The National Christian Gathering was launched Friday and Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said he hoped the occasion would be the "beginning of a long march of working together."

Beirut - General Michel Aoun said he is opposed to the US foreign policy and his opposition is an act of self defense . He defended his alliance with Hezbollah and criticized those that opposed it.

BEIRUT: The Southern town of Srifa was rattled by a predawn earthquake on Friday, sparking panic among the weary population, but no casualties were reported. The tremor registered 3.5 degrees on the R...

BATROUN: Last weekend saw a celebration in Batroun of North Lebanon's food specialties and cultural heritage, as part of Food and Feast Festival 2008. Samak Lubnan, one of the 15 Food and Feast region...

But on Thursday, the Association for Forests, Development and Conservation (AFDC) showcased several new reforestation programs and prevention measures which have been funded by the EU.

BINT JBEIL: Reconstruction efforts in Lebanon's South seem to be in full swing after the havoc wrought by the 2006 summer war with Israel. In general, progress is being made in the villages that were ...

BEIRUT: Lebanese farmers on Friday threatened to take to the streets if the government refuses to backtrack on its decision to cancel the Export Plus Program. After a meeting with outgoing Economy and...

BEIRUT: The private sector supports increasing the minimum wage but strongly refuse any intervention from the government in this matter, Fadi Abboud, the president of the Lebanese Industrialists Assoc...

BEIRUT: Prospects of forming a national unity government seemd to improve Friday, with the political pendulum shifting back toward optimism after a mid-week sputter due to a dispute over the distribut...

Meanwhile, the vice president of the Higher Shiite Council, Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan, reiterated his call for distributing ministerial portfolios to all Lebanese parties in rotation.

BEIRUT: Lebanon expects over 1.3 million tourists this year thanks to the positive political atmosphere following the election of a new president, outgoing Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said Friday. The...

BEIRUT: The British ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Mary Guy, clarified her government's recent move to classify the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist organization in an interview published in ...

BEIRUT: Polished, yet distinctly partial. The National Christian Gathering (NCG), a Lebanese Christian political front, was launched at the Le Royal Hotel in Dbayyeh on Friday, during a convention wit...

BEIRUT: The Higher Judicial Council on Friday named Judge George Badih Karam examining magistrate in the assassination of MP and journalist Gebran Tueni. A short statement said the council approved a ...

BEIRUT: The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of the Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) and the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Torture held a news conference on Friday afte...

Commemoration A commemoration service was held for Gholam-Hossein Motevasselian, deceased father of kidnapped Iranian diplomat, Ahmad Motevasselian, at IRI Embassy here Friday. Iran's then military at...

Israel received a report from the Lebanese Hizbullah that an Israeli airman reported missing in Lebanon since 1986 has been dead for more than 10 years, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said after meeting President Michel Suleiman on Friday that he hopes the government would be formed in 24 hours and proposed national dialogue prior to its policy s...

Shiite religious authority Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah said Friday that national backing for Hizbullah's "victory" in arranging the prisoner swap with Israel should be the "intro" t...

BEIRUT, July 4 (Bernama) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has set July 9 as a deadline to conclude the formation of a new government in the country, well informed sources were quoted by Xinhua ne...

Beirut- Lebanon could witness the birth of a new government within 24 hours, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Friday. Speaking after a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Pala...

The National Liberal Party said Friday that releasing prisoners from Israeli jails would not be a national event as long as Lebanese detainees are held by Syria.

President Michel Suleiman has on Friday reportedly launched his first valuable initiative which sought to bring together Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and parliamentary majority leader Saad ...

The region has been the theater of scores of quakes and aftershocks for over two months, which sparked fears in south Lebanon about a possible major tremor that might strike the region.

Syrian authorities began on Thursday imposing custom fees of around $380 on export trucks, a day after putting levies on Arab nationals leaving Syrian territories.

Hezbollah's leader has confirmed for the first time his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and information on a missing Israeli airman in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in Israel...

