Unknown assailants opened fire at the Maarab residence of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday, announced the LF media department in a statement. The security personnel at the residence immediately headed to the scene where they found empty bullet shells belonging to a 12.7 sniper rifle, it said. LF MP Antoine Zahra later […]

  وتعليقاً على ما يتعرّض له البطريرك مار بشارة بطرس الراعي من انتقادات، ذكّر سعادة بأنّ موقف الكتائب كان واضحاً بهذا الصدد. وقال "بكركي بالنسبة إلينا خط احمر والذي لديه أيّ مشكلة مع البطريرك فليحلّها داخل أسوار بكركي وليس عبر الاعلام". وردّاً على سؤال عن دور الكتائب في حلحلة الازمة بين الجامع الازهر وبكركي، خصوصاً […]

  Jal el-Dib residents blocked the highway again to voice their anger at the lack of an alternative for the dismantled bridge. They blocked the highway for more than an hour and the police is now reopening the roads.  

    President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Judge Sir David Baragwanath held talks on Monday with President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati separately as he is expected to meet with several other senior Lebanese officials. The National News Agency reported that Suleiman discussed with Baragwanath at the Baabda Palace the progress of […]

  The residents of Jal el-Dib and neighboring areas are expected to stage a sit-in on Tuesday morning on the Beirut-Jounieh highway in protest of the cabinet’s failure to find an alternative solution to traffic after the dismantlement of the metal bridge, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported. [Source]

  Residents of the southern city of Sidon were surprised on Monday to see two rabbis touring Jewish sites in the city’s old quarter. "For 40 years we have not seen a rabbi in Sidon. And the last Jewish families left after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, fearing reprisals," said one resident on condition […]

  Nun Ramza Barakeh was found dead inside her family’s house in the town of Mansouriyeh, state-run National News Agency reported. After examining the body of the 69-year-old victim, a forensic said the death happened on Monday and that the corpse was hidden in the bathroom. According to NNA, Ramza was killed when her mentally ill, 55-year-old […]

      Ahmad al-Assir first caught the attention of political observers when he was among the first in Lebanon to organize demonstrations in support of the Syrian uprising. Since then, the Saida-based Salafist cleric has been criticized for what some perceive as his heavily sectarian rhetoric, directed particularly against Shia Muslims. Read the full […]

    President Michel Suleiman hailed the government for going back on track after approving plans to resolve the electricity crisis and calling for an audit on the 2006-2010 extra-budgetary spending. “We could say that the cabinet’s productivity is on the right track…amid lack of tension” between its different members, Suleiman told As Safir daily published […]

   Three Lebanese athletes will represent Lebanon at the 2012 London Olympic Games: – Andrea Paoli (Taekwondo) – Tvine Moumjoghlian (Ping Pong) – Cathia Bachrouch (Swimming)   Best of luck to all of them!