Topic: Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several people were killed in the two blasts on Syrian security sites in Damascus, state television said on Friday."The terrorist attacks left a number of martyrs, both civilian and military. Most of the victims were civilian," it said in ...
The defence chief of a special UN-backed court probing the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri asked judges Friday to lift arrest warrants against four Hezbollah members accused of the killing.Lawyer Francois Roux's request came as the Special Tribunal for ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's official state news agency said Friday an "armed terrorist group" attacked a checkpoint in the southern city of Deraa, killing four soldiers and kidnapping two.97670253&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report World News
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces arrested Islamist preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed on Sunday, three days after a court sentenced him and 21 other people to life in prison for carrying out "terrorist acts."A police statement said Bakri tried to flee when ...
An Australian ex-airline employee was jailed for nine years on Friday for producing a do-it-yourself jihad manual including how-to guides on bomb-making, assassinations and shooting down planes.Former Qantas cabin cleaner Belal Khazaal was arrested in June 2004 over his Arabic-language " Provisions ...
Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Monday in a car bombing targeting an army bus on the outskirts of the restive northern city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.They said 26 soldiers and two civilians were also wounded in the second ...
The death toll from Monday's car bomb blast in the northern city of Tripoli rose to six when a civilian died of his injuries in hospital on Tuesday, a security official said.The man's death means four Lebanese soldiers and two civilians were ...
Four Lebanese soldiers and a civilian were killed on Monday in a car bombing targeting an army bus on the outskirts of the restive northern city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.They said 26 soldiers and another civilian were also wounded ...
Five Lebanese soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded in a car bomb blast that ripped through a military van in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, a security official told AFP.He said six other civilians were injured in the ...
The killing of a Lebanese politician in the first such attack against a pro-Syrian figure jeopardises national reconciliation efforts already undermined by deep rifts between rival factions.Saleh Aridi, a senior member of the Lebanese Democratic Party, was assassinated in a car bombing ...