Nidal al-Solh| The Daily Star BAALBEK, Lebanon: Lebanese troops, backed by heavy artillery and helicopter gunships, battled Syria-based jihadis on Lebanon’s northeastern border Friday, killing at least 18 militants and losing five soldiers. Sixteen soldiers were also wounded in the fierce clashes which continued through Friday night in a serious escalation with Islamist militants… اقرأ المزيد
The recent terror attacks in Paris and the killing or arrest of suspected terrorists in Belgium have clarified the dangerous reality of thousands of European radicals fighting with ISIS in Syria-Iraq and returning to carry out attacks in their home countries. Europe may be repeating the same mistakes that former U.S. President George W. Bush… اقرأ المزيد
Mazin SidahmedEdy Semaan | The Daily Star BEIRUT: A sweeping new food safety draft law that aims to reform the way the government handles food safety issues was approved by Parliament’s Joint Committees Thursday. The draft law hopes to improve coordination between ministries over food safety as it is an issue that spans over… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Positive signs on the Lebanese hostage crisis have emerged recently, General Security head Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said in remarks published Thursday. Ibrahim, however, said negotiations have been slow, owing to the split between the two groups holding 25 Lebanese soldiers and policemen hostage since early August. “What concerns me is the competition… اقرأ المزيد
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned Syria only twice. On both occasions he did so in the context of the American-led battle against ISIS. No mention was made of the cruelties of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, let alone how its crimes have driven extremism in Syria. Despite… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The weekend Israeli raid that killed six Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general in Syria’s Golan Heights continued to reverberate across the volatile region Tuesday, as Israel prepared for a Hezbollah retaliation and the chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard promised the Jewish state “ruinous thunderbolts.” The parliamentary Future bloc, meanwhile, condemned the… اقرأ المزيد