Tens injured in clashes between Palestinians and Hezbollah

Tens of people were injured Monday in clashes between members of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and those from a Palestinian fundamentalist group in Al-Akrad neighborhood of Bourj al-Barajneh a southern suburb of Beirut, Future News reported (more…)

Al-Ahbash denied threatening to bomb a catholic school:

The anonymous SMS claiming that Patriarch Sfeir had received a phone call from Al-Ahbash that involved a threat to bomb a Catholic school is suspicious, malicious and false. It is also aimed at inciting fear, panic and sedition, Al Abash ( Jam’iyyat al- Mashari’ al-Khayriyya al-Islamiyya ) said in a statement .

Hariri: remaining silent over the clashes is ‘unacceptable’

The idea that “we stand as observers to clashes such as those in Beirut on August 24 and remain silent without giving an opinion” is “unacceptable,” Prime Minister Saad Hariri said during an Iftar dinner at Qoreitem on Friday, according to a statement from his office.

His comments come after the bloody street battle that shook the Borj Abi Haidar neighborhood (more…)

calls for ‘weapons-free Beirut’ are serious, says MP

March 14 MP Jamal Jarrah told the Voice of Lebanon (VOL) on Friday that calls for a “weapons-free Beirut” are serious.

“The issue should be followed up calmly and through dialogue,” Jarrah said, adding that the August 24 clashes in Beirut should not recur. (more…)

50 people caught on camera in Hezbollah-al Ahbash clash

Information Minister Tarek Mitri briefed the media following the Cabinet meeting that was chaired by President Michel Sulleiman at Baabda Palace.

Borj Abi Haidar clash

“Authorities will interrogate 50 people in Beirut’s Borj Abi Haidar’s street battles after cameras caught pictures of them, Information Minister Tarek Mitri announced Wednesday.” (more…)

Syria: Hezbollah-Al-Ahbash clash violates Lebanon’s stability

Al-Hayat newspaper reported Monday that Syria said that the Bourj Abi Haidar clash was a violation of Lebanon’s stability. (more…)

Hezbollah, Al Ahbash chiefs meet over Borj Abi Haidar incident

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and al-Ahbash leader Sheikh Hussam Qaraqira stressed they would make efforts to help the investigation that is being carried out by the Lebanese army into the Borj Abi Haidar clashes, according to a statement by Hezbollah ’s media office. (more…)

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…)

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…)