Lebanon arrests four suspected terrorists (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Four suspected terrorists have been arrested in Lebanon in connection with an alleged plot to carry out attacks on United Nations peacekeepers stationed in the country, a Lebanese security source said Monday. A 20-year-old chemistry student …
Hezballah supports consensual democracy and the Lebanese formula Secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah: ‘The Resistance … (Monday Morning)
The leader of the party, who expressed himself by video-link, defined, before an audience of Lebanese and foreign journalists and Hezballah MPs and high-ranking officials gathered in a southern suburb of Beirut the new political orientation of the “Party of God”. In its depth, Hezballah continues to be fixed in its constants and ideological foundations and seems more than ever committed to …
Abbas seeks to ease Lebanese concerns (Gulf Times)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday ruled out permanent resettlement in Lebanon for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in an apparent bid to quell local concerns.
Netanyahu: Today, Lebanon’s real army is Hezbollah (Haaretz Daily)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed addressed the security situation along Israel’s border with Lebanon during a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, saying that the Lebanese militia Hezbollah was taking the place of the Lebanese army as the country’s major military power.
Abbas discusses Palestinian refugee issue in Lebanon (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BEIRUT (AFP) – The legal status of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will remain “unchanged,” Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said on Monday in an apparent attempt to quell Lebanese fears of permanent resettlement.
Abbas in Beirut for talks on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks Monday in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and other officials that focused on relations and the issue of some 367,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon. Abbas, who was accomp…
President Abbas’s visit to Beirut Palestinians in Lebanon are caught between the memories of war, The loss of rights … (Palestine Media Center)
A visit by President Mahmoud Abbas to Beirut today is a new opportunity for a debate on the fate of some 300 thousand Palestinians living in the country’s fragile demographic and political balances, deprived of basic rights in the homeland of asylum.
Lebanon thwarts attack on UNIFIL (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 7 (UPI) — The Lebanese military said it thwarted a militant attack on members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission deployed in the south of the country.
Abbas begins official visit to Lebanon (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived in Lebanon on Monday for talks with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and other officials on relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees.
‘Sleeper cells’ in Lebanon Palestinian camps: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Despite the relative calm of Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps in recent months, experts warn that Islamist groups are still operating within and could strike at any time.
