Provides the latest RSS feeds for Lebanon News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Lebanon News.net http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/cat/7948506725f8face/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55:40 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55:40 -0400 30 The trial of a Canadian businessman who confessed to bribing Cuban officials has begun in Havana, almost two years after his arrest in a government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of Sarkis Yacoubian, originally from Armenia and the owner of import firm Tri-Star Caribbean, is expected to last two days. Lebanese citizen Krikor Bayassalian is a co-defendant. Foreign journalists ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214725672/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:31 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214725672/scat/7948506725f8face At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214716277/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:21 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214716277/scat/7948506725f8face Bob Carr said Friday following a meeting with Prime Minister designate Tammam Salam.Carr said Australia supports Lebanon's disassociation policy from the Syrian crisis and his country is committed to ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214737705/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 08:59:45 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214737705/scat/7948506725f8face This attack occurred in October of 1983 in Lebanon, when the Islamic Jihad, later known as Hezbollah, used truck bombs to kill 241 American servicemen (220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers) and 58 French paratroopers, wounding another 60 Americans and 15 Frenchmen. The Commission, headed by retired Admiral Robert L. J. Long, released its report in late December 1983, less than a year ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214737827/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:53 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214737827/scat/7948506725f8face Beirut, May 24 (BNA) - Cautious calm dominated over the various fighting axes between Cautious calm between Bab ElTebbaneh, Jabal Mohsenand Jabal Mohsen in Lebanon's Tripoli on Friday morning, but snipping operations targeted the international road, National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said that a flare bomb fell at Naji Center in Azmi Street where damages were limited to ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214736206/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 07:10:07 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214736206/scat/7948506725f8face Twelve years after the ';war on terror'; began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants. In a major policy speech on Thursday, Obama narrowed the scope of the targeted-killing drone ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733538/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:54 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733538/scat/7948506725f8face AP10ThingsToSee - In this image from amateur video obtained by a group called Ugarit News, a rebel runs from an explosion, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Qusair, Syria. An intense battle drove rebels from large parts of Qusair, part of a withering government offensive aimed at securing a strategic land corridor from Damascus to the Mediterranean coast. (AP ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214735185/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:59 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214735185/scat/7948506725f8face Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Today was the fifth day in the battle for Qusayr, a small Syrian city, population normally about 30,000, that lies close to the border ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733686/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:26 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733686/scat/7948506725f8face At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes between Sunni and Alawite residents of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security source said. Thursday was the bloodiest day yet in the clashes, with at least 11 people killed in 24 hours, the source said on Friday. Sporadic gunfire was heard on Friday between the neighbourhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and the ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733162/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 04:44:42 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214733162/scat/7948506725f8face BEIRUT: A driving dispute over the right-of-way turned into a deadly shoot out on a street in Hay al-Sellom in Beirut's southern suburbs early Friday morning that left one person dead and two wounded, security sources said.Rami Meqdad, 33, was identified as the fatality in the clash that pitted members of the Meqdad clan against others from the Fadel family, the source said. The two wounded ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214732817/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 04:04:15 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214732817/scat/7948506725f8face Last song for "Arab Idol"? Najwa wants her father to be better before she returns on stage. Last year, the popular talent show "Arab Idol" concluded its season in the presence ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214732177/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 03:18:30 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214732177/scat/7948506725f8face GREENVILLE (AP) — An earthquake that struck Northern California’s Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 was felt by residents of ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214731439/scat/7948506725f8face Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:35 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214731439/scat/7948506725f8face People run for cover after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's Raqqa province, on May ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214730370/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 23:42:56 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214730370/scat/7948506725f8face Military Council meetings will resume despite the recent retirement of half its members, ministerial sources told The Daily Star Thursday, adding that the ongoing violence ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214729789/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:14 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214729789/scat/7948506725f8face A Lebanon man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months to four years in state prison for assaulting another city man last year. Francis Nye, 25, of 475 New St. pleaded guilty to terroristic threats and simple assault. Judge John Tylwalk fined him $1,750 and ordered him to pay $1,221 in restitution. Nye will be given credit for the 219 days he has been incarcerated in Lebanon County prison since his ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214729252/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 21:51:31 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214729252/scat/7948506725f8face A 23-year-old Lebanese, who was arrested for kidnapping his 61-year-old aunty, told journalists on Thursday that he committed the crime to punish ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214728514/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:54 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214728514/scat/7948506725f8face Abu Ahmad Masri is a Shiite. "I swear to God that I only recently learned that he is a Shiite," he said. But the sect of Masri, who usually defeats the vendor when playing cards, will not affect ties between the two, the latter said. "We are all Lebanese, we are Muslims," said the Sunni resident ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726186/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:14 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726186/scat/7948506725f8face BEIRUT: Mondays and Thursdays are busy days for the Sbeity Bookshop in Karakol al-Druze in Beirut. With just a few hours until the lottery drawing, customers are piling in at a rate of several a minute to buy tickets in hopes of winning this week’s $3 million jackpot. Many greet the man behind the counter, Mahmoud Sbeity, who has run the shop for 20 years, by name. Sbeity says his regulars ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726185/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:13 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726185/scat/7948506725f8face Ahmad Nassar said