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Siniora accuses Syria of sending arms to camps
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accused Syria on Wednesday of sending arms to Palestinian camps in Lebanon and threatened to raise the issue with the Arab League.
Lebanon: Farewell to slain peacekeepers
Grieving U.N. peacekeepers loaded flag-draped coffins into helicopters Monday and bid farewell to six comrades killed by a car bomb as they patrolled southern Lebanon.
Hamas releases tape of captured Israeli soldier pleading for deal to free him
Hamas on Monday released an audio message purportedly from an Israeli soldier snatched by Gaza militants a year ago, urging Israel to bow to his captors' demands and saying his health is failing. "I've been in prison one year.
Olmert offers token to Abbas at Sharm el-Sheikh
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a goodwill gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah Movement.
Six U.N. Peacekeepers Die in Lebanon Bombin
A bomb attack in southern Lebanon killed six U.N. peacekeepers Sunday, the first fatalities among the U.N. force since it was reinforced after the war last summer between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
Lebanese prepare to hit the beaches as weekend heat wave arrives
Sun-lovers across Lebanon prepared on Friday for an all-out weekend of beach-going, with temperatures on Saturday and Sunday expected to hover between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius.
Moussa comes up short again as timing issues divide Lebanese
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa acknowledged at a news conference in Lebanon's capital on Friday that he had failed to broker a written agreement among the country's many political factions, saying that "some ideas and suggestions proposed today hindered the possibility of reaching an official understanding."
Gemayel says law requires by-elections
The issue of upcoming by-elections in Mount Lebanon and the Metn region moved to the center of Lebanon's political stage on Tuesday, becoming a subject of intensive debate.
Moussa optimistic Lebanese can overcome differences
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said Tuesday that while the political situation in Lebanon was increasingly delicate, with "dangerous winds" blowing in the region, he remains optimistic that the Lebanese can overcome their differences.
Lebanons crisis requires reforming the decision-making process
Elias Aoun
Events taking place in northern Lebanon, along with breaches of security in various parts of the country, are attributed by different individuals to a planned agenda by either the United States or Syria. Others consider them to be the results of policy mistakes.
Army says its has Fatah al-Islam cornered
Three soldiers were killed on Monday as the Lebanese Army pushed on with heavy shelling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency school complex in this refugee camp, where Fatah al-Islam militants are making a last stand.
Political Battle Looms in Lebanon
After yet another assassination, Lebanon's anti-Syrian politicians accuse the government in Damascus of trying to end their rule by killing members of the parliamentary majority one by one.
Lebanon army, Islamist militants clash at camp
Nazih Siddiq
Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants fought sporadically on Sunday at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, the scene of often ferocious battles that have entered their fifth week.
Lebanese accuse civilians of helping camp militants
· Ministry source says attack may take much longer
· Residents suffering in total blockade, PLO man warns
Clancy Chassay in Nahr al-Bared
The Guardian
A senior Lebanese defence ministry source last night accused Palestinian civilians of helping Fatah al-Islam militants holed up in the Naher al-Bared refugee camp,
Arab ministers urge Lebanese to resume talks
Arab foreign ministers on Saturday urged the feuding Lebanese political camps to return to negotiations, following talks in the Egyptian capital to discuss the murder of a pro-Syrian lawmaker.
U.S. unveils new offensive in Iraq
Defense chief Gates visits country; blast levels Sunni mosque in Basra
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad, the top
4 soldiers die in Lebanon fighting
Troops raid Islamic militant position in Palestinian refugee camp
The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese troops raided an Islamic militant position inside a besieged Palestinian
Looting, revenge deaths persist in Gaza
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer
On Hamas' first day of full rule in Gaza, crowds looted strongholds of the rival Fatah on Friday stripping the home of one of the party's strongmen down to the flower pots and militants sent a man plunging to his death from a rooftop.
Mourners lash out at Syria at Lebanon MP's funeral
Angry mourners lambasted Syria on Thursday at the funeral of a prominent MP whose killing in another Beirut bombing stoked fears of further instability in deeply divided Lebanon.
Egyptian envoy in U.S. says has bad three weeks
The Egyptian ambassador in Washington said the last three weeks had not been pleasant because of disagreements between Egypt and the United States over elections, human rights and other issues.
5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq violence
5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq violence
By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer
Five American soldiers died in Iraq, the U.S. military announced Friday, a day after extremists fired shells into Baghdad's Green Zone during a visit by the State Department's No. 2 official.
Lebanon to bury slain lawmaker
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian parliament member Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after a bomb killed him and nine others in Beirut.
Iraqi bombers topple Samarra minarets
By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent
Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, dealing a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace and reopening old wounds a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed.
Bomb blast kills lawmaker in Lebanon
 By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer
A bomb ripped through a vocal anti-Syrian lawmaker's car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital Wednesday, killing him and nine other people in the latest assassination of a
Former surgeon Faysal Najjar dies of cancer
Dr. Faysal B. Najjar, a former American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) surgeon and director, died of cancer late on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, after being diagnosed with lymphoma about two months ago.
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