Report: Al-Qaida plotting attacks in Lebanon (People’s Daily)
Al-Qaida militants are plotting terrorist attacks against state institutions and foreign missions in Lebanon, local An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted a well-informed security source as saying that Lebanese security agencies have received information about the infiltration of al-Qaida militants into the country from Pakistan via Turkey, Greece and the Lebanese-Syrian border …
Lebanese Army fires at Israeli jets flying over Lebanon (New Kerala)
Beirut, Dec 30 : The Lebanese army fired anti-aircraft salvoes at four Israeli jets that penetrated the country’s airspace Tuesday, an army source said.
Lebanese army fires on Israeli fighter planes (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
HASBAYA, Lebanon (AFP) – Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli fighter planes that were violating its air space on Tuesday, the military said.
Lebanese troops fire on Israeli jets over south (FOX 11 Tucson)
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military says its troops have fired on Israeli warplanes flying low over south Lebanon but no hits were reported.
Lebanese army commander asks for advanced weaponry (People’s Daily)
Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Jean Qahwaji asked on Tuesday for advanced weaponry, local news site Now Lebanon reported. “We vow to defend, develop and secure,” Qahwaji said following a meeting with President Michel Suleiman in the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut. “At the same time, we look forward to the armed forces being provided with advanced weaponry and to improvement …
Lebanon opens fire at Israeli jet fighters (People’s Daily)
Lebanese army on Tuesday fired intensively at four Israeli Phantom jet fighters flying at a low altitude over south Lebanon, the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said that Lebanese army opened anti-aircraft fire at the jet fighters which were flying over Hasbaya in south Lebanon on Tuesday morning, forcing these planes to leave Lebanese airspace. The Israeli …
Baz: Lebanon to sustain high growth (Zawya)
BEIRUT: A leading banker said that the high liquidity in the Lebanese market would allow Lebanon to sustain steady GDP growth in 2010. “We had $14.6 billion additional deposits in the first 10 months of 2009 and this figure will be $18 billion at the end of this year. This is high liquidity.
Lebanese troops fire on Israeli jets over south (WFMJ Youngstown)
BEIRUT (AP) – The Lebanese military says its troops have fired on Israeli warplanes flying low over south Lebanon but no hits were reported. A military statement says four Israeli warplanes violated the airspace in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
Lebanese army fires at Israeli jets flying over Lebanon (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – The Lebanese army fired anti-aircraft salvoes at four Israeli jets that penetrated the country’s airspace on Tuesday, an army source said. The army fired at the jets over the region of Hasbaya in the south of Lebanon, the source added. …
Two former South Lebanese Army helpers return from Israel (People’s Daily)
Two Lebanese citizens crossed the border from Israel into Lebanon on Tuesday, nine years after escaping to Israel following its withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The International Red Cross handed over to the Lebanese army Nadim Abu Rafeh and Khalil Hanna Abu Hamad after they crossed the border from Israel in the Ras Naqoura area in south …