threats were impairing his ability to carry out his duties. "The Mufti of Sidon Sheikh Ahmad Nassar rejects the defamation and the appeals against his rights, and wants to remind everyone that such an attitude is contradictory to Islamic morals and values," a statement released from Nassar’s office Thursday said. The statement came several days after a ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726188/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:12 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726188/scat/7948506725f8face National News Agency reported. "The ministry is supporting efforts with foreign partners, particularly the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNESCO, non-governmental and humanitarian organizations that work in the education field, by providing them with necessary information and approval needed to enter [government] schools," Diab said. "The ministry is also ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726187/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:11 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726187/scat/7948506725f8face Lebanon while pursuing its longtime demand for the approval a delayed wage hike bill. However, the participation of only a few dozen teachers and public sector employees at a "symbolic" protest held at noon in the scorching heat ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726189/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:39:10 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726189/scat/7948506725f8face Scholarship Selection Committee chose Azzi for the award during its meeting in New York after a long deliberation over several applicants. Azzi, who has a Lebanese father and an American mother from Louisville, Ohio, will also receive a collection ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726191/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:10 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726191/scat/7948506725f8face BEIRUT: Three Lebanese startup companies have just been given a boost of $1.15 million to expand their operations regionally. The Building Block Equity Fund, backed by ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726190/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:09 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726190/scat/7948506725f8face Monnot Theater over the weekend. Q: As you know, the story "Beauty and the Beast" is a pop culture commodity, having spawned a television series and ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726192/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 18:29:44 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214726192/scat/7948506725f8face In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723040/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:30 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723040/scat/7948506725f8face port city of Tripoli, on May 23, 2013. As Syria's civil war spills over into Lebanon, some terrified residents in Tripoli say they want nothing to do with the ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723361/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:53 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723361/scat/7948506725f8face View Photo AFP/AFP - Sunni gunmen -- who support the Syrian opposition -- patrol the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on May 23, 2013. Fighting in the Lebanese port of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723360/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:53 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723360/scat/7948506725f8face HERMEL, Lebanon -- On the outskirts of this northern Lebanese town near the Syrian border, a short, rugged dirt track leads downhill to a turquoise river regarded, in times of peace, for its white-water rafting, eco-lodges and fish restaurants. But in a small clearing at the river's edge, there are no picnickers or vacationers escaping the summer heat to be found, just a few armed men in ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723131/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:25 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214723131/scat/7948506725f8face To get best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214721551/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:34 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214721551/scat/7948506725f8face BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214721584/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:36 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214721584/scat/7948506725f8face HERMEL // On a country road in Lebanon's north-east, traffic is heavy. Ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hizbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead. With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusayr, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels spreads across ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214719979/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:47 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214719979/scat/7948506725f8face Chance Forney Six Lebanon County high-school students have been selected to receive the Lebanon Daily News Student Journalist Award this year. Every year, the newspaper recognizes one student at each county high school that has a student newspaper. Each recipient receives an engraved pen from the Daily News. This year's recipients are Chance Forney of Annville-Cleona High School, Amanda ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214720182/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:08 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214720182/scat/7948506725f8face With reports making headlines that the Syrian forces on the ground are making some progress and making gains with the support of Hezbollah forces, the United States of America today said an active military support to the Assad regime simply exacerbates the sectarian tensions and it perpetuates the regime's campaign of terror against its own people. According to US Secretary of State John ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214719988/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:29 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214719988/scat/7948506725f8face Former lebanese Prime Minister and current leader of the Future Movement parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Siniora contacted on Thursday several Shiite religious and political figures as part of efforts to put an end to Hezbollah’s "dangerous" involvement in Syria Civil war ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214718416/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 12:35:01 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214718416/scat/7948506725f8face Dan Allard and Owen Jeannette Dan Allard of Lebanon shares a hamburger with his grandson, Owen Jeannette of Sanford, during last Saturday's Community Festival at the Hanson School in Lebanon. Several hundred turned out for the annual event. Photo by Harrison Thorp end instant-gallery div ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214718621/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 12:10:21 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214718621/scat/7948506725f8face Syria’s outgoing opposition chief published an initiative for his war-torn country on Thursday that would grant President Bashar al-Assad a safe exit, and urged dissident factions to adopt his ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214716834/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:45 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214716834/scat/7948506725f8face ARSAL, Lebanon, May 23 (UNHCR) - It’s test day at the Arsal Public Second Shift Middle School and the students in the 8th Grade maths class are engrossed in their exam. They factor numbers, write a series of equations in the form of a single power - all in French, a language they have come to learn only since starting school here in north-east Lebanon two months ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715292/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:43 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715292/scat/7948506725f8face During a meeting on Thursday with the mayors in Akkar region, acting Director-General of the Internal Security Forces,GeneralRoger Salem, said that Lebanon is facing difficulties in dealing with the influx of refugees from Syria and is being left alone to deal with the burden. He revealed that currently there is more than a million and two hundred thousand displaced Syrians and more than 60 , ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715291/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:42 