The Lebanese army said on Thursday it has arrested two terrorist leaders involved in attacks on the military during the clashes in northern Lebanon last month. An army communique said the military intelligence apprehended on Wednesday Ayman Abdul Hamid Mheish who leads a terrorist group that was involved in a plot to kidnap Lebanese […]

  UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday urged Lebanon’s parliament to quickly choose a new president to bolster stability as war rages across the border in Syria. Lebanon has been without a president, who is also the commander-in-chief, since May because of disagreements between lawmakers. The 15-member council "expressed concern at the prolonged […]

  BEIRUT: Political parties will only support a consensus candidate to become Lebanon’s new president, MP Marwan Hamade said Wednesday, dismissing both MP Michel Aoun’s and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea’s chances to take the office. “Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s act of adopting Aoun as a presidential candidate has deprived the latter of his consensus aspect,” […]

  The March 14 alliance’s general-secretariat said Wednesday that the extension of parliament’s mandate for two years and seven months should not be taken as a principle. “The extension taking place in institutions can’t become a rule. The principle lies in respecting the state and its institutions and swiftly electing a president and approving a […]

  BEIRUT: The list reads like a who’s who of Lebanese eateries – Hawa Chicken, Spinneys, Roadster Diner and dozens of others – but this was no recognition of Lebanon’s famed cuisine: Tuesday afternoon the health minister named and shamed establishments across Lebanon serving unsafe food. “The Lebanese citizen’s food is not only dipped with […]

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army raided Syrian refugee centers in the northern province of Akkar Tuesday, briefly arresting a number of individuals on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations. Security sources told The Daily Star the 6 a.m. raids took place in the Akkar town of Tal Abbas. They said the Army detained three […]

  Several terrorist detainees have confessed to a plot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to stage a ground offensive and control several regions in northern Lebanon to announce the establishment of the Islamic State in Lebanon. A high-ranking military source told al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Tuesday that Imad Jomaa, Ahmed Miqati […]

  BEIRUT: The European Union will allocate an additional 12 million euros ($14.89 million) in humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees and the most vulnerable Lebanese host families over the winter season, an EU statement said Tuesday. The bulk of the extra funding, amounting to 10 million euros, will be used to help some half a […]

  BEIRUT: There is no coordination between the Lebanese and Syrian armies, a Lebanese Army source was cited as saying Monday by Turkey’s Anadolu news agency. The report did not elaborate, but it contradicts statements made by Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, and General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim. Ibrahim on Saturday […]

  Allying themselves with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, some Lebanese Christians are standing their ground against ISIS. RAS BAALBEK, Lebanon—Rifaat Nasrallah sits impatiently on a sofa in his home in the small village of Ras Baalbek sipping coffee and chain smoking Marlboro Lights. A handgun casually stuck in the waistband of his jeans, he […]