A female Christian Syrian activist opposing the rule of President Bashar Assad was abducted by Islamist militants who disapproved of her participating in an outdoor protest while her hair was uncovered, a Middle Eastern social media outlet is reporting.   ANA Press, an Egypt-based outlet that aggregates citizen journalist reports, posted a video this […]

  One person was killed and 10 people were wounded in clashes in south Beirut on Sunday between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, security sources said.   The fighting broke out before dawn between gunmen loyal to Shaker Barjawi, a Sunni Muslim who supports the Alawite president, and other Sunni Muslims who […]

Khazen.org prays for the Safety of the  Maronite Church and its Bishops! They represent our Strength and future. From naharnet.com The pastor of Baalbek-Deir al-Ahmar escaped a kidnap attempt on Saturday evening in the Bekaa. “Pastor Semaan Atallah was able to escape an abduction attempt on the Iaat-Deir al-Ahmar road,” the state-run National News Agency. "Two […]

  Lebanese police raided the National Social Security Fund in Beirut Saturday, seizing potentially incriminating documents linked to an ongoing embezzlement probe, a judicial source said.   The NSSF, however, denied its offices in the Beirut neighborhood of Wata Msaitbeh had been raided and said the incident was related to a “violation committed by a […]

  President Michel Suleiman warned on Saturday of the consequences of the continuous assaults against the army, calling on the military to strike with an iron fist. “We should expressed our solidarity with the army and support it in its national missions inside the country and across the border,” Suleiman said after talks with General Security […]

  It’s a sunny spring day in Beirut. Where can the little girl who wants to kick around a ball or the little boy who wants to ride his bicycle go? How about the mother who wants to enjoy a good book in the sun, or the father who wants to lie on the grass […]

  Lebanon’s newly formed coalition government of Prime Minister Tammam Salam easily won a vote of confidence in parliament Thursday, after two days of often heated exchanges between lawmakers over Hezbollah’s arsenal and its role in Syria.   Officials said 96 MPs of the 128-member chamber backed the Cabinet after a lengthy debate over its […]

  Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the step father of Jesus. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican Christian traditions, he is regarded as Saint Joseph. The Pauline epistles, generally considered the earliest extant Christian records, make no reference to Jesus’ father; nor does the […]

  We understand that when those who are kidnapped praise their kidnappers, and when victims thank criminals, it is possibly out of fear or simply the price of freedom. But it is impossible to understand those who showered the al-Nusra Front with gratitude because it released the Maaloula nuns who had been kidnapped in Syria. […]

  Phalange leader Amin Gemayel visited President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace on Tuesday a day after holding talks with the prime minister on his party’s reservations over the cabinet’s policy statement and amid hints that it is set to withdraw its threat to quit the government.   Several ministers and lawmakers representing the Phalange […]