Lebanon News

Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani speaks during a press conference in Dar al-Fatwa in Beirut, Thursday, Jan.

BEIRUT: The deteriorating security situation in Lebanon precludes the possibility of holding transparent elections, Lebanese Democratic Party head MP Talal Arslan said following talks with Speaker Nabih Berri, adding that his party seeks an extension of Parliament's term.

Members of the Higher Islamic Council hold a special session in Tripoli on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel-Karim Ali speaks in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

"I accept that a full ban on Hezbollah may be difficult to achieve," he said, "but even an EU ban on the military wing of Hezbollah would send a powerful message that we do not tolerate Hezbollah's and Iran's terrorism.... "It is beyond doubt that Hezbollah does Iran's bidding in upholding the bloody regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and that it ... (more)

Hezbollah 's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group "terrorist." Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group.

The United States warned Friday that Lebanon's stability was at risk from the Syrian conflict that has spawned clashes in Lebanon, and condemned the Lebanese militia Hezbollah for sending fighters into Syria, dpa reported.

People stand in front of the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai gives an address during the enthronement of Syria's Greek Orthodox leader Yuhanna X Yazigi at the Holy Cross church in Damascus, during the first visit by a Maronite patriarch since Syrian independence in 1943, on February 10, 2013.

In this Sept. 5, 2005 file photo, Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed gestures while talking to the media, in Beirut, Lebanon.

TRIPOLI: A number of Lebanon's Sunni leaders called on security agencies to adopt an urgent plan to end the fighting in the northern city of Tripoli Friday, after six days of battles killed 24 people.

FPM leader Michel Aoun speaks during an interview with The Daily Star in Rabieh, Monday, Oct.

The most vivid memories aren't those carved in stone but the ones etched in the mind.

The Address of President Michel Sleiman on The Occasion of The Independance Day Monday, November 21, 2011 BEIRUT: Military Council meetings will resume despite the recent retirement of half its members, ministerial sources told The Daily Star Thursday, adding that the ongoing violence in Tripoli left officials with few options.

BEIRUT: The Consumer Protection Department of the Economy and Trade Ministry reawakened old food concerns Wednesday, warning shoppers that recent tests showed signs of pesticide overuse in locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, 2013.

Soldier, 25, who was killed in a brutal street attack, had a son, 2, and had served in Afghanistan and Europe.

The changing internal situation in Syria is putting a new set of plans into motion, which involve Israeli aggression against Syria.

Workers protest outside the cehicle inspection center in Zahrani, south of Sidon, Thursday, May 23, 2013.