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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US Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Trying to Join IS
A psychology student from the southern U.S. state of Mississippi who tried to travel to Syria with his fiancee to join Islamic State has been sentenced to eight years in prison on federal terrorism charges. Muhammad Dakhlalla, 22, could have faced up to 20 years […]
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Finance Minister defies Siniora to resort to court over corruption
Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, rejected the statement issued on Tuesday by Future bloc, which, according to him, MP Fouad Siniora had devoted to level false accusations. “Everybody knows that those accusations only apply to Siniora’s mandate,” the Minister said. “The Ministry of Finance […]
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In Istanbul, Optimism Fades to a Familiar Melancholy
When the army cut off traffic in Istanbul on Friday night by shutting two bridges in the opening moments of a coup, the municipality ordered ferries to work overtime. City trucks blocked roads near army barracks. Buses and subways operated free of charge, and local […]