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He added that the March 14 victory at USJ in Zahle was a response to the ceremony held in the same district by the opposition on Sunday to launch the Popular Bloc. “Zahle confirmed its historic, Lebanese and sovereign...
BEIRUT: Conflicting rhetoric emerged on Monday with regard to the formation of new government as sources close to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri voiced optimism with regard to the probable conclusion of the process by Thursday...
BEIRUT: Zahle MP Elie Skaff has promised to turn his parliamentary bloc and local following into a full-fledged political movement. Skaff made the announcement on Sunday in Zahle after a Mass to commemorate the party’s founder,...
BEIRUT: Security personnel rounded up 16 people over the weekend for various crimes, security sources said. Two Leba nese were arrested in Baalbek Friday for fraud and impersonating members of political parties to collect money...
“All warfare is based on deception.” — The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, Chinese General, military strategist (sixth century B.C.). It was late in the evening of February 12, 2008 when the bearded, pudgy, middle-aged man left a...
Daily Star staff Saturday, October 31, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: A wanted suspect escaped a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) patrol on Thursday and dumped the body of another suspect after exchanging gunshots...
The Lebanese Army Command- Directorate of Orientation issued a statement on Thursday saying that while its troop raided the house of fugitive Ali Mohammad al-Masri –accused of killing soldiers in Riak—in the Bekaa village...
By Nathanael Massey Special to The Daily Star Thursday, October 29, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BAALBECK: The giant columns that rise against the Baalbeck skyline serve as a timeless reminder of worlds long past....
It started with a small traffic incident and ended in yet another murderous showdown in the age-old vendetta wars between the powerful Shia Muslim clans who rule Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. But unlike past feuds, this time...
Despite organ trade being banned in Lebanon, a black market exists due to the critical shortage in available organs for transplant. A major obstacle in meeting patients’ needs is that organ donation is still rare in Lebanon....
