Lebanon MP: Citizens should reject arms that ‘occupy Beirut’

March 14 MP Nohad al-Mashnouq told LBCI television on Sunday that Beirut residents should take to the streets to express their rejection of Tuesday’s Borj Abi Haidar clashes and should call for confiscating the arms that “occupy Beirut.” (more…)

Berri upset over the ‘Sunni-Shia’ clashes

Lebanon Speaker Nabih Berri was reportedly upset on Sunday over the bloody street clashes earlier this week between the two former allies — Hezbollah and Al-Ahbash.

An-Nahar newspaper quoted Berri visitors as saying that the Speaker has received information that several organizations not connected with Al Ahbash (more…)

FPM MP : Israel behind Hariri’s assassination

Free Patriotic Movement MP Nabil Nicolas told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television on Sunday that Israeli threats to destroy Lebanon show that Tel Aviv is behind the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

His comment comes as a reference to recurring Israeli warnings to Hezbollah and Lebanon and after Hezbollah (more…)

Baroud: The Lebanese army is a ‘red line’

Lebanon’s Interior Minister Ziad Baroud on Sunday said a demand for a weapons-free Beirut is not a push-button issue, stressing that the Lebanese army is a red line.

“The government must take measures. The citizens want answers and ask ‘where is State authority?’ It cannot stand by and watch what happened,” Baroud said in reference to Tuesday’s bloody street battles in Borj Abi Haidar. (more…)

Clashes between PFLP-GC members

Voice of Free Lebanon reported on armed clashes among members of the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine- General Command in Qossaya in the Bekaa, near the Lebanese Syrian borders

PFLP-GC is headed by Ahmad Jibril a former captain in the Syrian army . Jibril has refused to hand over his arms to the Lebanese army. (more…)

Sfeir concerned over Hezbollah-Al Ahbash clash

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir on Sunday said he is concerned about the bloody street battles which broke out earlier this week between Hezbollah and Al Ahbash members.

“These events are worrying,” he said during his sermon. (more…)

Lebanon, Syria to jointly build a dam

A joint dam construction project between Syria and Lebanon along the Nahr al-Kabir river may be in the pipeline, a string of news reports have suggested this week.

The river forms the northern end of the border between Lebanon and Syria. (more…)

Lebanon defeats Canada 81-71 at basketball world championships

Fadi El Khatib , known to his countrymen as “The Tiger, scored 31 points and Rony Fahed added 17 as Lebanon beat Canada 81-71 (more…)

1 killed 14 injured in a traffic accident in eastern Lebanon

One person was killed and 14 people, including 13 children, were injured when two vehicles collided in Sahel Anjar in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, according to The National News Agency (NNA) (more…)

Historic reconciliation in the Shouf region

Lebanon President Michel Suleiman said Saturday that the unity of the Mountains is the foundation of Lebanon’s unity