There has been some confusion over the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms dispute with France ruling out a breakthrough in the conflict while the U.S. expecting a speedy settlement of the issue.

Israel received a report from Hezbollah on Thursday regarding the Lebanese Shi'ite organization's efforts to locate missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.In the report, which is part of a broade...

04 July 2008 BEIRUT: Inflation figures have become a matter of considerable debate in Lebanon. The government says inflation is close to 10 percent, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh believes it i...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cheered with South Korean peacekeeping troops for Lebanon as he returned to his native country for the first time since taking up the post.

BEIRUT: Not everyone has the time to fly out to Cannes each spring to catch a few movies, especially when a country's political theater holds its citizens rapt, as it tends to do in this country. No d...

Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Lebanon, Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour, contemplates during a press conference held at the Lebanese press syndicate's headquarters in Beirut. Iran's embassy in Lebanon said on Thu...

Releasing Lebanese Prisoners from Israeli jails and placing Shebaa Farms under U.N. guardianship would leave only two problems related to "naturalizing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the que...

March 14 coordinator Faris Soeid said Thursday that Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is trying to contain the negative reaction to his party's May assaults.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Thursday said the prisoner swap between Israel and Hizbullah is "evidence to the beginning of an understanding so that people can live in peace and reconcili...

"This can only be achieved through the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and through Syrian non-interference in Lebanese internal affairs," Jumblatt said at a Socialist ...

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Thursday criticized political leaders for demanding the biggest possible cabinet shares, saying this does not reflect "a genuine national spirit."

Suleiman has continued his efforts to speed up the formation of a national unity government, and has begun preparations for welcoming the Lebanese prisoners who will be returning from Israel, as soon ...

Beirut - The Iranian embassy in Lebanon said on Thursday that four Iranian diplomats, seized in 1982 by a Christian militia in Lebanon, are still alive and being held in Israel.

"Even the dogs are allowed to go out but we're stuck," says Angelique, who did not want to give her real name for fear of retribution. "We're like slaves here."

TRIPOLI: A two-story building collapsed around 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Tal neighborhood in the Northern city of Tripoli, killing three Syrian workers and injuring another four people, who were imme...

BEIRUT: Fears of another battle between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and armed factions in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon spiked on Thursday, when a group of some 30 members of Fatah al-Intif...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A member of the panel that probed the disastrous summer 2006 Israeli war in Lebanon said on Thursday he regretted not having recommended at the time that Premier Ehud Olmert resign...

BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora and President Michel Sleiman were still awaiting a response from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun on Thursday after the latest package of...

BEIRUT: MP Walid Jumblatt will take part in the welcoming ceremony for Lebanese prisoner Samir Kontar and other detainees who are set to be freed soon as part of a swap deal between Hizbullah and Isra...

BEIRUT: The Union for Lebanon, headed by Massoud al-Ashkar, held a meeting on Thursday to mark the "War of 100 Days" in 1978, between an alliance consisting of the Lebanese Forces and the Phalange Par...

BEIRUT: The Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP) formally announced Thursday the appointment of Asaad Hardan as the party's new president, who is replacing Ali Qanso. The announcement took place ...

BEIRUT: Opposition parties are touting a meeting scheduled for Friday as a "National Christian Gathering," but key representatives of the community like the Phalange Party and other pro-government fac...

Tastefully designed by renowned consultancy firm Agostine & Rafael to depict the rich culture and heritage of Lebanon, Beirut Towers will consist of two towers - Ashrafieh and Verdun. Aiming to...

(MENAFN Press) Providing residents in the UAE with a taste of the beauty and ethnicity of Lebanon, Plus Properties unveiled a US$125 million one-of-its-kind project - Beirut Towers, a luxury residenti...

Key figures have on Thursday reportedly given their testimonies to the international investigation commission into the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.

The sources warned against the dangers of this phenomenon, particularly since the same method was used with the birth of Fatah al-Islam whose fighters were moved from Bourj al-Barajneh to the northern...

