BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrians held a massive rally Thursday in support of embattled President Bashar Assad, but the regime's crackdown on dissent continued in opposition areas as security forces killed at least four people, including a (...)
BEIRUT — Lebanese security officials say five prisoners, most of them members of an al-Qaida-inspired group, have escaped the country's main jail.
The officials say it is not clear how the four Lebanese and one Sudanese citizen broke out of the (...)
WADI KHALED: Carrying mattresses and bags of clothing, Syrians fleeing their homeland described a "catastrophic" scene Monday in a besieged border town that has been largely sealed off as the army tries to crush a two-month uprising.
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BEIRUT: More than 200 members have quit Syria's ruling Baath party in the southern province at the epicenter of the country's uprising to protest President Bashar Assad's brutal crackdown on opponents, a human rights activist said (...)
BEIRUT: Lebanon's new Hezbollah-backed prime minister began the process of forming a new Cabinet on Wednesday, as calm returned to the country after two days of protests against the Iranian-backed militant group's growing influence.
Police and (...)
BEIRUT: Hezbollah says looming indictments by a UN court for the assassination of a former prime minister are of no concern to the group.
Hezbollah's leader, in fact, says he is so relaxed he sleeps an extra hour every night.
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BEIRUT: The discovery of large natural gas reserves under the waters of the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations — if it doesn't spark new war between them.
The (...)
BEIRUT: On a typical night out in Beirut, glitzy nightclubs thrum with revelers, tourists pack breezy seaside restaurants and the lights from brand-new, million-dollar skyscrapers dot the horizon.
But beneath Lebanon's gleaming exterior lies a (...)
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shia Islam's main religious figures who had a strong following world over, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.
Fadlallah, known for his staunch anti-American stance, (...)