BEIRUT (AFP) - An Israeli patrol crossed into Lebanese territory on Wednesday and captured a Lebanese shepherd near the border, the Lebanese army said in a statement.
"In a flagrant assault on residents of southern Lebanon... Enemy troops crossed the technical fence south of the village of Rmeish and kidnapped a Lebanese man, whom they took back into the occupied territories," or Israel, it sai [...]
TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - Hundreds of Lebanese are fleeing Ivory Coast amid fears of violence and confusion over mixed diplomatic signals from Lebanon in the presidential standoff following an election in the troubled west African country.
"I left Lebanon 30 years ago because of the civil war, and here I am again running away from civil war," said Youssef Safieddine, who hails from the southe [...]
LONDON (AFP) - The BBC said Thursday it had delayed a documentary film series about the murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri amid tensions in Lebanon over a UN-backed probe into his death.
In a statement, the British broadcaster said it needed more time to check that "Murder In Beirut", a three-part series due to begin screening on the BBC World News channel on Saturday, complied wi [...]
MAJDAL AANJAR, Lebanon (AFP) - A Lebanese major was killed and a soldier injured on Thursday when their vehicle came under gunfire during a raid aimed at finding an army deserter in eastern Lebanon, an army spokesman said.
"A major was martyred and one of our soldiers injured during a raid in the town of Majdal Aanjar (in the Bekaa Valley) in an attempt to find a deserter who had sought refuge [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - US envoy George Mitchell was in Beirut Friday to meet with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman as part of a renewed push by Washington to broker a comprehensive Middle East peace accord.
On his arrival from Damascus late Thursday, he met parliament speaker Nabih Berri and members of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's office.
He made no comment following those talks.
Syria and Lebanon a [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's parliament speaker warned on Wednesday that the relaunched Middle East peace talks could raise tensions on the border with Israel and ignite clashes in Palestinian refugee camps.
"These talks will no doubt cover (Palestinian) refugees, water and oil in the region," speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement.
"All of this may... ignite clashes inside Lebanon's refugee camp [...]
ADAYSSEH, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese and Israeli troops traded fire Tuesday along their tense border in the fiercest clashes since a 2006 war, with two Lebanese soldiers, a journalist and a senior Israeli officer killed.
Each side blamed the other for causing the fight, with the Lebanese army acknowledging that it fired first.
A statement by the Lebanese army said troops opened fire on the Israe [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanon's rival factions to avoid violence after an unprecedented joint visit to defuse a tense political situation.
"The leaders stressed the importance of stability... the commitment (of the Lebanese) not to resort to violence and the need to place the country's interests above all sectarian intere [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - A United Nations official on Thursday expressed concern over protests by villagers against UN peacekeeping troops deployed in southern Lebanon.
"I'm very concerned about the incidents that took place and I know that the Security Council members are also concerned," Michael Williams, the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, told a news conference.
Williams, who is scheduled [...]
BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese woman was sentenced to one month in jail for mistreating her Sri Lankan housemaid, court papers showed on Friday, a rare happening in a country where rights groups regularly denounce the ill-treatment of foreign domestic helpers.
The 41-year-old housewife was sentenced to jail and fined 6,600 dollars for "having struck" and "seriously mistreated" her home helper [...]
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