Salam: Lebanon Will not Accept Integration of Displaced Syrians

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam said in a televised interview “We will not accept the integration of displaced people in Lebanon. The priority is to repatriate them.” “The United Nations meetings have not made any breakthroughs in solving the Syrian crisis,” he said, stressing that “Lebanon is among the most ...

Loyalty to Resistance Bloc: For participation of all Lebanese Constituents in Government

“Loyalty to Resistance” bloc beseeched all political forces in the country to exert further efforts to remove all hurdles in the face of the participation of all Lebanese constituents in the government, calling for the resumption of national dialogue sessions as a “national necessity.” The Bloc’s fresh stance came in ...

Lebanese Security Forces Arrest ISIL “Emir” in Ain al-Hilweh Refugee Camp

Lebanese army intelligence unit managed on Thursday to arrest Imad Yassin,  “emir” of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in the city of Sidon, south of Lebanon. Al-Manar has learned from security sources that Yassin was planning for terrorist ...

Hezbollah fighters shell a group of insurgents from the so-called Free Syrian Army in Tufeil barrens on Lebanon-Syria border

MP Fadlallah: Hezbollah Committed to Naming Aoun for Presidency

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah reiterated on Tuesday the party’s commitment to naming the head of the Free Patriotic Movement General Michel Aoun for the presidency of the Lebanese republic. “Both candidates merit all respect and appreciation,” the lawmaker answered a question at the Parliament, in reference to both Aoun and ...

Hezbollah: US Allegations It’s Fighting ISIL ‘Propagandist’

Hezbollah denounced the US-led strikes on Syrian army position in Deir Ezzor, describing as propagandist Washington’s allegations that the coalition was fighting the Takfiri ISIL group. In a statement released by the party’s Media Relations, Hezbollah said that US allegations it had ‘mistakenly’ hit Syrian army positions are delusional. ISIL ...

General Security Reveals New Terrorist Cell behind Bekaa Bomb

The General Directorate of General Security wrapped up Thursday its investigations into the bombing that rocked Zahle’s Ksara area in late August, noting that perpetrators are of Lebanese and Syrian nationalities. The terrorists were receiving instructions and logistic support from the Lebanese fugitive Mohamad Qassem Al Ahmad, aka Abu Al ...

Lebanon: General Security Wraps up Investigations into Zahle Bombing

The General Directorate of General Security wrapped up Thursday its investigations into the bombing that rocked Zahle’s Ksara area in late August, noting that Sheikh Bassam al-Tarras was briefly held in the case for interrogation over a meeting in Turkey with the attack’s mastermind. “The case, the detainees and the ...