A military source said that Lebanese military intelligence units have detained a Daesh senior member. Lebanese military intelligence units have detained an Islamic State (Daesh) senior member responsible for an assault on the country’s troops in 2014 on the [ More … ]
The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with Syria as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side [ More … ]
Lebanon has become the latest Middle Eastern country to repeal a law allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims. Lebanon’s parliament has abolished a law that allowed a rapist to escape punishment [ More … ]
The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah said on Sunday that it is time for the world to accept that Assad will stay on as Syria’s leader. The head of powerful Lebanese Shia group [ More … ]
Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State militants from a remote corner near Syrian border Lebanon’s US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to [ More … ]
US Special Forces are operating in Lebanon ahead of an imminent battle with Islamic State group militants near the north-eastern border with Syria, the department of defence has confirmed. US Special Forces are operating in [ More … ]
The refugees and fighters from al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch arrived in bus convoys into the rebel-held area of Al-Saan in the central Syrian Hama province. Nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees and fighters from Lebanon arrived in [ More … ]
The Lebanese army and Hezbollah fighters have extended their campaign into eastern Lebanon’s Ras Baalbeck, with a new offensive against IS after a ceasefire with al-Qaeda-linked militants. Hezbollah and the Lebanese army have extended their [ More … ]
Hizballah and Syrian regime forces have launched operations on both sides of the Lebanese border to clear rebel fighters. Hizballah have launched a major offensive against Syrian rebels on both sides of the Lebanon border, [ More … ]
An operation is expected to launch against militants near informal refugee camps in the Lebanon’s east, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps [ More … ]
Five suicide bombers attacked Lebanese soldiers as they raided two Syrian refugee camps in the Arsal area at the border with Syria on Friday. Five suicide bombers blew themselves up during raids on two refugee [ More … ]
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday approved the appointment of former Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salame as the new UN envoy to Libya, ending a contentious four-month search. The United Nations Security Council on [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has called on Lebanese authorities to hold soldiers responsible for the “unlawful” public beatings of protesters last week in the capital Beirut. A rights group has called on the Lebanese authorities to [ More … ]
Eight international energy companies have pre-qualified to bid for exploration contracts. Lebanon’s government previously pre-qualified 46 companies back in 2013 but consequent political stasis ground the industry to a standstill. After years of delays, disputes, [ More … ]
The Lebanese army said it arrested ten suspected members of militant groups today after they came over the northeastern border from Syria, and a security source said a local Daesh leader was killed in the [ More … ]
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