Lebanon-based Al-Qaeda official convicted of terror (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Al-Qaeda official in Lebanon Nabil Rhayem was sentenced to hard labor on Thursday along with three other suspects for committing terrorist acts. The Permanent Military Tribunal sentenced Rhayem, a Lebanese suspect and two Palestinians to hard labor and denied them their civil rights for forming an armed gang, carrying out terrorist acts and smuggling weapons.
Lebanon’s Hariri set to form new government (MalaysiaNews.net)
BEIRUT – Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet po…
Lebanese opposition agrees to govt line-up: Hezbollah (thewest.com.au)
BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election.
Lebanon’s Hariri set to form new government (Channel NewsAsia)
BEIRUT – Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.
Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon’s Hezbollah (Malaysian Mirror)
BEIRUT -Anne Frank’s diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.
Lebanon’s rival factions agree on national unity cabinet – sources (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Lebanon’s ruling majority and the opposition led by Hezbollah have agreed to form a national-unity cabinet, thus ending a six-month political impasse in the country, sources said Saturday. A high-ranking source in the Western-backed ruling m…
Lebanon surpasses Israel for press freedom (Zawya)
BEIRUT: Lebanon may have overtaken Israel in terms of Middle East press liberty, but a culture of censorship still weighs heavily on freedom of speech, said a new report.
Hezbollah says Lebanon opposition agrees to govt line-up (MalaysiaNews.net)
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general electio…
