Security

Lebanon appointed General Joseph Aoun as army commander on Wednesday, replacing General Jean Kahwaji at the head of a force that has been guarantor of civil peace since the 1975-90 civil war. The Lebanese government also filled several high-ranking security and judicial posts, Information Minister […]

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, received on Wednesday at the Baabda Palace the newly appointed State Security Chief, General Tony Saliba, who thanked the president on his trust. Aoun, in his turn, wished Saliba success in his new mission.

General Security agents carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on suspicion they sent huge sums to the Islamic State group, a judicial source told AFP. The source said the raids started Tuesday and were continuing on Wednesday against several […]

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Cabinet named Wednesday a new army commander, ending a two-year political deadlock over the appointment of the country’s top security and military officials. The Cabinet promoted Brigadier General Joseph Aoun to Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, replacing General Jean Kahwaji, who has […]

Twelve Syrian nationals have been arrested on Wednesday in the northern area of Zgharta for illegal entry into Lebanon, the State-run National News Agency reported. Lebanese army patrol staged raids against encampments of Syrian refugees in the Zgharta town of Mezyara, and arrested 12 Syrians […]

An Israeli enemy gunboat opened fire last night from 21.20 to 21.28 from inside the occupied Palestinian regional waters, with some bullets violating the Lebanese regional waters, a Lebanese Army communiqué said on Tuesday. The breach is being followed-up in coordination with the United Nations […]

Defense Minister, Yaacoub Sarraf inspected on Tuesday before noon the southern border. The minister visited south of the Litani sector where he was briefed on the tasks of the army in the south, then he went to the UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura and met with […]

The Army Command – Orientation Directorate – issued on Thursday the following statement: “At 9:55, two Israeli enemy warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace over the town of Naqoura, and circled above the various regions of Lebanon, then left the atmosphere at 11:40 from above the […]

Syrian warplanes on Thursday waged several raids on posts for the jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front — al-Qaida’s former Syrian branch – near the Lebanese-Syrian border, media reports said. A security source told LBCI television that the strikes targeted Syria’s western Qalamoun region near the […]