Lebanon

Gunmen kill 3 Lebanon troops near Syria border

28 May 2013

Unknown gunmen killed three Lebanese soldiers near the Syria border overnight, an official said on Tuesday, in the deadliest such attack since the start of the Syrian revolt more than two years...

4:20PM

Lebanon's capital hit by rockets amid fears Syria's civil war is spreading

26 May 2013

A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in southern Beirut yesterday, wounding four people and raising fears that...

4:26AM

Hezbollah chief pledges victory in Syria, Assad's fall will lead to 'dark period'

26 May 2013

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's comments offered the clearest public confirmation yet that the Iranian-backed group is directly involved in Syria’s war.

2:47PM

Israeli strike on Syria ‘unacceptable’, Russia warns

31 Jan 2013

Russia warned on Thursday that any air strike against its ally Syria would be “unacceptable”, as Israel maintained a strict silence on claims that it had bombed Syrian targets.

6:29PM

Briefs, October 24, 2012

24 Oct 2012

Troops bring calm to Beirut streets

4:31AM

Syrian refugees in Lebanon top 100,000: UN

23 Oct 2012

More than 100,000 Syrians have fled their war-torn country for neighbouring Lebanon, itself hit by rising tensions in recent days, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

9:54PM

Opinion

Singapore interbank rates manipulation claims are hyped

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Enoch Yiu

Qianhai the likely winner in the rush for Hong Kong investment

4:35AM

Army, gunmen trade fire in Beirut as tensions rise

Lebanese troops deployed in Sunni areas of the capital as more sectarian violence erupted, stoking fresh fears after a top security official was killed in a bombing blamed on neighbouring Syria....

12:42PM

Briefs, October 22, 2012

Beirut gunfight raises fears war may spread

4:26AM

Angry crowd demands Lebanon PM Mikati step down after slain spy chief's funeral

Violence erupted in downtown Beirut yesterday as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of an assassinated intelligence chief whose death they blame...

10:13AM

LEBANON

Clashes erupt in Beirut after slain official's funeral

Violence erupted in downtown Beirut on Sunday as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of an assassinated intelligence chief whose death they blame...

11:06PM

LEBANON

Call for anti-Syria demo at Lebanon police chief’s funeral

Lebanese opposition supporters were expected to turn out in the thousands on Sunday for an anti-Syria demonstration at the funeral of a top security official killed in a car bombing blamed on the...

6:55PM

MIDDLE EAST

Top Lebanese agent dead in Beirut bomb blast

Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, who led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, died yesterday in a...

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