BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan Thursday charged three Syrians of belonging to ISIS and attacking the Lebanese Army. Khaled Mohammad Abu Saad was charged in absentia with belonging to ISIS, attacking the Army, attempted murder of soldiers and burning military posts in the northeastern border town of Arsal. An arrest warrant was issued […]

  The Lebanese army has thwarted a terrorist plot to target areas in North Bekaa with dozens of rockets, An Nahar daily reported on Thursday. The newspaper said that the army arrested 30 people, three of them holding the U.S. nationality, after it received information about the plot. Three of the suspects are Koreans and […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday described extremist groups as intruders, vowing to spread the culture of tolerance along with Muslims. “We lived with Muslims for 1,400 years in the Orient and all the terrorist organizations that threaten and kill are aliens,” al-Rahi told a delegation of youth from several bishoprics across the world. […]

  BEIRUT: An exchange of gunfire around dawn Tuesday between rival drug gangs near the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut’s southern suburbs left two wounded, security sources told The Daily Star. The sources said that two Palestinian gangs engaged in clashes in Shatila’s Farhat neighborhood, causing tensions to soar in the camp. The […]

  BEIRUT: An exchange of gunfire around dawn Tuesday between rival drug gangs near the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut’s southern suburbs left two wounded, security sources told The Daily Star. The sources said that two Palestinian gangs engaged in clashes in Shatila’s Farhat neighborhood, causing tensions to soar in the camp. The […]

  Prime Minister Tammam Salam has said that he called for a cabinet session next Thursday because he could no longer wait for the rival political parties to resolve their disputes. Salam was quoted as saying by his visitors “I could no longer wait.” The PM invited the cabinet to convene, saying the agenda would […]

  BEIRUT: Eight Syrian men have been arrested near the northeastern border with Syria on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, the Lebanese Army said Tuesday. The men were arrested Monday between the northeastern Lebanese border towns of Labweh and Arsal, according to an Army statement. Among the detainees was one who was a confirmed […]

  An annual survey by the global consulting company Mercer on the cost of living in 207 cities has pushed Beirut up 19 places, from the 63rd-most expensive in the world to the 44th. The Lebanese capital was also the third-priciest among the 16 Arab cities in the survey, losing out only to Abu Dhabi […]

  BEIRUT: The Lebanese American University awarded renowned Lebanese fashion giant Elie Saab an honorary doctorate for a remarkable career during the commencement exercises of the university’s Business School over the weekend. “When I started my career 33 years ago I had a burst of energy and determination to succeed,” Saab said, addressing the Class of […]

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The currently unknown Indonesian man reportedly caused a panic in the Islamic State base of Shaddadi in Hasaka province in northern Syria after it was learned he suffered from AIDs following medical tests on an Egyptian fighter, his 15-year-old sex slave and two Saudi terrorists who had sex with the slave.

Another reports suggests that a local Islamic State commander may also be infected with the disease.