BEIRUT: The battle on Arsal’s outskirts will end in victory for Hezbollah, either through a settlement with the militants or by strength of arms, the...
BEIRUT: The offensive on the outskirts of Arsal saw renewed advances by Hezbollah Wednesday as attention turned toward a looming deadline for negotiations...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s swift advance has left a group of militants positioned on the outskirts of Arsal with just three options: fight to the death,...
BEIRUT: The timing of Hezbollah’s offensive on the outskirts of Arsal was facilitated by both the developing military and political reality in Syria as...
BEIRUT: As Hezbollah’s fighters made swift advances taking swaths of territory held by former Al-Qaeda affiliates on the outskirts of Arsal Sunday,...
ARSAL CHECKPOINT, Lebanon: Hezbollah’s ground offensive entered its second day Saturday after fighters seized strategic positions through the day Friday,...
BEIRUT: Syrian forces and Hezbollah fighters Thursday targeted militant positions on the outskirts of Arsal with artillery, missiles and airstrikes in an...
MAJDALOUN, Lebanon: In a run-down tent with a ragged carpet for a floor and only a thin plastic sheet to keep the July heat at bay, refugees living near...
LABWEH, Lebanon: The Syrian air force intensified airstrikes on militants entrenched on the outskirts of Arsal Wednesday, as the launch of a Hezbollah...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah Tuesday launched skirmishes against militant group Jabhat Fatah al-Sham on the outskirts of Arsal ahead of a major offensive, a security...
BEIRUT: Hundreds of members of Hezbollah’s elite units have been transferred within Syria to areas near the border with Lebanon in anticipation of a...
BEIRUT: Amid differences and disagreements, the Cabinet Wednesday failed to agree on a mechanism to govern the appointment of key essential civil and judicial...
BEIRUT: The electoral law, a saga almost nine years in the making, entered its closing chapter Wednesday after Cabinet referred the bill to Parliament, paving...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s elections, now slated for next spring, could see some major blocs losing seats, but the country’s new electoral law is unlikely...
BEIRUT: Analysts and officials Tuesday warned of the environmental impact of Burj Hammoud’s growing garbage mountain as the environment minister...
As a journalist used to covering politics in Lebanon, the feeling that kept cropping up while reporting on the United Kingdom’s General Elections Thursday was...
LONDON: As one walks from Edgware Road toward Paddington, not only does the scenery change but so do the voters’ sentiments. Across Edgware Road, a...
BEIRUT: Leaders agreed Thursday on the essential elements of a new electoral law, including the adoption of a proportional voting system, prompting President...
BEIRUT: There is never a dull day in the electoral law debacle as the issue was further complicated Monday after Speaker Nabih Berri said that Parliament...
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri described the progress to agree a new electoral law as “positive” Sunday, with officials set to try to tie up loose...
BEIRUT: A Daesh (ISIS) militant blew himself up Friday, wounding five Army soldiers who were attempting to arrest him as part of a military crackdown in...
BEIRUT: In a move aimed at preserving Lebanon’s economic and financial stability, the Cabinet Wednesday renewed central bank head Riad Salameh’s...
BEIRUT: An extraordinary parliamentary session will be opened to grant officials more time to reach an ever-elusive consensus over the vote law, as indicators...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah units, among other battalions including Iraqi militias, have deployed en masse to Al-Tanf, a strategic crossing leading to the Syrian-Iraqi...
BEIRUT: A number of former residents of the Lebanese village of Tfail have begun returning to the border town, a prominent former mufti from Baalbeck told The...