BEIRUT: Moving refugees in Arsal elsewhere in Lebanon would not only assuage the burden of hosting Syrians on the border town, but invalidate a key claim of...
BEIRUT: When UNRWA’s country director Ann Dismorr told representatives from various Palestinian factions in Lebanon she would be leaving the agency soon...
BEIRUT: When the Nusra Front relayed its demands to the wife of captured policeman Ali Bazal this week, she came to a startling realization, one that has...
BEIRUT: The lawyer representing Emad Joumaa, an ISIS-affiliated militant, said his client has not committed any crimes in Lebanon, as sources close to the...
BEIRUT: A rocket attack reportedly crashed into the location where captives from Lebanon’s military and security forces captured by Nusra Front militants last...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army has beefed up its positions in and around Arsal and tightened the siege on the Bekaa town’s outskirts in an attempt to cut...
BEIRUT: The government has shelved the idea of setting up trial refugee camps along the borders with Syria due to security concerns, according to the Social...
BEIRUT: Extensive contacts have led to militants temporarily suspending a decision to execute Lebanese soldiers pending the result of negotiations, Interior...
BEIRUT/SIDON, Lebanon: Syrian refugees across Lebanon flocked to General Security centers for the second day Wednesday to settle their residency status, as...
FNAYDEQ, Lebanon: A woman hangs three pairs of olive-green combat trousers on a clothes line, publicizing that hers is one among an estimated 3,000 homes in...
BEIRUT: The Social Affairs Ministry has decided that two refugee camps will be established in Masnaa in the Bekaa Valley and Abdeh in north Lebanon as part of...
BEIRUT: With the winter months approaching, the Lebanese Army is expecting Al-Qaeda-linked militants entrenched in Arsal’s outskirts to stage reprisal...
BEIRUT: With the release of Islamist prisoners topping the demands of extremist militants holding security personnel in Arsal, a long-held suspicion was...
CHEKKA, Lebanon: The way to the sea caves of Chekka was long and steep, but the payoff, I was told, would be worth it. The jagged surfaces were ideal for deep...
BEIRUT: Lebanese political and security figures are mulling the possibility of releasing certain Islamist detainees in a bid to secure the release of captured...
AL QAA/RAS BAALBEK, Lebanon: Disquiet is gradually trickling into the lives of the people residing in areas surrounding the embattled town of Arsal. Gone are...
ARSAL, Lebanon: When Ahmad al-Breidy, an Arsali fruit farmer, went last week to check on the state of his orchards in the town’s embattled outskirts, a...
BEIRUT: The negotiator representing ISIS in the talks to release Lebanese troops has taken over the helm of the Fajr al-Islam Brigade from Imad Jomaa, who the...
BEIRUT: The government was tight-lipped Thursday over negotiations to free military and security personnel held by jihadists, as the Muslim Scholars Committee...
BEIRUT: A wave of policy changes since June signals a shift in the government’s approach toward Syrian refugees, with security concerns taking even...
BEIRUT: Negotiators working to gain the release of Lebanese soldiers captured by militants said Tuesday that the matter required decisiveness on the part of...
BEIRUT: The government received a list of demands Monday from militants who abducted members of the Army and Internal Security Forces (ISF) during five-day...
NIMES, France: From the crystal blue Atlantic waters in the west stretching to the French Riviera in the east, the south of France has been mythologized by...
BEIRUT: The porous frontiers by Arsal, the overcrowded quarters of Roumieh prison and the labyrinthine confines of Ain al-Hilweh: These are Lebanese areas...
BEIRUT: Negotiations to free 19 Lebanese Army soldiers and 17 Internal Security Forces personnel captured by Syrian rebels in the border town of Arsal have...