Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin praised dialogue among the Lebanese parties, considering it a necessity to combat the challenges and risks that the country is passing through. “Foreign countries support the dialogue, in particular because it is touching on local and regional issues, in the first place the battle against terrorism and extremism,” […]

  BAALBEK, Lebanon: A crackdown on fugitives in the Bekaa Valley in east Lebanon spread early Tuesday to the region’s main city of Baalbek. Policemen from the Internal Security Forces fanned out in the Baalbek neighborhood of Hay al-Sharawneh at dawn while others manned checkpoints on side roads and entrances to the residential quarter. Many […]

  An Israeli military unit on Tuesday crossed the technical fence off al-Wazzani in southern Lebanon and inspected the eastern bank of the river, the state-run National News Agency reported. NNA said the troops used sniffer dogs and Merkava tanks monitored them closely. An Israeli drone also flew over the area of al-Wazzani and Abbasiyeh […]

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Quoting an Iranian diplomat, the Journal said that the Iranian cleric had written to Obama in recent weeks in response to a presidential letter sent in October.Obama’s letter suggested the possibility of U.S.-Iranian cooperation in fighting Islamic State if a nuclear deal is reached, the Journal said, quoting the diplomat.

According to the diplomat, Khamenei’s letter was said to be "respectful" but noncommittal. Both the White House and the Iranian mission at the United Nations have declined all comment."The letters of the American president have a history of some years, and in some instances, there have been responses to these letters," Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in November, said. Shamkhani added that there were "contradictions" between policies laid out in the letters and U.S. actions.

These Christian men were beheaded precisely because they were Christians. They can be seen calling on the true God and His Son Jesus Christ, as their evil executioners commit this act of savagery.These Christians are true martyrs. Unlike the evil, deluded Jihadists who commit acts of homicide against innocents in the name of their – god – and then claim to be martyrs.  One of the murderers declared – All crusaders: safety for you will be only wishes, especially if you are fighting us all together. Therefore we will fight you all together.The sea you have hidden Sheikh Osama bin Laden’s body in, we swear to Allah we will mix it with your blood. We will conquer Rome, by Allah’s permission.- I hope the President of the United States heard those words from Palm Springs, California, where he is on a golfing weekend

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This is how La Creperie will finally look like – via LBCI

One of my favorite restaurants in Jounieh is set to reopen soon as renovation works are almost complete. La Crêperie is one of Lebanon’s most authentic and beautiful restaurants and has been serving great food since 1968. The restaurant is an 18th Century Picturesque Ottoman House that is owned and managed by the Khazen family and has welcomed several celebrities, presidents, ministers and diplomats.

I’ve been going to La Crêperie for the past 15 years and I have a lot of fond memories there. I enjoyed sitting on the small balcony tables and enjoying the splendid view and the food has always been excellent there. I loved their chicken and seafood platters, the raclette during winter and of course the famous crepes and my favorite the crepe maron.

  Inspectors from the health department of the Tripoli municipality raided on Sunday a meat shop in the northern city where it seized a quantity of product that does not meet health standards, reported the National News Agency. It said that the department patrol ordered the owner of the shop to adhere to health standards […]

  BEIRUT: Employees at Rafik Hariri University Hospital announced Sunday that they would not admit any new patients to the emergency department of the hospital starting Monday morning, an escalation in a strike that began last week. “[We announce] the complete closure of the emergency entrance starting Monday at 9:30 a.m.,” the union said in […]

  Sheikh Mustafa al-Hujeiri revealed that he has sensed “for the first time” that negotiations to release the servicemen kidnapped from the northeastern border town of Arsal are being conducted seriously, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Rai on Sunday. He told the daily: “The negotiations are heading on a good path and we hope to reach […]

      Political figures attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri’s assassination, in Beirut, February 14, 2015. Pictured are Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil (L), Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam (3nd L), former prime minister Saad al-Hariri (4th L), former Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (5th L), Member of […]