Army ends sectarian riots in Beirut after 14 hurt
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Lebanese soldiers deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite streets of Beirut on Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people injured and several cars and shops smashed.
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QALAMOUN, Lebanon  - Lebanese soldiers killed five Islamist militants, most of them foreigners, in a clash on the outskirts of the northern town of Qalamoun on Thursday, military and security sources said.
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Thousands of supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition paralyzed parts of central Beirut on Saturday as defiant Prime Minister Fouad Siniora won fresh international backing.
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Two people were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday during protests against power cuts that turned violent after the army moved in to break up the demonstrations by pro-Syrian opposition activists.
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Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds and 21 others injured at a time when tensions throughout Lebanon threaten the country's fragile sectarian and political balance.
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Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday in Beirut's worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, hospital and security officials said.
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The Lebanese army said its soldiers had exchanged fire with an Israeli force on Wednesday on their shared border but there were no Lebanese casualties.
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BEIRUT, Jan. 27 -- Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday in Beirut's worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, hospital and security officials said.
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Lebanon's army crushed the last remnants of a militant group in a ferocious gunbattle Sunday that killed 39 of the fighters, ending a bloody three-month siege at a Palestinian refugee camp that was the country's worst internal violence in years.
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Iraqi police say an agreement on ending the violence in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf has been reached.
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Iraqi police say an agreement on ending the uprising in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf has been reached.
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The United Nations declared an  end on Thursday to the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon caused by  the Israeli-Hizbollah war and said it planned to shift its  resources to rebuilding the war-shattered area.
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In LebanonÂs worst political crisis since the end of a 15-year civil war in 1990, hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters today poured into the center of Beirut, where they demanded an end to Fouad SinioraÂs Western-backed government.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army claimed victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.
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A Lebanese judge ordered on Saturday the arrest of three army officers and eight soldiers over the shooting deaths of seven Shi'ite Muslim protesters in Beirut a week ago.
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Police and army troops sealed off downtown Beirut Tuesday to secure a parliamentary session to elect a new head of state, a vote shadowed by assassination of a lawmaker and expected to be blocked by a Hezbollah-led opposition.
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Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds at a time when tensions throughout Lebanon threaten the country's fragile sectarian and political balance.