Lebanese security forces busted an alleged terror cell and confiscated a large cache of arms, General Security said in a statement Friday.
Lebanon busts terror cell, large weapons cache
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Turkish Leader Erdogan Making New Enemies and Frustrating Old Friends
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, strode onto a stage a month ago looking down upon a sea of a million fans waving red Turkish flags. They were celebrating the 15th-century conquest of Istanbul by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, the golden moment of Turkey’s Muslim […]
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Sehnaoui retaliates to Pharaon’s Accusations
Minister of State for Planning Affairs Michel Pharaon Friday accused former Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui of corruption claiming the latter stole “at least $100 million” from the ministry during his term. Pharaon made the accusations during a news conference, after his campaign posters in Ashrafieh’s […]
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Lebanon: The quest of a fifth Olympic medal
Will any of the Lebanese athletes competing in Rio de Janeiro succeed in bringing home an Olympic medal after 36 years of wait? Normally calm and plunged in an unexpected torpor, the siege of the Lebanese Olympic committee (LOC) was buzzing with agitation on the […]