2 Germans briefly kidnapped in Lebanon, released
By DIAA HADIDBEIRUT (AP) — Two German nationals who were briefly kidnapped in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley were released early Saturday, but a Lebanese soldier and a gunman died in…
Beirut
WEAPONS EXPERTS KICK OFF COMPLEX SYRIA MISSION
By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM The convoy of a U.N. team of weapons inspectors, who concluded its almost week-long mission in Syria, arrive at Rafik Hariri international airport in…
CLASHES IN EASTERN LEBANON KILL AT LEAST 3
By BASSEM MROUE Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group remove one of their checkpoints in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Hundreds of Lebanese soldiers and policemen…
SYRIAN REBEL GROUPS SLAM WESTERN-BACKED OPPOSITION
By BASSEM MROUE In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene of a car bomb exploded in the residential al-Tadhamon neighborhood…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LEBANON AMID FEARS
By ZEINA KARAM and RYAN LUCAS A Lebanese pro-Syrian regime supporter, with her hands painted in red to symbolize blood, attends a demonstration against a possible military strike in Syria,…
OBAMA SET TO DISCUSS SYRIA FROM WHITE HO– USE
By DAVID ESPO Protestors hold placard showing Syrian President Bashar Assad and Syrian flags during a demonstration against French and foreign military involvement in Syria, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 31,…
TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
ATTACKS IN HEZBOLLAH AREA TEST SUPPORTERS’ RESOLVE
BY ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE In this picture taken on Thursday August 15, 2013, A Lebanese citizen stand next to burned cars and shops at the site of a…