LONDON: The British government has asked parliament to outlaw Hizbollah's military wing and accused the group of supporting terrorism in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. "This means that it will...

Druze leader Walid Jumblat said he will take part in the welcoming ceremony for Lebanese prisoner Samir Qantar and other detainees to be freed soon as part of a swap deal between Hizbullah and Israel.

was partly what inspired me." The only reference to Hezbollah, which claimed victory in a devastating 34-day war against Israel two summers ago, is an "RPG" (rocket-propelled-grenade...

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has agreed to a prisoner swap with Israel. He made the statement during a televised news conference in Beirut. Nasrallah said he expected the swap ...

Why was Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah so anxious Wednesday to report the signing of the prisoner exchange? And why doesn't he provide details on the abducted Israeli soldiers? Nasrallah's distrust in the Is...

AFP LONDON: Britain yesterday moved to ban the entire military wing of Hezbollah, adding it to its blacklist of designated terrorist groups.Toughening its stance on the Lebanese political group, the H...

Kidnapped Diplomats On the occasion of 26th anniversary of kidnapping Iranian diplomats in Beirut, Iran's embassy here issued a statement which underlined necessity of effort to release them. The stat...

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday extended a conciliatory hand to the rival pro-government camp and declared support for placing the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area under U.N. custody.

Clashes broke out late Wednesday between mainstream Fatah fighters and others from Jund al-Sham at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, the state-run Nation...

Beirut- Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave a live press conference in which he revealed details of the prisoner swap and attacked the British government for listing Hezbollah mili...

The ceiling of the first floor of a two-storey building collapsed in Tal neighborhood near the northern port city of Tripoli on Wednesday, killing three Syrian workers, the state-run National News Age...

BEIRUT: At Buns and Guns, you can order a Kalashnikov sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music. This new fast fo...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that the U.K.'s decision to blacklist the Lebanese militant group's military wing as a terrorist outfit was an "honor" but questioned th...

Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani on Wednesday said the expected liberation of Lebanese prisoners from Israeli jails is a "national accomplishment."

Britain's Home Office banned the entire military wing of Hezbollah on Wednesday in a rebuke over the Lebanese Shiite group's alleged role supporting militants in Iraq. McNulty said the gove...

Beirut- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami criticized the Hezbollah-led opposition for agitating factional tension. During an interview at LBC TV , he also accused "allies in the opposition" o...

London: Britain is issuing an amendment on a ban on Lebanese group Hezbollah, which will cover its entire military wing, the government said on Wednesday. Under the new ban, the groups entire military...

The allegations come as the United States and Iran are engaged in a showdown over Tehran's nuclear program and each country's role in Iraq. Iran, Hezbollah's mentor, denies giving any support to Sh...

Maronite Bishops on Wednesday warned against the slow pace in efforts to form a new cabinet and called for placing the nation's interests on top of other interests.

The Civil Defense Directorate said the fire originally broke out in an auxiliary power generator that serves the Karm al-Zaitoun district of Ashrafiyeh.

QUAKE FEAR: Hundreds of residents of the south Lebanon village of Srifa have been camping out at night amid fears that a major earthquake will hit the region.(Getty Images)

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over the presence of armed groups in the area of peacekeepers' operations in south Lebanon and said Israeli overflights have reached record levels.

President Michel Suleiman seemed to have been left with only one choice – a neutral transitional government – meaning not belonging to any of the political groups.

"When you deal with others, this does not mean that you are relinquishing your personality, but it becomes a necessity so we could become complementary," Aoun said in a chat with journalists...

" Hizbullah's military wing also provides support to Palestinian terrorist groups in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

BAGHDAD - Hezbollah instructors trained Shia militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran - presumably to continue instruction on Ir...

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora said that the prisoners swap deal between Israel and Hezbollah is a "huge failure" for Israel and a "national success" for Hezbollah, local Da...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran - presumably to continue instruction...