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- Lebanon names new army chief
- BEIRUT AFP — General Jean Kahwaji was on Friday appointed chief of the Lebanese army to replace Michel Sleiman, who was elected president in May, Information Minister Tareq Mitri announced. "The Council of Ministers decided to appoint General Jean Kahwaji to the post of chief of the Lebanese army,"...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Jailed officer sues ex-UN investigator in Hariri murder probe
- BEIRUT AFP — A former Lebanese security chief detained over the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is suing a former UN investigator in the case, his lawyer said on Wednesday. General Jamil Sayyed, the former head of the general security department, filed the lawsuit in France against Detlev Mehlis,...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Islamist suspects stage hunger strike in Lebanon jail
- BEIRUT AFP — Several hundred suspected members of an Islamist group involved in a deadly 15-week standoff with the Lebanese army last year have launched a prison hunger strike, a security official said on Tuesday. "Detainees in Rumieh prison went on hunger strike on Monday to protest at the...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Fatah commander wounded in Lebanon blast: medics
- AIN EL-HELWEH, Lebanon AFP — A Fatah military commander was seriously wounded in an explosion on Tuesday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, a medic said after a Palestinain official had earlier said he had been killed. Talal al-Asmar "had surgery to the legs and is in...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Hundreds homeless after deadly Lebanon clashes
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Hundreds of people were still homeless on Sunday after the latest bout of deadly sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. "The army has barred residents from returning to some areas because there are unexploded grenades from the fighting and the troops...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- Three killed in intense fighting in north Lebanon
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — At least three people were killed in fierce sectarian clashes in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli on Friday as fighters exchanged rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire, a security official said. "Three people have been killed," the official said on condition of anonymity, adding that one...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Five wounded in clashes in northen Lebanon: official
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Five people were wounded in violent clashes in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli late Tuesday, a security official told AFP. "The injured included a soldier from the Lebanese Armed Forces and four civilians," the official said. The official said that forces were...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Exchange of fire in tense north Lebanese port city
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Tension was running high in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Sunday, where a shop was torched and gunmen exchanged fire even as troops were out in force on the streets. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the clashes, which erupted...
- Research articles 2008-06-29
- Two injured in grenade explosion in northern Lebanon
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Two people were injured, one of them critically, in a grenade explosion on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes earlier this week left nine people dead, a security official said. The official said the blast, which may have been accidental,...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- At least one killed in powerful blast in northern Lebanon
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — At least one person was killed and six injured on Saturday in a powerful blast that shook a six-storey residential building in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP. "One man died in the blast and six were wounded, most of...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- Death toll from unrest in north Lebanon rises to nine
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — The death toll from heavy clashes earlier this week between rival clans in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has risen to nine, a security official told AFP on Wednesday. He said the latest victim died late Tuesday of his wounds. The clashes on...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Top member of Islamist group wounded in Lebanon blast
- SIDON, Lebanon AFP — A top Islamist militant was critically wounded on Sunday in a blast near the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in south Lebanon which injured four others, a security official told AFP. Imad Yassin, a senior member of the Jund al-Sham Islamist group, was wounded...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Four dead in north Lebanon clashes
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Four people were killed and at least 33 others wounded in north Lebanon on Sunday in clashes between armed opponents and supporters of the parliamentary majority, security officials said. After a lull of several hours, the two sides traded fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles and...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- Three dead in Lebanon clashes
- SAADNAYEL, Lebanon AFP — Three people were killed in overnight clashes between supporters of Lebanon's rival factions in two villages in the Bekaa Valley, a security official said on Tuesday. "Three people were killed and four wounded in the fighting," the security official said. An army official earlier...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- Gunmen fire on Lebanese army patrol
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Lebanese forces detained more than 10 people on Saturday after gunnmen fired at an army patrol near a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country, a security official said. The attack which caused no casualties took place in Qobbeh, a predominantly Sunni district...
- Research articles 2008-06-14
- Gunman wounded in shootout with Lebanese army
- AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon AFP — A gunman was wounded in a shootout with Lebanese soldiers on Wednesday near the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in south Lebanon, an army spokesman said. The incident occurred when three unidentified assailants opened fire on the soldiers as they tried to force...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Would-be Lebanon bomber probably Saudi: Fatah official
- TYRE, Lebanon AFP — A would-be suicide bomber who was shot dead last month outside a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon was "probably" a Saudi national, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday. The incident outside Ain al-Helweh "during which a man, probably of Saudi nationality, was killed...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Lebanon elects president after months of feuding
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese lawmakers elected army chief Michel Sleiman as president on Sunday in a first step towards defusing an often deadly 18-month standoff between feuding political factions. Celebratory shots were fired into the air and cars hooted their horns as crowds of people, cheering and waving Lebanese...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- Top US general visits Lebanon to discuss military aid: US
- WASHINGTON AFP — A top American general visited Beirut earlier this week to find out how Washington can better support Lebanon's armed forces during the current crisis, US officials said Thursday. Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey, the interim commander of Central Command, "talked to the Lebanese government about some of...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- Funeral held for two shot dead at political party meet
- ZAHLE, Lebanon AFP — A funeral was held Tuesday for two supporters of Lebanon's ruling coalition shot dead outside a political party event in Zahle, an AFP photographer observed. Salim Assi and Nasri Marouni, two members of the Christian Phalange, were killed Sunday evening outside the inauguration of a...
- Research articles 2008-04-22
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