Lebanese Defense Minister Extends Term of Army Commander

Lebanese Defense Minister Samir Moqbel announced on Thursday that he will sign a decision to extend the term of Army Commander Jean Qahwaji today and another decision to extend the term of Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Walid Salman on Friday. “We will not accept vacuum in the military institution,” ...

ISIL Militant Killed in Exchange of Fire with Army

Lebanese army killed the terrorist Mustafa Mohamad Al Ahmad on Tuesday during an exchange of fire as he was trying to escape, Army Command – Orientation Directorate said in a statement. “On Tuesday at 6:20 a.m. in the al-Kneisseh town in Akkar and while the army was trying to arrest ...

Terrorist Cells Lose Safety in Lebanon after Imad Yassin Arrested (Video)

The arrest of terrorist Imad Yassin in Ain al- Helwa refugee camp made the sleeper terrorist cells feel loss of safety to move inside the Lebanese territory.

Lebanon: Berri Calls for Joint Parliamentary Committees’ Session on Tuesday

Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, called for on the Administration and Justice, National Defense, Interior and Municipalities, and Finance and Budget Parliamentary Committees for a joint session on Tuesday, August 30th at 10:30 a.m. to discuss MP Robert Ghanem’s administrative regulation and administrative decentralization law proposal, as well as ...

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