BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army prevents daily attempts by Islamist militants to infiltrate through Lebanon’s eastern borders and is prepared to defend the country against any attack, military chief Gen. Jean Kahwagi said Thursday. “The exceptional circumstances that the country is experiencing and the internal disputes… will not at all affect the determination of the […]

  BEIRUT: Police reopened a main Downtown Beirut road Thursday that was closed after families of servicemen being held hostage by Islamist militants erected tents in the area eight months ago to pressure the government to take action. "We were given the order to open the road, and we did it," a police commander told […]

  Prime Minister Tammam Salam has stressed that the army’s role lies in protecting Lebanese territories and the border area, which stops it from entering other countries. Sources close to Salam said the prime minister does not object to discussing the issue of the northeastern border town of Arsal during Thursday’s session. Hizbullah and the […]

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  BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Tuesday warned that the yearlong presidential vacuum is threatening the country’s existence, as Christian March 14 lawmakers lobbied for the Maronite patriarch’s support to reduce the quorum required for an electoral Parliament session. The development came a day after Lebanon marked the one-year anniversary of the presidential vacuum with […]

  Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Syrian refugees have overwhelmed Lebanese public schools, asking the world for more support as estimates suggest that more than 400,000 children from neighboring Syria need schooling here — nearly twice the number of Lebanese children in school. Brown, now a U.N. special education envoy, spoke […]

  As the government scrambles to avoid a vacuum in the top military and security posts, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk is determined to bring up the issue of security appointments at this week’s Cabinet session, sources familiar with the issue said. A quick Cabinet action on the divisive issue of security appointments is deemed urgent […]

  BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai offered his support Tuesday to efforts announced by March 14 politicians to reduce the quorum required to hold a presidential election session in Parliament from two-thirds to 50 percent plus one. The move seeks to undermine a boycott of the presidential election by March 8 lawmakers, whose year-long protest […]

  A series of tit-for-tat abductions was sparked between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) the al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front a day after clashes erupted between the two groups on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal. Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported on Tuesday that Syrian national Hussam Trad, an […]

  BEIRUT: Lebanon’s environment minister announced Tuesday that no company has shown any interest in applying for the government’s call for tenders to manage Beirut’s solid waste. The announcement came in a news conference to declare the end of the call for bids held at the Council for Development and Reconstruction office. “I met at […]