BEIRUT — Angry Sunnis burned tires and blocked roads around Lebanon on Saturday to protest the assassination of a senior Lebanese intelligence official in a bombing widely blamed by the country's anti-Syrian factions on the government in Damascus. The assassination brought the violence threatening to engulf the region to the heart of Lebanon's capital after several years of relative calm, heighten
The BBC's Richard Coleburn says it is likely that intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan was the target of the attack A huge car bomb has killed at least eight people and injured 78 in central Beirut, Lebanese officials say. The explosion occurred in a busy street in the predominantly Christian district of Ashrafiya. The intended target may have been top intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, offici
A dispute over aid that threatened the truce was overcome with the help of Qatar and Egypt. It underscored the fragility of the agreement, through which 50 Israeli hostages are to be exchanged for 150 Palestinian prisoners. Palestinian militants in West Bank say two 'collaborators' executedPalestinians in Gaza use truce to pick through rubble of homesTens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march in
The central square of Lebanon's Resistance Tourist Landmark, known to some as Hezbollahland. After several successive family summer vacations in California, this year my two grown sons wanted something a little more adventurous. We settled on Lebanon, a country I’ve always loved to visit. It actually has a lot in common with California—natural beauty, majestic mountains, the sea, great food, a fab
A respite from almost a fortnight of clashes in Lebanon's second city, Tripoli, raised hopes yesterday that the release of some kidnapping victims would ease a growing threat of unchecked violence spilling over from the Syrian civil war. But the lull failed to douse an enduring fear elsewhere in Lebanon that the enmity in the north will inevitably spread to other parts of the country. Another day
Abu Rimon, right, a militiaman in an Alawite area of Tripoli, Lebanon, near graffiti depicting Hafez al-Assad, father of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.Credit...Moises Saman for The New York Times RAMA, Lebanon — As Syria’s civil war drags on, the recent arrest of a former Lebanese government minister allied with the Syrian leadership on charges that he planned a campaign of bombings and assas
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