Hezbollah renews call for freedom of Imam Mussa al-Sadr (mehrnews.com)
TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) — In a statement issued on Monday Lebanon’s Islamic resistance movement Hezbollah asked the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to force Libya to free Imam Mussa al-Sadr, the prominent Shia leader who disappeared in Libya 31 years ago.
March 14 prepares to present unified face (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Sunday that the March 14 Forces still hold the majority of seats in Parliament, adding that the alliance was ready to team up with its national partners for the welfare of Lebanon.Speaking during an iftar banquet at his residence in Qoreitem, Hariri said the March 14 Forces are to hold a large-scale meeting also on Monday.
Gemayel says terrorists plotting his assassination (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Phalange MP Sami Gemayel said on Saturday that a terrorist cell inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh was plotting his assassination, as well as attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Gemayel told the Voice of Lebanon (VDL) radio station that Hizbullah’s arms were preventing Premier-designate Saad Hariri from forming a new government.
Hariri faces critics in assassination probe (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 31 (UPI) — A former Lebanese military general blamed Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri for neglect in the investigation into the death of his father in 2005.
Tourists flock back as country regains image of stability (Zawya)
BEIRUT: By the end of 2009 over 2 million tourists are expected to descend upon Lebanon, making it a record year for visitors.
Posted: 31-08-2009 , 03:42 GMT (Al Bawaba)
Lebanese singer Wael Jassar recently held a grand performance at the Aden Hotel in the town of Ahdan, north of Lebanon, after which he traveled to Jordan and held three performances at the Dunes Club in celebration of the holy month of Ramadan.
Lebanon spoilers must end political paralysis (Financial Times)
It has been an unusually peaceful summer in Lebanon. Leaving aside an attempted prison break by Islamist militants, the tourists and Lebanese expatriates who flocked to Beirut over the past few months have basked in unlikely security.
Germany takes over UN naval peacekeepers in Lebanon (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Germany Monday took over from Italy the command of the United Nations’ peacekeeping naval mission set up to prevent arms smuggling to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. So far we have achieved promising results in all aspects. The area has becom…
