Beirut - All the prisoners and the remains of the Lebanese and Arab fighters arrived from Israel within the last 2 days . The focus today will be on the burial of all the rem
Beirut / Baghdad - Sunni leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority met with Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , reflecting Iraq's efforts to reconcile with aloof Arab neighbors and tamp down sectarian tension across the region.
It is not often that two women create a book that helps unite Lebanese expatriates with their compatriots in their homeland, a task which - let's face it - is not easy for this country. It is fitting, however, that
Israel is sending automated voice messages to mobile phones and interfering with phone lines in Beirut and southern Lebanon in what appears to be an attempt to incite the Lebanese against Hizbullah one day after a United Nations-brokered prisoner swap,
Iran said on Thursday that Israel's release of Lebanese prisoners in a swap with Hizbullah was an achievement both for the movement and the Lebanese people, the state news agency IRNA reported. "The glad news of the release of Lebanese
A consortium of philanthropists, intelligentsia, and politicians turned over ceremonial shovels of dirt Tuesday evening to commemorate the groundbreaking ceremony of the Lebanese American University (LAU) Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chaghoury School of Medicine - Lebanon's seventh licensed medical school.
Two Israeli soldiers whose bodies were returned home two years after being killed by Hizbullah in an ambush received military burials on Thursday. Ehud Goldwasser was the first to be buried, in his northern hometown of Nahariya. Thousands of people
The European Commission will continue to provide financial aid to Lebanon under the European Neighborhood Policy with a grant of 42 million euros ($66.6 million) during the upcoming year, a statement issued by the commission said on Thursday. As part
The rehabilitation and equipment project of a waste management center in Arab Salim in the southern qada of Nabatiyeh, financed by Italy, was inaugurated Thursday by representatives of the Italian Development Cooperation Office of the Italian Embassy in Beirut and
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt said on Thursday that only Lebanese national unity can protect the resistance, in reference to Hizbullah."Arms cannot protect arms ... only national unity can protect the resistance," he said, indirectly responding to Hizbullah
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Thursday chaired the first meeting of the ministerial committee that was formed on Wednesday with the mission of drafting the new Cabinet's ministerial statement. The committee included Information Minister Tarek Mitri, Agriculture Minister Elias Skaff,
The Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT), dispatched by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, began its second mission to Lebanon on Thursday, according to a statement issued by the UN Information Center. The team will conduct a broad review
Lebanese judges condemned Thursday repeated attacks against the Lebanese judicial system and decided to go on strike Friday as a reaction to these "unjustified attacks."Lebanese judges answered the Higher Judicial Council's call for a general meeting that was held in