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715291/scat/7948506725f8face Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr on Monday, May 13. Syrian troops captured three villages in Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told AFP. Tensions in Syria first flared in March 2011 during the onset of the Arab Spring, eventually escalating into a civil war ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715219/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:46 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214715219/scat/7948506725f8face Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714842/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:15 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714842/scat/7948506725f8face At least seven people were killed and 40 others injured in overnight clashes in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, bringing the total casualties of the four-day clashes to 18 killed and 150 injured, local security official told Xinhua ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714104/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 08:40:26 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714104/scat/7948506725f8face The work of the Ministry of Finance is being obstructed at every corner by bureaucracy and an IT system that presents more problems than solutions. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The Union Coordination Committee Wednesday accused the Finance Ministry of intentionally submitting salary scale bills with errors in them in a bid to delay the ratification of a wage hike in Parliament."On three different ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214713545/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 08:38:19 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214713545/scat/7948506725f8face Members and supporters of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement carry the coffin of their comrade Saleh Ahmad Sabbagh during his funeral in the southern port city of Sidon on May 22 (Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP) 104 Hezbollah militants have died in the past few months, while fighting ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714092/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 08:38:16 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714092/scat/7948506725f8face British Airways celebrated its successful six month return to Lebanon with its partners and customers at a ceremony held at the British Ambassador's residence in ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714105/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 08:38:13 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214714105/scat/7948506725f8face BAALBEK, Lebanon: Seventy-five fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country's war months ago, a source close to the Shiite militant group said on ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712622/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:54 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712622/scat/7948506725f8face View Photo AFP - Sunni gunmen -- who support the Syrian opposition -- patrol the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, on May 23, 2013. Overnight clashes have killed six people in the Lebanese port of Tripoli, as a ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712783/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 07:21:29 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712783/scat/7948506725f8face View Photo AFP/Joseph Eid - Syrian refugees children queue at the entrance of the UNHCR offices in the coastal city of Tripoli, on May 21, 2013. As the conflict in neighbouring Syria stretches into its third year, ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712784/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 07:21:27 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214712784/scat/7948506725f8face Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam held a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Presidential Palace to update him on the Cabinet formation process, according to ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711576/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:40 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711576/scat/7948506725f8face A Lebanese Sunni gunman holding a rifle, takes a position in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711124/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:33 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711124/scat/7948506725f8face Lebanon went on strike Thursday after the Saudi company that hired them said its contract with the state ends this June. "We would like to inform you [Lebanese government] that the current contract with you ends on June 30, 2013," said a statement by the Saudi company FAL.Worried about losing their jobs, the workers held a one-day "warning" strike and gave the government until ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711577/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 06:11:09 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214711577/scat/7948506725f8face Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria’s civil ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710517/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:04 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710517/scat/7948506725f8face France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710505/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710505/scat/7948506725f8face Tripoli has been a frequent scene of clashes between opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad who live in adjacent ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710429/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:51 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710429/scat/7948506725f8face Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah meets with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in this 2005 photo. (Photo: Supreme Leader website) (CNSNews.com) - Reversing long-held positions, the governments of Germany and France have both signaled their support for the European Union to designate Hezbollah - or at least its purported "military wing" - as a terrorist organization. The ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710431/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:32 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710431/scat/7948506725f8face o Iran and Hezbollah urged to pull out of fight for Qusairo US backs UK's bid to amend EU arms embargooSyria negotiates with Russia over attendance at talks o Opposition gathers in Turkey to decide on ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710451/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:53 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214710451/scat/7948506725f8face The opposition Local Coordination Committees said Thursday that a huge explosion rocked the center of Damascus , Al Jazeera reported on Thursday . The explosion reportedly took place in the Industrial area of damascus and the al Maidan ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709496/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 04:16:52 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709496/scat/7948506725f8face GENEVA- U.N. officials said Tuesday there has been a sudden fall in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, amid reports that Jordan’s government has clamped down on the relentless influx of people escaping Syria’s civil war. Panos Moumtzis, the top U.N. refugee official for Syria, said the usual flow of up to about 3,000 refugees daily had ';dropped to almost ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709322/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 04:16:51 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709322/scat/7948506725f8face BEIRUT -; A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the country's civil ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709368/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:26 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709368/scat/7948506725f8face TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - At least 11 people have died and more than 100 been wounded in three days of Syria-related clashes in Lebanon's flashpoint city of Tripoli, a security source said on Wednesday.Fighting between Sunni and Alawite residents of the city was continuing for a fourth day on Wednesday but clashes had become more sporadic, the source told AFP.An AFP correspondent said large ... http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709497/scat/7948506725f8face Thu, 23 May 2013 03:52:41 -0400 http://www.lebanonnews.net/index.php/sid/214709497/scat/7948506725f8face