Nun Ramza Barakeh was found dead inside her family’s house in the town of Mansouriyeh, state-run National News Agency reported. After examining the body of the 69-year-old victim, a forensic said the death happened on Monday and that the corpse was hidden in the bathroom. According to NNA, Ramza was killed when her mentally ill, 55-year-old […]
Ahmad al-Assir first caught the attention of political observers when he was among the first in Lebanon to organize demonstrations in support of the Syrian uprising. Since then, the Saida-based Salafist cleric has been criticized for what some perceive as his heavily sectarian rhetoric, directed particularly against Shia Muslims. Read the full […]
President Michel Suleiman hailed the government for going back on track after approving plans to resolve the electricity crisis and calling for an audit on the 2006-2010 extra-budgetary spending. “We could say that the cabinet’s productivity is on the right track…amid lack of tension” between its different members, Suleiman told As Safir daily published […]
Three Lebanese athletes will represent Lebanon at the 2012 London Olympic Games: – Andrea Paoli (Taekwondo) – Tvine Moumjoghlian (Ping Pong) – Cathia Bachrouch (Swimming) Best of luck to all of them!
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President Michel Suleiman stated that he refuses to take sides in the government dispute over resolving the electricity crisis, reported the daily An Nahar on Wednesday. He told the daily: “I believe that Premier Najib Miqati took the appropriate stand because he found the cost of Energy Minister Jebran Bassil’s proposal to be […]
Syrian security forces infiltrated the Bekaa border town of al-Qaa on Tuesday, said various media reports. Local residents said that clashes ensued between the forces and members of the Syrian opposition. Two Lebanese officials, one from the police and another from the military, however denied to the Associated Press that the Syrian troops had entered Lebanon. […]
Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with a list of top 10 places to celebrate Easter, with Lebanon ranked in 3rd place. 3. Lebanon Visitors will notice the ornately decorated streets, shops and restaurants filled with all things Easter from bunnies to chocolate, painted eggs and even live baby chicks in some places. […]
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi rejected on Sunday any form of violence in Lebanon and elsewhere and called for “sustainable reconciliation” among the Lebanese. In his sermon on the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the first anniversary of his election, al-Rahi said: “Based on our Christian culture […]
The participants at the Christian-Muslim meeting held at Bkirki on Saturday issued a statement condemning the “violence” in Syria and voiced their grief over the Syrian “martyrs.” The meeting, which was held at Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai’s invitation, discussed Lebanese and regional developments as well as means to address their repercussions. “Lebanon can only […]