Beirut, Lebanon - An explosion late Sunday across the street from a busy shopping mall killed a 63-year-old woman and injured 12 other people, sending black smoke billowing in the Christian sector of the Lebanese capital, police and witnesses said.
Tripoli, Lebanon - Fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamist gunmen from a Palestinian refugee camp has killed at least 40 people in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
Israel's security cabinet ordered the military to step up operations against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip as Palestinian gunmen continued firing Qassam rockets and mortars into southern Israel. Miri Eisin, the Prime Minister's spokeswoman, said ministers and
The US Army tried to kill or capture Muqtada al-Sadr, the widely revered Shia cleric, after luring him to peace negotiations at a house in the holy city of Najaf, which it then attacked, according to a senior Iraqi government
Butchery was the word that came to mind. Twenty-three Lebanese soldiers and police, 17 Sunni Muslim gunmen. How long can Lebanon endure this? Just before he died, one of the armed men - Palestinians? Lebanese? - we still don't know
Hizbullah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan renewed opposition criticism on Sunday of a plan to establish an international tribunal for Lebanon through the UN Security Council, saying the court would be used "to settle political accounts." "Some parties want, through the
The commander of the Fatah movement in Lebanon condemned Fatah al-Islam, the militant Palestinian group fighting the Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces in Tripoli on Sunday, as a "gang of criminals" that answered to an "external agenda." Sultan Abu
At least 41 people were killed Sunday in a fierce battle here and in the streets of nearby Tripoli between the Lebanese Army and members of an extreme Islamist group, in the deadliest clashes involving the army since the Civil
Interior Minister Ghazi Aridi described the army's actions Sunday in engaging the militant group Fatah al-Islam as a "major and courageous operation to preserve national security." The sentiment was echoed by leaders from both of the country's two main political
On Sunday a small, seemingly marginal group of Islamist militants in North Lebanon demonstrated just how precarious the security situation is in this country. A rag-tag band of gunmen belonging to Fatah al-Islam resisted the authority of security forces who
Shuaa Capital, one of the Middle East's leading investment banks, will open a branch in Beirut in September, the company's chief operating officer said Sunday. Dubai-based Shuaa's new office in the Beirut Central District will house six to 10 employees,
I've been puzzling for some time over the reasons behind the cozy relationship between traditional adversaries Russia and Iran. Marriage of convenience? "The enemy of my enemy, etc."? TM Lutas , inspired by Glenn Reynolds , has offered another explanation:
BAGHDAD, May 20 — Seven American soldiers were killed by roadside bombs, including six who died in one attack in western Baghdad, the military said today. Skip to next paragraph Reach of War Go to Complete Coverage " Along with
Officials from Muslim Brotherhood say arrests are part of an attempt by government to disrupt organizations' efforts in upcoming Shura Council elections
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Tripoli - Deadly clashes between Fatah al-Islam militants and Lebanese troops on Sunday drew expressions of concern both at home and abroad for the stability of a country already gripped by a six-month-old political crisis.
