National Dialogue session kicks off in Beiteddine

A national dialogue session aimed at discussing the defense strategy kicked off at the summer presidential palace in Beiteddine , el Shouf of Mt Lebanon. (more…)

Bellemare is carefully examining Hezbollah evidence

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is “carefully examining” the Hezbollah data allegedly implicating Israel in the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, according to STL spokeswoman Fatima el-Issawi

Issawi told An Nahar daily in remarks published Thursday that Bellemare would assess the accuracy of the information provided to him by Hezbollah. (more…)

Social Security offices robbed in Choueifat

Voice of Lebanon (VOL) reported on Thursday that unidentified people broke into the Social Security offices in Choueifat at around 4:00 and robbed the place. However, it is not yet clear what was stolen. (more…)

Hariri: We want nothing but the truth

Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Wednesday during an Iftar banquet organized by the administrative body of the Federation of Beirut Families Associations at the Phoenicia Hotel his “commitment to the course of the U.N. investigation, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) as the relevant authority for achieving justice.” (more…)

Qassem: Hezbollah-Syria stretegic relations is baptized in blood

Hezbollah Deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Wednesday :Those betting on a dispute between Syria and Hezbollah are delusional because the strategic relation between the two sides is baptized in blood and it is still going on better than before. (more…)

Fatah al-Islam leader killed on way to Iraq

An al-Qaida-inspired group says its leader and a top commander were heading to Iraq to join insurgents there when Lebanese security troops killed them over the weekend, according to a U.S. terror-monitoring firm. (more…)

Why All the STL Critics Have It Wrong.

By Ghassan Karam

Let us be clear, from the outset, that there is no institution, official or person anywhere in the world that is to be held immune from criticism especially when the subject has betrayed and/or violate

Hezbollah official calls for elimination of STL

Hezbollah politburo member Mahmoud Qomati stressed Wednesday the party’s demand for the elimination of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

He said: “The tribunal has been politicized from the start and was initially formed to fulfill interests, and not discover the truth, but bury it.” (more…)

Palestinian breaks into Turkish embassy in Israel

A man who broke into the Turkish embassy in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has been arrested and taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.

The man had taken two hostages but they were later freed. Officials said he was shot by embassy security guards. (more…)

Army general charged with spying for Israel

Judge Saqr Saqr of Lebanon’s military court on Wednesday charged Colonel Antoine Abu Jaoudeh with spying for the enemy (Israel), meeting with Israeli Mossad agents abroad and providing them with information on the resistance and army in exchange for money from 2006 until his arrest earlier this month.

This brings to four the number of active duty army personnel arrested on charges of espionage. (more…)