Lebanon

Hezbollah chief sees no change in US foreign policy under Obama

Hezbollah chief sees no change in US foreign policy under Obama Beirut - The leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said late Tuesday that he expects to see no change in US foreign policy with the election of Senator Barack Obama as president.

"Don't exaggerate hopes nor give people high expectations so that no one is disappointed or makes miscalculations ... the American foreign policy will not change," Nasrallah told supporters at Hezbollah's Martyrs Day in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Syria and Lebanon agree to jointly fight terror, control borders

Syria and Lebanon agree to jointly fight terror, control bordersDamascus - Syria and Lebanon agreed on Monday to form a committee to fight terrorism and control its borders, days after Syria blamed suspects linked to a Lebanese group with a bomb attack in Damascus.

The decision came during a visit of Lebanese Minister of Interior Zaid Baroud to Damascus, the first by an interior minister since the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minster Rafik Hariri, which some groups in Lebanon blame on Syria.

Fatah al-Islam denies involvement in Damascus blast

Fatah al-Islam denies involvement in Damascus blast Beirut - Fatah al-Islam, an al-Qaeda-linked militant movement, on Monday denied any links with the September 27 bomb attack in the Syrian capital that killed 17 people.

"We deny any involvement in the Damascus blast ... and the allegations which were shown on (Syrian) television," Fatah al-Islam said in a statement faxed to the media in Beirut.

The statement followed allegations by alleged Fatah al-Islam members in a 40-minute television report aired on state-run television in Syria last week.

Palestinians arrest members of terrorist ring after clash

Palestinians arrest members of terrorist ring after clash Beirut - Military police with the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon arrested two terrorist suspects in the northern Lebanese refugee camp of Beddawi following a clash inside the chantytown, Palestinian sources said Friday.

According to the sources the two suspects were arrested after a major clash and were identified as Nader al-Ali and Khaled Jaber, who are accused of being members of a terrorist ring headed by wanted Lebanese citizen Abdul Ghani Jawhar.

Lebanese judge issues terrorism arrest warrants

SyriaBeirut  - Lebanese military court investigator Judge Rachid Mezher issued on Friday eight arrest warrants for suspects involved in an explosion that killed five people in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in September.

The explosion on September 29 targeted a military bus carrying at least 20 soldiers, leaving at least five dead and 21 injured.

The explosion was part of a chain of sporadic bombings, mainly targeting the army.

Lebanese sceptical of terrorist confessions on Syrian TV

Hezbollah accuses UN representative of supporting Israel Beirut - A Syrian state television broadcast showing people tied to Lebanese organizations confessing to a September Damascus bomb attack is an attempt to smear Lebanese institutions, Lebanese politicians said Friday.

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