Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Security forces Tuesday seized weapons and explosives, including suicide belts and detonators, during sweeping raids in the northern city of Tripoli as part of a stepped-up crackdown on terrorism threatening Lebanon following last week’s deadly suicide bombings south of Beirut, security sources said. The raids, carried out by the… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A new round of national dialogue to be held Tuesday will likely be dominated by the specter of terrorism currently hanging over the country following last week’s deadly twin suicide bombings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, officials said Monday. However, the sudden easing in strained ties between the Future Movement… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities have arrested seven Syrians and two Lebanese suspected of involvement in last week’s deadly twin suicide bombings south of Beirut and smuggling extremists into the country, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said Sunday. Machnouk also warned of a scheme to plunge Lebanon into chaos as a consequence of a spillover of the nearly… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: As Lebanon Friday mourned more than 46 people killed in ISIS-claimed twin suicide bombings in a southern Beirut suburb, security and judicial officials focused their probe on determining the identities of the two bombers and how they managed to enter the densely populated area during rush hour. Meanwhile, top Lebanese leaders called for national… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A major political confrontation loomed over a contested Parliament session Wednesday to endorse urgent draft laws after the country’s main Christian parties stood firm on their rejection of the session, while Speaker Nabih Berri, backed by the Future Movement, Hezbollah and other Christian leaders, pledged to proceed… اقرأ المزيد
The dangerous and destructive situation on the ground in Israel-Palestine is painful for both parties, though Palestinians are being killed at a rate seven times faster than Israelis, so the situation is not a symmetrical one that should elicit simplistic calls for all sides to restrain themselves and stop killing each other. Restraining oneself and… اقرأ المزيد