BEIRUT (Reuters) – A convoy of Islamic State fighters appears to have turned back after U.S.-led airstrikes thwarted its attempt to reach territory held by the militant group in eastern Syria, the head of U.S.-led forces fighting Islamic State said on Thursday. More than 300 lightly armed IS fighters and about 300 family members were […]

France 24 – Lebanon has called for a UN peacekeeping force’s mandate to be renewed without changes after Washington accused its commander of being “blind” to the flow of weapons to Iran-backed Hezbollah. The peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL, which patrols Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, is up for renewal when its mandate expires on […]

Troops from both the Syrian army and Hezbollah have escorted Isis militants out of their territory on the border with Lebanon in the first ever publicly agreed evacuation deal the Sunni jihadists have ever struck. A pause in a week-old offensive by the Lebanese armed forces as well as Hezbollah to drive Isis from towns […]

Beirut (AFP) – A top Lebanese security official said Sunday that authorities had located human remains believed to belong to troops kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago. The announcement came hours after the Lebanese army declared a ceasefire deal with IS along the border with Syria in exchange for information on the […]

By Mohammed Sergie, bloomberg –  EuroMena Funds, a Beirut-based private-equity firm that has raised $350 million since 2006, plans to almost double assets as it seeks investments in Lebanese-owned companies operating abroad while also backing smaller businesses in its home regions. After a decade of deploying most of its capital in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Italy’s ambassador to Lebanon Friday expressed his country’s support for the Lebanese Army, as the Army took up positions for the final phase to expel Daesh (ISIS) militants from the border region. In a meeting with Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti expressed his country’s full […]

Superstars Najwa Karam and Zein El Omr will perform on Friday evening a concert during Ghosta Festival, held in Ghosta, Lebanon. She will perform a number of songs such as “Ya habayeb”, “Menni Elak”, “Ma Fi Nom” and others. Ghosta Festival is a two-day program. The festival will be opened on August 25 by Lebanese […]

AFP/Beirut Lebanon’s army said Tuesday it had captured most of a mountainous area on the border with Syria during an operation to clear Islamic State group jihadists from the region. The army began its campaign in the Jurud Ras Baalbek and Jurud al-Qaa areas on Lebanon’s eastern border on Saturday, capturing more than two thirds of […]

AFP/Beirut Lebanon’s army said Tuesday it had captured most of a mountainous area on the border with Syria during an operation to clear Islamic State group jihadists from the region. The army began its campaign in the Jurud Ras Baalbek and Jurud al-Qaa areas on Lebanon’s eastern border on Saturday, capturing more than two thirds of […]