The National News Agency reported on Monday that Lebanese national Hussam al-Boushrawi, who was kidnapped earlier in the day, was released later in the evening. However, the report did not elaborate any details on how Boushrawi was released. Boushrawi was abducted along the Ras Baalbek main road in the Bekaa Valley. The abductors had contacted […]

  Lebanon lost against Qatar in its opening world cup qualification game which took place at the Camille Chamoun stadium in Beirut. More than 48,000 fans filled the stadium. A true sign of unity was displayed by all Lebanese in support of their national team.

  ترأس البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي قداس الاحد في كنيسة السيدة في الصرح البطريركي في بكركي، عاونه فيه امين سره الاب نبيه الترس، القيم البطريركي العام المونسنيور جوزف بواري، الامين العام للمدارس الكاثوليكية الاب بطرس عازار والاب خليل عرب، في حضور حشد من المؤمنين . بعد الانجيل المقدس، القى البطريرك الراعي عظة بعنوان: […]

  The army on Sunday announced that it has completed its deployment in Tripoli’s Syria Street and all neighborhoods in Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, as the Internal Security Forces stressed they “will not be tolerant with anyone anymore,” after 15 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in fierce street clashes. Army units “deployed […]

  يلتئم مجمع الأساقفة الموارنة في بكركي صباح بعد غد الإثنين برئاسة البطريرك مار بشارة بطرس الراعي، في دورته السنوية التي تقسم الى قسمين، الأول يمتد الى الأربعاء وهو مخصص لرياضة روحية، ثم تبدأ مناقشة قضايا كنسية في مقدمها انتخاب 7 مطارنة جدد بعد قبول الفاتيكان استقالة 3 أساقفة في بلدان الإنتشار هم مطارنة كندا […]

  President Michel Suleiman said he hasn’t pressured al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri to respond to him on an invitation for the National Dialogue at Baabda Palace set for June 11. In remarks to As Safir daily published Saturday, Suleiman said: “I didn’t ask him to attend the dialogue session but discussions focused on the […]

      Ailing former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will learn on Saturday whether he is guilty of the murder of demonstrators during the uprising that overthrew him last year. Mubarak, the only autocrat toppled in the Arab Spring to be put in the dock, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six others could face the […]

    President Michel Suleiman urged the Syrian authorities on Thursday to release the two Lebanese farmers who were kidnapped a day earlier in the border region of al-Abboudiyeh as the Syrian army abducted another citizen later on Thursday. The Syrian army kidnapped Yehya Mohammed Fleiti in the border town of Arsal on Thursday afternoon.   […]

      Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Istanbul in Turkey, the National News Agency reported on Thursday. Mikati also held a meeting earlier in the day with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, during which the two men touched on the issue of the Lebanese Shia pilgrims abducted in […]

      U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut on Thursday to hold talks with senior Lebanese officials, An Nahar newspaper reported. Annan is expected to tackle the Lebanese-Syrian border and voice fear that the Syrian crisis is spilling over into Lebanon amid the latest security incidents in the country, the daily said. He will […]