By Pamela Engel – Business Insider

Muslims becoming radicalized and joining the Islamic State terror group — and in some cases leaving their home countries to travel to the Middle East — is becoming a growing crisis in the West.

Local imams are speaking about having to fight against a tide of young people who are turning to radical Islam in increasing numbers, Twitter is scrambling to shut down Islamic State accounts that spew propaganda and advertise the brutal acts the group carries out, and airport customs officials are now on the lookout for people who are trying to enter Syria illegally through Turkey.

  EU Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst stressed on Friday that the election of a new head of state increases the trust in Lebanon, which is confronting enormous challenges. “It gives a positive indication locally and in the region,” Eichhorst said in an interview with An Nahar newspaper. Lebanon has been without a president since […]

  Growing fears of a vacuum in the Lebanese Army Command will spur international powers to launch a flurry of political activity in September aimed at breaking the yearlong presidential deadlock, according to Western diplomats. “September seems to be a suitable date for the international community to begin talks with regional and local players to […]

  BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut hosted its triennial Honey Day Wednesdy, in an effort to raise awareness about the role of bees in nature and funds for its campus apiary. Rami Ollaik, a professor of beekeeping, and 25 of his apiculture students sold a wide array of honeys, including oak, orange and wild […]

Three indictments were issued on Thursday against detainees held on terror charges, reported the National News Agency. Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan issued the indictments against the suspects for belonging to a terrorist organization that was seeking to carry out terror attacks. They were also charged with combating the army and killing an officer […]

  SIDON, Lebanon: A fire broke out Thursday at a four-story building housing Syrian refugees in the southern city of Sidon. Firefighters, backed by seven trucks and several ambulances, were able to douse the blaze at the Ouzai building a short time later after evacuating more than 400 refugees. Three girls suffered minor burns, according […]

  The army said on Thursday it arrested a fugitive wanted for murder and three other people for the possession of drugs in several areas of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hassan Hussein Zoaiter, who is wanted for the death of a Lebanese man, was apprehended, said a communique issued by the army command. Three other suspects […]

  The army intelligence has arrested two people accused of transferring money to Lebanon to finance terrorist organizations, the military announced on Tuesday. The army’s communique identified the suspects as Mahmoud Mohammed Hamze and Mohammed Osama Mehsen. It said the two men are accused of transferring the money from Islamic Sate members abroad and handing […]

  BEIRUT: Press Martyrs Day in Lebanon, which falls Wednesday, is of special significance this year, as May 6, 2015, commemorates one century of martyrdom and sacrifices made by Lebanese journalists. Lebanese journalists and nationalists advocating freedom from four centuries of Ottoman rule were hanged on three occasions in 1915 and 1916, in what is […]

  Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji vowed late Tuesday to continue the battle against terrorists, saying the military would stop militants from dragging strife to Lebanon. “The army is committed to confronting terrorism with all its strength and decisiveness,” said Qahwaji in a speech at the opening of a regional conference in Beirut. The military […]