Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged on Sunday the need for political powers to end their tense rhetoric and instead place national interests above all else. He called during his Sunday sermon for “the formation of a government capable of rising up to challenges, especially staging the presidential elections on time.” The government should also help restore […]

  A Lebanon-based Sunni militant with reported links to Al-Qaeda pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria in an audio recording released late Saturday, urging the radical Syrian rebel group to "reactivate its cells" in the country.   “We pledge allegiance to [ISIS chief] Abu Bakr al-Husseini al-Qurshi al-Baghdadi to listen […]

  NAAMEH, Lebanon – Climbing the quiet, winding road up the first slopes of the Aley mountains from the town of Naameh, 20km south of Beirut, the air is distinctly less fresh than one would expect from a sparsely populated, densely forested expanse. “The smell isn’t too bad at the moment, the wind’s coming from […]

  In the early 19th century, and according to Cheikh Chahine el Khazen, the sons of Keserwan el Khazen inaugurated Our Lady of Louaize church in Naccache in one of Cheikh Khazen Khaled el Khazen’s properties. In the 20th century, Cheikh Khaled Rached el Khazen was looking over the church. Nowadays, the Church is under […]

  Members of Lebanon’s Sunni sect should avoid areas where Hezbollah has a presence or enjoys support, the Nusra Front in Lebanon, a group of radical Syrian rebels that has claimed responsibility for bombings in the country, warned Friday.   “The Nusra Front in Lebanon announces that all the strongholds, headquarters and military and security […]

  During the year 1970, Cheikha Jamale Sejaan el Khazen, widow of Cheikh Farid Son of Nayef Son of Salibi from the house of Cheikh Abou Kansso Fayyad el Khazen from Ghosta, and her daughter Cheikha Marie-Therese el Khazen, mother of MP Cheikh Farid Elias el Khazen, founded a church to honor Saint Rita in […]

  Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Mohammad Chaar wasn’t looking to become a martyr — or a victim. Late last month, the 16-year-old student was just hanging out with his friends in downtown Beirut, out of school and having fun. They all took a selfie to mark the moment, and never expected that moment would become […]

  A “suspicious” man arrested by the Internal Security Forces on Wednesday in the Beirut southern suburb of Haret Hreik has turned out to be a renowned Lebanese rapper.   “He raised suspicions due to his beard and was taken for interrogation while his car was inspected and it did not contain any explosives,” al-Jadeed […]

  GlobalData, a London-based consultancy company, said Tuesday that international oil firms were still keen to bid for Lebanon’s offshore gas exploration despite the delays in an expected auction and political instability.   “Lebanon’s first offshore bidding round has generated significant interest from oil firms, and while ongoing political instability has led to its third […]

  A suicide bombing rocked on Tuesday Beirut’s southern suburbs for the second time this month, leaving at least four people dead, the state-run National News Agency reported. Red Cross Operations Director George Kettaneh told local TV stations that at least two people died in the blast that hit the Haret Hreik district. But NNA said four […]