Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is scheduled to travel to the Iraqi Kurdish region of Erbil on Friday to follow up the situation of Christians who have been displaced as a result of the Islamic State group’s onslaught. Al-Joumhouria daily said that al-Rahi will be accompanied during the one-day visit by the Archbishop of Milan, […]

  BEIRUT: A plume of black smoke covered a Sin al-Fil neighborhood Thursday after a fire erupted in one of the area’s local markets, a security source told The Daily Star. The fire erupted in Souq al-Khoudar, facing Souk al-Ahad- a giant, open-air weekly flea market is located under the flyover by Jisr al-Wati. Civil […]

  BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Health Ministry ordered a dairy factory shut Thursday after seizing large quantities of expired dairy products in the Bekaa Valley Thursday. Health Ministry inspectors seized 25 tons of expired dairy products from the Al-Marahi Al-Thahabiya factory in the town of Zahle, according to a statement released by the ministry’s press office. Thursday’s […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Monday that it was unacceptable for the presidential vacuum to last more than a year, hoping for a divine “interference” in the country’s blood-stained history. “We continue to pray for the election of a president, for stability and for a comprehensive reconciliation,” al-Rahi said at the opening of […]

  SIDON, Lebanon: The Internal Security Forces arrested 13 wanted criminals in the southern city of Sidon Tuesday, for the possession and sale of illegal narcotics, a security source told The Daily Star. Judicial police, in addition to members of the Central Narcotics Bureau and the ISF’s Information Branch, carried out raids in Sidon’s old […]

  BEIRUT: U.S Ambassador David Hale said Monday the Lebanese Army and state security bodies were the only legitimate protectors of Lebanon against extremism. Speaking during a ceremony to mark America’s 239th year of independence, Hale urged the Lebanese to remain committed to their state institutions, “which are so much stronger than the false ideology […]

  Prime Minister Tammam Salam has held a meeting with Western ambassadors, who insisted that they would exert all efforts to prevent a cabinet paralysis, diplomatic sources said on Monday. The sources told An Nahar and al-Joumhouria newspapers, that the meeting between Salam and the ambassadors of the United States, France and Britain took place […]

  SIDON, Lebanon: A few hundred meters off the coast of Sidon, facing the city’s port and sea castle, lies the island of Al-Zira. A campaign kicked off this month to promote conservation of the historic landmark. The “Friends of Zira and Sidon’s Beach” organization took the first steps in their initiative to preserve the […]

  An al-Nusra Front official has revealed that the Islamic State extremist group is plotting a terrorist attack in northern Lebanon in the coming weeks, As Safir daily reported on Monday. The newspaper said the official claimed on his Twitter account that the IS is planning for “a huge operation against the Lebanese army” in […]

  Next week may act as a final deadline for political powers to resolve the deadlock over the government, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday. Informed ministerial sources told the daily: “New options could be sought if the impasse is not resolved next week.” They did not give further details. All contacts that have been held […]