The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:27
Egyptian military officials say troops backed by helicopters have raided suspected militants' hideouts in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 20 and wounding 25.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:27
Lebanon will overcome its crisis and the Army will continue to combat terrorism, Lebanese Army chief Gen. Jean Kahwagi said before concluding his visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:50
Kahwagi received an official invitation to visit the kingdom where he is expected to meet several high-ranking officials, the Army said in a statement.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:49
"The number of refugees in Lebanon is at 1 million which has led to social problems including the rise of crime rates on Lebanese soil,” Mikati told the conference.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:47
A Saudi man wanted in connection with protests in 2011 among the Shiite Muslim minority in the conservative, Sunni-majority kingdom has handed himself in, police said on Sunday.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:41
Iraqi government forces pressed their assault on militant strongholds in Anbar province Sunday as attacks elsewhere killed 13 people, with intensifying violence fuelling fears of a return to all-out conflict.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:40
Hezbollah MP Ali Fayyad Sunday said confronting jihadist groups needed to be set as a priority for the next government and held responsible takfiri groups, and those justifying their acts, for the deadly weekend suicide bombing in the northeast of Lebanon.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:14
President Michel Sleiman Friday praised the Lebanese Army for the arrests of terrorists involved in recent bombing attacks across the country.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:06
Israeli air force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel accused Hezbollah Wednesday of putting “thousands” of bases in residential buildings and said it would destroy these in a future conflict, even at the cost of civilian lives.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:05
Six suicide bombers burst into an Iraqi ministry building, took hostages and killed at least 18 people including themselves on Thursday before security forces regained control, a senior official said.