TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Lebanese Sunni Muslim leader Saad Hariri held talks with an Alawite community leader in a volatile northern city overnight, paving the way for agreement to end four months of secta...

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday renewed his call for holding the national dialogue the soonest possible, stressing his openness to al-Mustaqbal Movement and all Sunnis in Lebanon.

Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun and Communications Minister MP Jubran Bassil reportedly spent the night prior to their last France trip at a Hizbullah official home in the southern suburbs in B...

Mount Lebanon Mufti sheikh Mohammed Ali Jouzou on Sunday attacked Syrian President Bashar Assad for saying that the Lebanon situation remains fragile because certain states back fundamentalism.

In a joint operation targeting a local smuggling network, army and police forces seized around 55 kilos (120 pounds) of heroin and 650,000 dollars (450,000 euros) in cash, Israeli police spokesman Era...

Beirut - A new report in the Middle East confirms Hezbollah has begun using the online social network Facebook to learn more about Israel's military bases and soldiers, who are potential kidnapping ta...

Tripoli: Lebanese leaders held talks in Tripoli overnight, in a bid to end sectarian violence that has plagued the city for months, politicians said on Sunday. Sunni Muslim leader Sa'ad Al Hariri held...

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Sunday called for solidarity among the various factions to safeguard Lebanon against catastrophes that could happen.

Beirut- Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt warned that breaking out of a Sunni-Shiite conflict would provide Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with a "pretext to intervene in Leban...

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri, on a mission to reconcile between Sunnis and Alawites in north Lebanon's city of Tripoli, met early Sunday head of the Arab Democratic Party Ali Eid.

Beirut- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will demand that Israel pay Lebanon $1 billion in compensation for damages caused during Israel's 2006 war against Hezbollah , according to reports by 2 Israel...

Tripoli: Al Mustaqbal Movement chief and parliament majority leader MP Saad Hariri on Saturday stretched a hand to the Alawites in north Lebanon and vowed not to let anyone damage their security.

THE children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr's bloodstained clothes. His belt is here, and the shoes he died in, scarred with shrapnel. The battered desk where h...

Tripoli: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a landmark meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to seal a reconciliation with the former US enemy. Rice said on Saturday before leaving that...

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Saturday stretched a hand to the Alawite community in north Lebanon and vowed not to let anyone damage their security.

The highest Salaphi cleric in Lebanon, Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal, on Saturday paid tribute to the Army command and reiterated a call to "avoid falling into the trap of conflict with the military establi...

Ex-Premier Najib Miqati said Saturday serious efforts were underway to work out reconciliation between the various factions in the northern city of Tripoli.

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri arrived in Tripoli Saturday for talks with leaders of north Lebanon aimed at launching development projects and facilitating stability.

"March 14 leaders found no other way to express their concern over the future except by attacking Syrian President Bashar Assad's stands," al-Manar said.

Helicopter The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah acknowledged that his group was responsible for the shooting down last week of a Lebanese army helicopter. Hassan Nasrallah said the shooting was a mistake....

France and Qatar have been "annoyed" by Syrian President Bashar Assad's stand that cast doubt on the situation in Lebanon and relayed their stands to Damascus, the daily newspaper an-Nahar reported on...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy had reminded his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad that the International Tribunal on Lebanon is a "track that has no point of return."

Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met in Tripoli late Friday with an aim to turn a new page in the Washington-Tripoli relations, said reports reaching...

Sue Pleming I Reuters TRIPOLI: Top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tripoli yesterday on the first trip by a US secretary of state to Libya since 1953, and said it was proof that Washington had...

Libya took control of Group Five of the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after pulling off a 1-0 win over Ghana in Tripoli. More to follow soon

BEIRUT: Lebanon's cultural production needs to be nourished and protected through the implementation of the copyrights law, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This recom...

BEIRUT: United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale said in comments published Friday that the Bush administration was worried about the "continued arms smugg...

MARJAYOUN: A Salvadorian contingent joined the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday and is preparing, according to UNIFIL sources, to aid the peacekeeping force's Spanish conti...

BEIRUT: Charged remarks continued to pour out from pro-government politicians and media outlets on Friday in response to comments made by MP Michel Aoun over the attack on a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF...

President Bashar Assad's comments on the security situation in the northern city of Tripoli have drawn a flood of harsh criticism from Lebanese officials, who have every right to be alarmed and outrag...

BEIRUT: The rankings of top regional banks, as compiled by Bank Audi's Research Department, based on financials ending June 30, 2008, show that Saudi and UAE banks dominate the industry in size. The r...

BEIRUT: The Steering Committee of the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry (Directorate General for Development Cooperation) approved a further 16.6 million euro ($ 23.76 million) grant, on the bilateral ...

BEIRUT: Real-estate giant Solidere is still reaping handsome profits and revenues thanks partly to a backlog of lands-sales contracts that are being realized in 2008 and possibly over the next coming ...

