Lebanon in mourning after assassination
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Mostaqbal, Nabil Ismail) BEIRUT -- As a stunned nation grieved, dozens of angry mourners attacked Syrian workers in the hometown of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in a huge bomb blast, ...
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The inquiry into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister is in a Âsensitive and complicated phase,Â the head of the investigation said.
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Lebanon was plunged into fresh turmoil on Wednesday when a bitter power struggle loomed after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister that his allies blamed on Damascus.
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Fears for Lebanon's future as Beirut crowds flock to funeral of murdered anti-Syrian MP.
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The murder of an anti-Syrian Cabinet minister in Beirut raises tensions in Lebanon, where the government is already close to collapsing
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A Lebanese man is shot dead and another wounded in south Lebanon by Israel forces, Lebanese sources say.
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Fears for Lebanon's future as Beirut crowds flock to funeral of murdered MP
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A former leader who quietly pressed for Syria to quit Lebanon was killed Monday.
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Lebanon's army urged feuding politicians to set aside their differences and strengthen the foundations of the nation on Friday at the funeral of an assassinated general.
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, killed by a car bomb, is buried amid chaotic scenes.
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Beirut is to ask foreign experts to investigate the killing of former PM Rafik Hariri, as thousands attend his funeral.
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Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the center of Lebanon for the funeral of the government minister slain Tuesday, Pierre Gemayel.
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BEIRUT -- Troops in armored cars guarded Sunni Muslim neighborhoods in the capital yesterday after the shooting death of a young Shi'ite man. Shi'ite leaders urged the victim's family to avoid revenge, fearing sectarian violence that could detonate Lebanon's political crisis.
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BIKFAYA, Lebanon -- Mourners wept and showered rice yesterday on the coffin of a slain government minister who opposed Syrian influence in this divided nation, as his supporters mobilized for a massive show of force at his funeral in the capital, Beirut.
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Two presidents were killed by bombs just before or after their inaugurations. One prime minister was blown up in a helicopter; another was killed four months after leaving office in a suicide truck bombing. At least 35 Lebanese politicians, clerics and journalists have been struck down by assassins in Lebanon's 63 years of independence.
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GENEVA, Nov 22 (IPS) - The assassination of Pierre Gemayel in Beirut on  Tuesday has interrupted an 18-month  relative safety for  anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and intellectuals, and signals  the kick-off  of a series of events aiming at totally  destabilising the ailing national government and  dividing the  Christian community in the country -- and possibly plunging the  entire region  into chaos.
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A powerful car bombing Wednesday killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart.