The Lebanese army arrested two Syrian nationals at dawn after confiscating some amounts of weapons and ammunition that they kept in hiding, the National News Agency stated on Thursday. The army raided a warehouse in Tripoli’s al-Qobbeh which belongs to Syrian nationals of the al-Raayan family. They found some quantities of arms and ammo […]

  Vehicles packed with supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement roamed the streets in several regions Wednesday evening, as the FPM continued to prepare for Thursday’s street action, which FPM chief Michel Aoun has described as a “fateful battle.” “FPM supporters from all regions have started heading to the Nahr el-Mot area, where they will […]

  BEIRUT: A dozen protesters held a brief and unannounced protest against electricity cuts in Beirut Tuesday, blocking a major highway linking the city to the southern suburbs. According to The Daily Star’s photographer, the protesters set fire to piles of garbage on the highway leading to the roundabout near the Kuwaiti Embassy. Lebanese Army […]

  Abducted child Ricardo Jaara was released Monday after a three-day kidnap ordeal, media reports said. “Jaara was freed this afternoon after he was kidnapped two days ago near his house in Amchit,” LBCI television reported. “His father headed to (the northern border district of) Wadi Khaled, where he handed $50,000 to a man riding […]

  Health Minister Wael Abou Faour referred to the General Prosecution four doctors for issuing fake medical reports used to help people obtain drivers licenses, reported the National News Agency on Tuesday. It said that the doctors were issuing the reports without performing a medical examination of the applicants. They were identified as Joseph H., […]

  For the third year in a row Naharnet is hosting the official exam results for the four sections of Baccalaureate and the Brevet (BR). Results for the sections of Humanities (LH), Sociology and Economics (SE) and Life Science (SV) were released Wednesday and Thursday. They can be accessed through the files below. Only the […]

  BEIRUT: Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim Friday charged 11 people, including a doctor and a pharmacist, with healthcare fraud. A judicial source told The Daily Star the charges included prescription fraud and embezzlement of funds belonging to the National Social Security Fund. Ibrahim referred the detainees to the investigative judge in Sidon, south Lebanon, where […]

  BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Friday scheduled a Cabinet meeting for next week despite the conflict that arose with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun after the government passed a decree before discussing the appointment of new security officials. Divisions emerged when Cabinet convened its first session in nearly a month Thursday, with Aoun […]

  The cabinet convened on Thursday following a three-week suspension but the session witnessed arguments among ministers on several controversial issues, infuriating Prime Minister Tammam Salam. “We couldn’t agree during the cabinet session today. In the absence of a president there is no clear mechanism on the authorities of each minister,” Education Minister Elias Bou […]

  BEIRUT: Health Minister Wael Abu Faour is seeking charges against two physicians accused of forging birth certificates, a ministry statement said Thursday. The statement said Abu Faour asked the Mount Lebnon judiciary to investigate each case separately. In one case, a birth certificate belonging to child Thomas Anthony David, approved at a mukhtar’s office […]