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Friday hit back at Syrian President basher Assad saying the side that "exports terror to north Lebanon has no right to fear the spread of fundamentalism in Leb...

MP Mohammed Kabbara on Friday declared the northern city of Tripoli "the capital of Lebanese Sunnis" and called for a meeting of the sect's religious leaders to tackle threats targeting the community.

Ex-President Amin Gemayel on Friday accused Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun of "covering up efforts by Hizbullah to set up a state within the state."

MP Butros Harb said Friday the attack on the army helicopter and killing of its captain is "evidence that coexistence is impossible between the regular force and (irregular) armed forces" in reference...

+ ] TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tripoli on Friday on the first trip by a U.S. secretary of state to Libya since 1953, and said it was proof that Washington had ...

Prime Minister Fouad Saniora said on Friday the finance and labor ministers have agreed on a joint approach to the pay raise issue that would be discussed in the cabinet's forthcoming meeting.

The famous Egyptian lawyer Nabih Al Wahish, known for suing celebrities, has filed a suit against the Lebanese artist Carole Samaha. He claims that Carole behaved indecently, in a manner that violates...

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale said the Bush administration was worried about the "continued arms smuggling" to Lebanon and warned that any crisis in the ...

Lebanese ruling majority accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of interfering in Lebanese internal affairs and not recognizing Lebanon's sovereignty, local press Naharnet reported Friday. A statement ...

Hezbollah Chief Hasan Nasrallah declared in a televised speech Thursday that his Shiite group will keep its arms even if Shebaa farms were liberated, As-Safir daily reported Friday. "Shebaa farms...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Friday warned Hezbollah against testing the might of Israel Defense Forces (IDF), local daily The Jerusalem Post reported. "I would not advise any one, any ene...

The Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese army are reportedly making contacts with various political parties to remove all banners and posters of political figures from the administrative bo...

He said that the government is working to solve the security situation in two ways: improving the capabilities of the army and security forces and reconciliation among Lebanese.

The ruling March 14 coalition has slammed Syrian President Bashar Assad, saying he is interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs and not recognizing the country's sovereignty.

Beirut, Sep 5 : Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed that his country will not abandon Lebanon's Shia resistance movement Hezbollah.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that his group will keep its arms even if the Shebaa Farms were liberated and acknowledged that a Hizbullah fighter was behind the downing of a Le...

The Military Tribunal acquitted 12 suspects accused of plotting to assassinate Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah nearly two years ago, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Friday.

According to the military court ruling, the soldier was Sgt. Maj. Louai Balut, a tracker. He was convicted of passing sensitive military information to Hizbullah and contacting a foreign agent while s...

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that his group will not disarm even if the Shebaa Farms were liberated and acknowledged that a Hizbullah fighter was behind the downing of a Leban...

BEIRUT: Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that his group will not surrender its weapons "as long as Israeli threats persist." "These weapons will remain because they are used f...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Plans by an unknown group to attack staff of Israel's national carrier El Al in Canada have been thwarted, Israel's private Channel Two television reported on Wednesday. Without gi...

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Thursday his government will approve salary raises in a Cabinet session next week, adding that the Lebanese should double efforts to preserve stability in ...

Beirut - The leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah said Thursday his group would not lay down its weapons even if the disputed Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon was liberated from Israeli oc...

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Thursday dismissed media reports which said it had plans to beef up its presence in North Lebanon in order to put an end to the "growing influence of fundame...

BEIRUT: Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi said Thursday a Hizbullah fighter opened fire "by mistake" at a military helicopter in the southern Sejod region, killing First Lieutenant Samer H...

CHOUF: A press tour organized by Chouf municipalities on Thursday stressed the importance of building manmade lakes in the mountainous areas of the region.

BEIRUT: Israeli troops will evacuate the northern part of the disputed village of Ghajar within a maximum period of three months, Future News television station reported on Thursday.

BEIRUT: Russian Ambassador Sergei Bukin said that Russia was alarmed by the heated rhetoric of recent exchanges between Lebanon and Israel. After meeting with Labor Minister Mohammad Fneish on Thursda...

TEBNIN: The Belgian contingent serving as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a funeral service on Thursday for a sapper who was killed one day earlier while clearing une...

BEIRUT: The Etudia educational center recently opened with a flurry of advertising regarding the new teaching methodologies that it offers to its students. Etudia, Italian for studio, bases its curric...

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud unveiled a new campaign Wednesday to raise some $25 million to improve Lebanon's fire-prevention and firefighting capabilities. Lebanon's forest regions are figh...

BEIRUT: A polluted river running through a crowded suburb of Beirut could pose a serious risk to the health of people living nearby, but the government is doing nothing to combat the issue, local lead...

BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah issued a fatwa, or religious edict, on Thursday urging employers to refrain from resorting to physical violence, sexual harassment and unjust ac...

A new exhibit in Lebanon celebrates Hezbollah's 2006 war against Israel and commemorates fallen military leader Imad Mugniyah. Though gruesome and kitschy, the show has been a huge success.

