Lebanon News

17 December 2002
The Security Council, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force of 4 December 2002 (S/2002/1328), and also reaffirming its resolution 1308 (2000) of 17 July 2000,

1. Calls upon the parties concerned to implement immediately its resolution 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973;

2. Decides to renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for a period of six months, that is, until 30 June 2003;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit, at the end of this period, a report on the developments in the situation and the measures taken to implement resolution 338 (1973).

6 August 2010
Minister Jean Oghassabian informed President Michel Suleiman on Friday about the talks he held in Damascus at the head of a Lebanese delegation the day before. Oghassabian also told LBC TV network that he discussed with Syrian officials a new vision to improve the five official border crossings between Lebanon and Syria.

6 August 2010
The National Liberal Party of MP Dori Chamoun on Friday told Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ahead of a press conference scheduled for later Friday to "take the path of justice." In a statement following its weekly meeting under Chamoun, the NLP hailed the Lebanese army for facing up to Israeli troops.

6 August 2010
Lebanese troops overnight went on alert again near the border village of Kfar Kila after a number of Israeli soldiers deployed in the opposite side. Local media on Friday said no shooting incidents were reported at Fatima border crossing during the brief tension.

6 August 2010
Israel on Friday demanded the dismissal or trial of the Lebanese army officer who opened fire at Israeli soldiers in Tuesday's deadly tree-pruning operation that left dead and wounded on sides of the Lebanon-Israel border. Among the dead were a senior Israeli officer and two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist.

6 August 2010
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has reportedly said that charges facing suspects in the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri are not based on conclusive evidence. As-Safir newspaper on Friday said Bellemare made the revelations before diplomats at the United Nations.

5 August 2010
Speaker Nabih Berri urged all Lebanese sides on Thursday to cooperate to win the media, psychological and intelligence war launched by Israel against Lebanon. "Israel is seeking to transfer tensions and the psychological and media war not just to Lebanon and Syria but also across the region to weaken Turkey and threaten Iran."