Lebanese schoolteacher back home after 40 years in French jail
- 26-Jul-2025
Kobayat, Lebanon: One of France’s longest-held inmates, the pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant and former schoolteacher Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, arrived in his hometown on Friday, having been released after more than 40 years behind bars for the killings of two diplomats. AFP journalists saw a convoy leaving the Lannemezan prison in southwest France, and hours later, the […]
VIDEO: Lebanese singer faints during performance
- 23-Sep-2021
She returned to the stage to finish her performance
Lebanese vote in first general election in nine years
- 06-May-2018
BEIRUT: Lebanese began voting on Sunday in their first general election for nine years, one that is unlikely to upend the country’s balance of power but is seen as important for economic stability. Lebanon has mostly weathered the regional storm caused by seven years of war in neighboring Syria that has drawn in regional powers […]
Five suicide bombers attack Lebanese army during raids
- 30-Jun-2017
ARSAL, Lebanon: Five suicide bombers attacked Lebanese soldiers as they raided two Syrian refugee camps in the Arsal area at the border with Syria on Friday and a sixth militant threw a hand grenade at a patrol, the army said. The army said seven soldiers were wounded and a girl was killed after one of […]
Bomb hits central Beirut, minister says target was Blom Bank
- 13-Jun-2016
BEIRUT: A bomb exploded in central Beirut on Sunday outside the headquarters of the Lebanese Blom Bank, causing damage to the building, security sources and witnesses said.
IS threatens to execute Lebanese soldiers held hostage
- 19-Dec-2014
BEIRUT: A French-speaking jihadist threatened Friday to execute Lebanese soldiers held hostage by the Islamic State group, saying three prominent anti-IS Lebanese politicians would be responsible for their deaths.
Israeli soldier killed in Lebanese sniper attack
- 16-Dec-2013
An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday when a Lebanese sniper opened fire in a normally quiet area of the border between the two countries, and a U.N. peacekeeping force said it was working with both sides to keep the incident from escalating. Israel’s military said in a statement that a sniper from the Lebanese […]