A Tel Aviv military court on Thursday sentenced an Israeli Arab tracker in the Israel Defense Forces to 11 years jail time for spying for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The court convicted Sgt. Maj. ...

(CNSNews.com) – Jewish groups expressed dismay on Thursday over a recent meeting between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar. They met while Abbas...

Telecommunications Minister Jubran Bassil on Thursday agreed with MTC and Alfa telecommunication companies to expand the network, improve coverage and lower fees.

The ruling March 14 coalition on Thursday accused Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun of attacking media outlets in a bid to "cover up" for the helicopter shooting attack that killed Capt....

Syrian authorities have informed French President Nicolas Sarkozy that they have arrested Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker Abssi, reliable sources told Naharnet on Thursday.

Syrian President Bashar Assad told a quadripartite summit in Damascus Thursday that the Lebanon situation remains fragile because certain states back fundamentalism.

Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar proposed granting gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli a grace period to surrender their weapons to security forces.

"Six Israeli warplanes flew all over southern Lebanon and the city of Tyre at low altitude for more than an hour and broke the sound barrier twice over Tyre," the official told AFP.

TYRE: Six Israeli warplanes flew over South Lebanon and broke the sound barrier twice over the port city of Tyre on Wednesday, a security official said. "Six Israeli warplanes flew all over southern L...

"Sidon is a remarkable archaeological city where we have found that economics and religion are closely related," archaeology expert and field supervisor Claude Doumet Serhal told The Daily Star. "And ...

BEIRUT: A Lebanese police officer was beaten up and his two brothers were shot after an overnight argument over a parking space at an apartment complex in Beirut's southern suburbs, a security report ...

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said on Wednesday that achieving national unity in Lebanon required reconciliation and true dialogue between the Lebanese. "There will be no reconciliation without dia...

BEIRUT: A team from the American University of Beirut (AUB) conducted a litter survey along Ras Beirut's corniche, submitting it to policymakers to help them find the most effective solution for that ...

BEIRUT: Representatives of Catholic schools across Lebanon held their annual two-day conference meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, aiming order to put in practice a strategy for improving the education...

BEIRUT: Proposed reforms of Lebanon's electoral law contain serious "loopholes" that could see candidates pressured by rivals to withdraw from campaigning and political contributions donated by illegi...

A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu al-Gheit presented to President Hosni Mubarak a report on his visit to Lebanon last week, Egyptian media reported on Wedne...

TYRE: Youssef Ashkar has chosen Tyre's old souk to display "objects from the past" as an attempt to reveal "the content of one's memory."Ashkar's exhibition included pieces of pottery and copper, elec...

NABATIYE, Lebanon — The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr’s bloodstained clothes. His belt is here, and the shoes he died in, scarred with s...

Assad stressed that France has a special status in the Arab world, expressing his content over the efforts exerted by Sarkozy to strengthen the relations between France and the Arab world on the basis...

Sunni-ruled Arab monarchies of the Gulf have been concerned about the growing clout of overwhelmingly Shiite Iran, another regional heavyweight, in Iraq and Lebanon.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas have tried to abduct Israelis abroad and several such attempts have been thwarted, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said.

Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on Wednesday said the Sujud attack on the army helicopter should not reflect on the resistance and the defense strategy.

MP Nayla Mouawad said on Wednesday that coexistence is "impossible" between the state of Lebanon and the "illegal weapons," in reference to Hizbullah

ST. PAUL: US President George W. Bush saluted Republican John McCain as the man to replace him on Tuesday at a convention featuring assaults on Democrat Barack Obama and a strong defense of McCain's N

For most in Lebanon and the western world, Imad Mughniyah was a mystery until he was assassinated in Damascus in February.But Hezbollah, for whom Mughniyah was a high-ranking military leader, has now ...

Egypt, DEBKAfile said, "has therefore empowered Hizbullah with a role alongside Hamas in Gaza Strip affairs and thrown its own weight behind the most radical Palestinian camp versus Israel."

"The Israeli army will no doubt beat Hizbullah if military confrontations erupted," former commander of the elite Golani brigade Col. Tamir Yadai told Israel army radio.

"We will not allow anyone -- be it from within the Mustaqbal movement or outside -- to force us (to adopt) any other strategy than the one" to bolster the state, Hariri told supporters at an Ifta...

A police sapper, whose arms were severed more than 10 years ago, has thwarted an attempt by two motorcycle riders to snatch a woman's handbag in Beirut, An Nahar daily reported Wednesday.

The death was announced by the group, which is also known as The Association of Islamic Philanthropic Projects. It said Harari died at his home in Beirut at dawn Tuesday. The group described the death...

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has warned against attempts to merge the issue of Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails with that of missing people in the Lebanon war.

A statement, signed by citizens of Tannourine, called for "speedy and neutral investigation with the group that carried out (the attack) and the sides that gave the orders to kill so that culprits wou...