Tag: Lebanon

Lebanese soldiers ride in the back of an army vehicle with detained suspected militants in the Lebanese town of Arsal, a primarily Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug 3, 2014. At least 10 Lebanese Army soldiers were killed and over a dozen were captured in Arsal, while tens of militants have been killed, during clashes between the Army and Syrian armed groups, according to security sources. (AP Photo)

Syrian rebels kill 10, capture others in Lebanon

Diaa Hadid · August 3, 2014 6:52 pm

Lebanese army and plainclothes policemen gather outside the Duroy hotel where a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security sweeps in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Islamic State claims Lebanon suicide bombing

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 3:41 pm

In this May 24, 2014 photo, Abu Wadiyeh, a 34-year-old Palestinian who was born in Syria, fixes power cables at the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, Lebanon. One look at the jumbled mass of sinewy electricity cables, TV and Internet lines that droop over the damp, narrow alleyways of the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, and it's easy to see why. Wadiyeh, chief electrician in Shatila, is responsible for making order out of that chaos to ensure that the camp's more than 20,000 residents can turn on their lights and televisions. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Energy and Environment

Beirut electrician keeps camp dwellers on the grid

Ryan Lucas · June 27, 2014 9:39 am

Fire engines work on extinguishing a fire after a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security sweeps in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon: Beirut hotel bomber is Saudi citizen

Barbara Surk · June 26, 2014 12:17 pm

Fire engines work on extinguishing a fire after a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security sweeps in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Explosion rocks Beirut hotel during security raid

Bassem Mroue · June 25, 2014 6:25 pm

Lebanese army and citizens gather at the site of a car bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. A powerful car bomb explosion rocked a neighborhood south of the Lebanese capital Tuesday, causing several casualties, a Lebanese security official and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

1 killed, 20 hurt in overnight bombing in Lebanon

Zeina Karam · June 24, 2014 5:53 pm

Fouad Ajami, 1945-2014

Paul Wolfowitz · June 23, 2014 9:15 am

Lebanese police intelligence gather outside a hotel after security forces raided there in Beirut's Hamra district, Lebanon, Friday, June 20, 2014. Security forces raided the hotel over suspected "terrorist cells" inside it, a police official said. In eastern Lebanon, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle Friday near a police checkpoint, killing a few people amid heightened concerns of renewed violence, the country's state-run news agency and security officials said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

UAE issues travel warning for Lebanon

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2014 11:31 am

Lebanese police intelligence gather outside a hotel after security forces raided there in Beirut's Hamra district, Lebanon, Friday, June 20, 2014. Security forces raided the hotel over suspected "terrorist cells" inside it, a police official said. In eastern Lebanon, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle Friday near a police checkpoint, killing a few people amid heightened concerns of renewed violence, the country's state-run news agency and security officials said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Bombing, arrests spark fear in Lebanon

Zeina Karam · June 20, 2014 8:55 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday June 4, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on an unannounced trip to Lebanon to bring Obama administration support to the country's government as it confronts severe difficulties, with an influx of refugees from next door in Syria and a political stalemate at home. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Kerry: US troubled by lack of Lebanese president

Matthew Lee · June 4, 2014 4:36 pm

The Lebanonization of the Palestinians

Jonathan Schanzer · June 2, 2014 2:22 pm

Syrians who live in Lebanon gather in front of the Syrian embassy to vote in the presidential election in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Bashar Assad flocked to their embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrians in Lebanon vote for president for 2nd day

Barbara Surk · May 29, 2014 10:35 am