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…)

Geagea: Clashes are part of campaign to weaken Lebanon PM

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told al-Liwaa daily in remarks published Friday that the latest clashes between Hezbollah and Al-Ahbash gunmen in Borj Abi Haidar were part of the organized campaign to weaken Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (more…)

Hezbollah MP calls Tuesday clashes ‘isolated incident’

Hezbollah MP Hussein Moussawi on Thursday described the bloody street clashes that shook the Lebanese capital last Tuesday evening as “isolated incident” and warned against using the incident against the Resistance and its weapons.

“Israel is our enemy Israel and no one will drag us into civil strife,” Moussawi stressed. (more…)

Future bloc: What are Hezbollah weapons doing in Beirut?

The condemnations of the Borj Abi Haidar clashes between Al-Ahbash—and Hezbollah on Tuesday night continue. (more…)

Zahra : All Lebanon should be arms, millitia free

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra told the Voice of Lebanon (VOL) on Thursday that all Lebanese regions must be arms an militia free, and not just Beirut.

“It’s time for the Lebanese state to take quick measures to announce Beirut a weapons and militia free city,” the March general-secretariat said in a statement following its weekly meeting. (more…)

March 14 calls for arms, militia free Beirut

The March 14 general-secretariat said Wednesday that the clashes of Borj Abi Haidar between Hezbollah and al-Ahbash gunmen are a new sign of the danger of militia arms. (more…)

Suleiman calls for arrest of perpetrators of clashes

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called on the security forces to arrest the perpetrators of the overnight bloody clashes in Beirut’s Borj Abi Haidar neighborhood.

Suleiman also warned of the consequences of any new fighting “under any circumstances.”

He called on the Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces to “respond immediately” to any attempt to stir tension. (more…)

Hezbollah official killed in clashes in Beirut

Mohammed Fawwaz, Hezbollah’s official in Burj Abi Haidar, ( a Beirut suburb) was killed as the army managed to contain the clashes according to New TV.
According to local reports 2 people were killed in the clashes . The other person was not identified. (more…)