Lebanon News

BEIRUT: Real advertising expenditures in Lebanon slipped to $174 million in 2011, shedding 3.3 percent from $180 million in 2010, according to a forthcoming report in Arab Ad magazine.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept.

If you lived in the Middle East in the '90's, surely you know that Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and her film The Bodyguard were HUGE in the region.

An Australian who had his passport cancelled by ASIO over terrorism concerns has been convicted in a Lebanese court after allegedly travelling to Pakistan to train with an extremist group.

SIDON, Lebanon: Several individuals blocked the main road leading to the southern city of Tyre Sunday in protest of repeated power outages and warned they would adopt harsher measures if their demand for better electricity supply was not met.

TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Gun battles in the north city of Tripoli, which killed two people and wounded 17 Saturday, resumed Sunday between the pre-dominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and the mainly Sunni district of Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern city of Tripoli.

Beirut a Three gunmen ambushed a military general on a residential street in Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian government reported, in an assassination of a government stalwart that was the first of its kind in the Syrian capital and another step away from the nonviolent roots of the antigovernment protests.

"My Reincarnation," with a Q&A by director Jennifer Fox 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday Wheeler Opera House ASPEN - Jennifer Fox began filming a documentary centered around Tibetan Buddhist teacher Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in 1988, and finished filming in the late '00s. Of course, a lot is bound to happen over 20 years, but Fox's patience paid off big: ... (more)

The International Committee of the Red Cross hosted a workshop on the Mediterranean peninsula of Beirut last week, highlighting the threat of cyber attacks on civilian populations.

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on an official visit to France, said Saturday Paris would reduce its peacekeeper numbers in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and voiced optimism that the government crisis back home would be resolved.

The officials say the two sides fired on each other from two rival neighborhoods in Tripoli, one dominated by Sunnis, the other by Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry seeks stronger conscience exemptions for coverage, while Sen.

BEIRUT: Albanian Parliament Speaker Josefina Topalli will arrive in Lebanon Monday on a three-day official visit during which she will meet with the country's top officials.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrives at the Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan.

In this undated citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Thursday, Feb.

BEIRUT/TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Shock waves from the Syrian uprising reached new levels in Lebanon Friday as armed clashes rocked the northern city of Tripoli and rattled the country.Gunfire and rocket propelled-grenades were exchanged between the pre-dominantly Alawite Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen and mainly Sunni district Bab al-Tabbaneh after ... (more)

The Arab bank building is seen as cars drive down banks street in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 4, 2011.

All fighters competing at Saturday's MMAjunkie.com-streamed Cage Warriors Fighting Championship event successfully made weight for the show.

Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the right wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, gestures during his party meeting at the Kenesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived at the "Invalides" in Paris for the official reception by French Authorities,as posted on his twitter account.