […]

  The United States can help Christians being persecuted in the Middle East by using foreign aid to modify behaviors in countries where persecution is rampant, educating U.S. diplomats about the issue in their assigned regions and asking for help from Arab-Americans, a panel of religious freedom researchers said Monday. But in helping fight Christian […]

  Environment Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq stressed on Tuesday that al-Naameh landfill will be shut down in 2015 indefinitely, pointing out that a crisis plan will be set to deal with the crisis of solid waste in the country.   “We should focus on the main issues out of our keenness to safeguard the health of […]

  A serious clash in south Beirut yesterday was stopped by the Lebanese Army after one person was killed, and continued fighting in north Lebanon’s Tripoli has killed at least 27 people as Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad fight the Syrian civil war on Lebanese soil. These tragic deaths across […]