The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:42
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia ended military excercises Tuesday along the borders of Iraq and Kuwait, as well as other regions, in what the media described as the largest in the kingdom's history.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:41
DUBAI: Military spending between 2014 and 2020 in the Middle East and North Africa will total $920 billion, IHS Global Insight said in a forecast Tuesday.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:13
AZRAQ, Jordan: Jordan opened a new, sprawling tent city on Wednesday to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee their country's fighting - another grim indicator for a deadly war now in its fourth year.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 13:11
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri adjourned Wednesday the second round of presidential election after several lawmakers boycotted the Parliamentary session, which failed to secure quorum.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:33
BEIRUT: Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr charged Tuesday 10 more suspects with involvement in armed clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:31
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army arrested a group of Syrian fighters in the border village of Arsal in the northern Bekaa Valley, the state-run National News Agency reported Thursday evening.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:35
BEIRUT: Lebanon Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan requested Monday the death penalty for 32 suspects allegedly involved in armed clashes in the northern city of Tripoli.
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 12:54
AMMAN: "Outlaws" threw petrol bombs at government buildings in the restive southern city of Maan Friday, where unrest this week has killed one man and wounded five policemen, a security source said.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:57
BEIRUT: Russia will work to boost the capacities of the Lebanese Army, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, adding that his country respects the democratic process in Lebanon.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:55
AMMAN: Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said.