Beirut - United States Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff warned Thursday that Lebanon's radical Islamic group Hezbollah "makes Al Qaeda look like a minor league team," and poses the greatest threat to national security.
Beirut / Baghdad - Iraqi President Jalal Talebani demanded that the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should not interfere in Iraqi affairs.
Beirut - Iranian predictions of the assassination of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to use his death for political gain in the 2009 parliamentary elections caused outrage and resentment by some Lebanese politicians.
Beirut - Incumbent Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, who was asked yesterday by president Michel Suleiman to form a new national unity government, has started his consultations by meeting all former prime ministers of Lebanon, in line with the Lebanese tradition.
By: Abdullah Iskandar Beirut- Last Monday evening, Beirut presented two images on behalf of Lebanon. A huge audience gathering in the central district of the capital to sing, dance and celebrate the implementation of the Doha Agreement with the election
Beirut - The focus in Lebanon today will be on the formation of the national unity government . Prime Minister designate Fouad Siniora will start his consultations with the parliament members and bloc leaders at 1:30 PM and is expected
Beirut - Ever since Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah defended and admitted he is a member of the Wilayat al Faqih , the issue of this type of Iranian rule created a lot of interest in the Lebanese media
Beirut/ London - More than 100 countries reached agreement Wednesday to ban cluster bombs, controversial weapons that human rights groups deplore but that the United States, which did not join the ban, calls an integral, legitimate part of its arsenal.
By: Hassan Haidar Beirut - Had Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah been an average cleric, like the thousands of others, from every sect, dispersed in every region of Lebanon,
Beirut / Paris - According to the " Le Canard Enchaine " newspaper, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be visiting Lebanon in mid-June to Lebanon to congratulate Michel Suleiman on his election as president of the republic and to meet
After more than a year of contentious negotiations, diplomats from 109 countries meeting in Dublin agreed Wednesday on a treaty that would outlaw the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions, which have killed and wounded thousands of civilians
Lebanese authorities destroyed on Thursday over 100,000 pirated CDs and DVDs valued at $5 million in part of a nationwide campaign to crack down on copyright violations. Under the watchful eyes of officials from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and
The head of the Union for Lebanon, Massoud al-Ashkar, said it was high time for the Christians in Beirut "to regain" their rights "after almost 18 years of marginalization.""The parliamentary electoral law adopted in Doha grants the Christians some of
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora paid a number of customary visits on Thursday, one day ahead of the mandatory parliamentary consultations that will precede the formation of Lebanon's new cabinet. Siniora met former premiers Omar Karami, Salim Hoss, Najib Mikati, Rasheed
The European Commission Delegation in Beirut said on Thursday that the recent adoption of proposals for the Union of the Mediterranean would benefit all participants of the Barcelona process, including Lebanon. In a statement issued on Thursday the commission said
