Syrian Refugees Flood Lebanon to Escape Civil War
ABC NewsBy Bob Woodruff
(NEW YORK) — With no safe haven, more than 1,200 Syrian refugees pour into Lebanon daily. Most of them are mothers and children with no idea where they will live. Because there are no refugee camps in Lebanon, the government is…
Beirut Remains a Powder Keg Following Intelligence Chief’s Murder
AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — The situation in Beirut remains unsettled due to civil unrest that resulted from the assassination of Lebanon’s top intelligence officer who opposed Syria’s involvement in Lebanon’s affairs.For a second day Monday, the Leban…
Beirut Remains a Powder Keg Following Intelligence Chief’s Murder
AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — The situation in Beirut remains unsettled due to civil unrest that resulted from the assassination of Lebanon’s top intelligence officer who opposed Syria’s involvement in Lebanon’s affairs.For a second day Monday, the Leban…
Thousands in Beirut Mourn Dead Intelligence Chief
AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — There is growing concern that last Friday’s assassination of Lebanon’s security chief Wissam al-Hassan will lead to Syria’s conflict spreading throughout the Middle East.Al-Hassan and two others died in a car bomb blast near…
Thousands in Beirut Mourn Dead Intelligence Chief
AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — There is growing concern that last Friday’s assassination of Lebanon’s security chief Wissam al-Hassan will lead to Syria’s conflict spreading throughout the Middle East.Al-Hassan and two others died in a car bomb blast near…
Deadly Explosion Rocks Beirut
AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — A large explosion killed at least eight people and injured dozens more in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday, local officials said. Video and still images from the scene show confusion and chaos, with emergency sirens …
Researchers Say ‘Extremely Targeted’ ‘MiniFlame’ Cyber Attack Hit Lebanon, Iran
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Researchers said Monday they have identified part of the powerful Flame cyber espionage program as a stand-alone, “highly flexible” spy program that centered its attacks on computer systems in Lebanon and I…
Pope Benedict Visits Lebanon
Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — On Saturday morning, Vatican flags were waved and confetti thrown by crowds lining the route taken by Pope Benedict’s popemobile as he headed to a meeting with government and religious leaders in Lebanon.To mark P…
Pope Will Get Dangerously Close to Syria This Weekend
L’Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Pope Benedict XVI will be just 30 miles from a major war zone starting Friday.The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has no plans to cancel his three-day visit to Beirut, Lebanon, even as fig…
Pope Will Get Dangerously Close to Syria This Weekend
L’Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Pope Benedict XVI will be just 30 miles from a major war zone starting Friday.The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has no plans to cancel his three-day visit to Beirut, Lebanon, even as fig…
Syrian Spillover Violence in Lebanon Fuels Fears of Wider Conflict
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Lebanon’s second-biggest city saw its fourth consecutive day of violence Thursday between groups supporting and opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.The sectarian fighting, some of the worst since Le…
Angry Tribe Takes Hostages, Cuts Road to Beirut Airport
ANWAR AMRO/AFP/GettyImages(BEIRUT) — A heavily armed Lebanese tribe has taken at least 20 hostages, including foreign citizens, and set up a cordon around Beirut’s main airport, as a dispute that began with the kidnapping of a tribesman in Syria has e…
Stuxnet-Linked Cyber Weapon Hits Lebanon
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A new cyber weapon believed to be linked by code to the infamous Stuxnet worm has been discovered stealing banking information in Lebanon, according to Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Labs.The new malwar…
Border Attacks Between Syria and Lebanon Kills Two Children
ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Two children died on Saturday during mortar attacks, and one was an eight-year-old Bedouin refugee who fled to Lebanon with her family to escape from the conflict, according to the Telegraph.President Bas…
Lebanese Pilgrims Kidnapped in Syria
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BEIRUT) — Many in Lebanon now fear their country is being pulled into the ongoing conflict in neighboring Syria after reports that 13 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims were kidnapped by members of a rebel group.News of the abduction spar…
Syria Spillover Fighting in Lebanon Intensifying
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TRIPOLI, Lebanon) — On Monday Lebanon’s second-biggest city — Tripoli — saw its third day of fierce clashes, and Monday night there were reports of mortars being used for the first time. Machine guns and RPGs have been used in…