Lebanese army soldiers step down stairs carefully during clashes in the old market of the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday May 15, 2012. Lebanese troops deployed Tuesday in tense areas of the northern city of Tripoli after three days of sectarian clashes killed at least six people in a spillover of the 14-month-long conflict in neighboring Syria. The city's fighting camps break down along sectarian and political lines. On one side are Sunni Muslims who support the rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. On the other are members of the tiny Alawite sect, followers of an offshoot of Shiite Islam who are Assad's most loyal supporters. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
The Lebanese army arrested the ‘largest arms dealer’ in Lebanon in the border town of Britel in the Bekaa region, media reports said on Wednesday.
The army staged security raids in the said area and was able arrest the dealer, who was identified as Aahed Mohsen Mazloum, they added.
Mazloum is one of the largest arms dealers in the country, it said.
The army is in a constant battle against outlaws who seek refuge in remote border areas in Lebanon.
In March, it staged raids on residences of the most wanted drug kingpin, Nouh Zoaiter in the Bekaa region in east Lebanon.
Zoaiter is wanted on several arrest warrants including the Interpol.
President General Michel Aoun, received at the Baabda Palace, the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aloysio Nunes Ferreira. Mr Ferreira announced on monday that Lebanon and Brazil will sign a defense agreement. This agreement will “open a legal framework for the cooperation that already exists between […]
The Lebanese Army deployed Monday to areas on the outskirts of the north-eastern town of Arsal. This military move took place following the departure of 40 buses carrying terrorists. A military source reported that 40 buses carrying “Saraya Ahl Sham” terrorists left East Arsal on […]
Prospects are emerging that a proportional representation vote law for the upcoming parliamentary polls where Lebanon is divided into 13 districts could be put for discussion, al-Akhbar daily reported on Monday. The next stage will witness suggestions made by President Michel Aoun to hold the […]
