Lebanon parliament passes new election law: media (Khaleej Times)
BEIRUT- Lebanon’s parliament on Monday approved a new election law agreed under a deal that ended a deep political crisis, Lebanese media reported.
NEW LEBANON WAR? (New York Post)
IS Syria preparing to seize the opportunity provided by the global financial crisis and the US presidential campaign to invade Lebanon? For the last week or so, Syria has been moving heavily armed elite military units to the Lebanese border -…
Syria Poses “Direct Threat” To Lebanon – Hariri (Nasdaq)
BEIRUT (AFP)–Parliament’s majority leader Saad Hariri has lashed out at Syria in the wake of a deadly car bombing targeting the Lebanese army, accusing Damascus of posing “a clear and direct threat” to Lebanon.
Lebanon MPs adopt election law (Yahoo! Asia News)
BEIRUT, (AFP) – The Lebanese parliament adopted a new electoral law overnight in a key move aimed at paving the way for legislative polls due early next year.
Bomb blast in Lebanon (ArabicNews.com)
A car explosion in Tripoli in Lebanon claimed the lives of many civilians and military forces. A bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli today.
2 men die of their wounds in Lebanon explosion (Las Cruces Sun-News)
BEIRUT, Lebanon—A Lebanese civilian and a soldier died Tuesday of wounds inflicted by this week’s bombing in the northern city of Tripoli, raising the total death toll to seven, security officials said.
Lebanon, Syria blame militants for bombings (Denver Post)
Lebanese and Syrian authorities Monday each placed blame for recent bombings on Islamic militants tied to al-Qaeda and probably based in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
Lebanese Sunni leader lash out at Syria (People’s Daily)
Lebanese Sunni majority leader MP Saad Hariri has lashed out at Syrian President Hafez Assad, accusing him of insinuating that Lebanon was responsible for security situation in Syria, local Daily Star reported here Tuesday. A Syrian press report said Monday that the car which blew up in Syria last week came from a neighboring country, which was understood by many observers as hinting to Lebanon. …
