A Phoenician-era cemetery has been unearthed in the coastal town of Tyre, which was a major Phoenician seaport from about 2000 BC through to Roman times, the National News Agency said Tuesday. The cemetery was discovered in the northern entrance of Tyre in the Jal Al-Bahr region, and is located on a hill near the […]

    Amid the violence and increasing sectarian fervor, videos and pictures are surfacing showing children holding guns in Tripoli. LBC spoke with one of the “child soldiers.” It’s not clear if the gun the boy in the video is holding is real or if it’s even loaded. But the fact remains: with this kind of […]

    Sheikh Farid Haykal el Khazen held a press conference in Kleiat to condem the actions taken by the Zouk Mosbeh municipality against his employees and the trucks that he owns. Noting that his business is 100% legal, the motives behind those shameful acts are purely political. You can watch the video [Here]   […]

      Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on officials on Saturday to find consensus among each other and to resume the national dialogue in order to reach a new national charter based on 1943 National Covenant. “It is time for us to have brave, free and unbiased” politicians, al-Rahi said during a mass held at […]

  Three people, including a Lebanese soldier, were killed and at least nine injured on Sunday in a gunfight between the residents of rival neighborhoods in the northern port city of Tripoli as the area witnessed intermittent clashes, the army and media reports said. Army troops, mainly from the Commando Regiment, began deploying in the afternoon […]

  The Khazen family has been serving Lebanon and more specifically the Keserwan area for centuries now and have been known for its generosity, fairness and kindness. Added to that, the Khazens have displayed strong leadership skills that have kept Keserwan and the Maronite Patriarchal seat safe and honored.   In that context and upon […]

Unknown individuals on Monday kidnapped the pastor of Baalbek’s Our Lady of Good Help Church, Father Walid Gharious, aka Father Elias Maroun Gharious, on the Baalbek road near the intersection leading to the town of al-Ansar, state-run National News Agency reported.  “Security forces are pursuing the kidnappers after unveiling threads related to the kidnap operation,” […]

  A huge part of a carpet factory that was engulfed in flames in the coastal town of Safra, north of Beirut, collapsed on Friday after its outer walls cracked from the force of flames. The collapse of “Byblos” factory’s western front came after firefighters cleared the area following the partial cracks in the walls. The collapse […]

    President Michel Suleiman telephoned on Thursday his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad to condemn the twin Damascus explosions that took place earlier in the day. He told Assad: “Bombings that have cost the lives of several civilians are not the proper way to achieve democracy.” “The only way to reach democracy lies in national dialogue, where […]

    The United States is urging Lebanese banks to take "extra" caution in handling financial transactions with Syria, to prevent the Assad regime and its supporters from stashing money abroad, a senior Treasury official said Thursday. "We want to be as careful as possible that the regime, its cronies, its allies that may be trying […]