Rebels seized control of Syria’s border crossings with Iraq on the bloodiest day of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, as China and Russia dismayed the West by blocking UN action against his regime. The rebel offensive on Syria’s eastern border on Thursday came as the army focused its resources on Damascus, resorting to tank […]

  ​The President of the Republic General Michel Sleiman discussed at the Presidential Palace in Baabda today with former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora the latest political developments and the preparations for the national dialogue session next Tuesday.      

  The Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beriut’s Ashrafiyeh neighborhood is expected to inaugurate on Thursday a helipad on the roof of the building during a ceremony sponsored by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut Elias Audeh. The inauguration will take place at 11:00 a.m. and will include medical maneuvers by the Lebanese airforce and […]

  A suicide bomber struck Wednesday at the heart of Syria’s top command, killing three of President Bashar al-Assad’s top security figures in an attack claimed by rebels who warned of more carnage to come. The attack which targeted Assad’s inner core for the first time in a 16-month uprising came ahead of a showdown between […]

  Al-Jazeera television aired Tuesday a video it received from the abductors of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped in Syria in May, in which the kidnappers announced they will release two of the captives. “In response to the appeal of the Muslim Scholars Committee in Lebanon, we will hand over two of the guests […]

  General Manaf Tlass, a key defector from the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, said in a statement sent to AFP Tuesday that he was in Paris and called for a "constructive transition" in his country. "I sincerely hope that the blood stops flowing and that the country emerges from the crisis through a phase of […]

  Russia on Monday blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on mass killings in the Syrian village of Treimsa, diplomats said amid worsening deadlock over international action on the conflict. Russian envoys opposed the statement saying it was not clear what had happened, council diplomats told AFP on condition of anonymity. A draft statement had been […]

  The relatives of the officers detained in the case of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed and a number of army supporters on Monday blocked the Sarba-Jounieh road near an army barracks, declaring that they will not leave before the release of the generals. The military examining magistrate issued on Saturday arrest warrants against three army officers, […]

  أى البطريرك الماروني مار بشاره بطرس الراعي أنه "لن يكون ربيع عربي من دون ربيع مسيحي، ولن يكون ربيع للبشرية من دون الإنجيل" موضحا أننا "في لبنان وصلنا أكثر من مرة إلى شفير الهاوية، وإذ بيد خفية كانت تسند هذا الوطن". الراعي وخلال عظته في القداس الذي أقيم بمناسبة اليوبيل الذهبي لتأسيس كرمل والدة […]

  Lebanese Forces candidate Fadi Karam on Sunday won the Koura by-election by an unofficial margin of 1,300 votes, following a fierce electoral battle with Syrian Social National Party candidate Walid al-Azar. The LF’s campaign said Karam won the election with 12,507 votes as Azar received 11,262 votes. For his part, Hanibaal Karam, media officer of SSNP’s […]