Army intervenes in Beirut clashes
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The Lebanese army intervenes to break up clashes between rival political factions in Beirut.
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Sporadic clashes erupted Monday between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, injuring one soldier, security officials said.
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BEIRUT -- One of Lebanon's most pronounced political crises in a generation slid into bloodshed yesterday when assailants showered gunfire on a car carrying an anti-Syrian politician and scion of the country's most prominent Christian family, killing him and a bodyguard and pushing Lebanon a step closer to civil strife.
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A new emboldened Beirut government is forcing an end to a 10-day stand-off as negotiations fail.
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Tanks, artillery trucks and other equipment for French peacekeepers rolled off a cargo ship Tuesday in Beirut to help them monitor a U.N.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, a spokesman said.
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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.
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Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday to tighten security hours before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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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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Move comes in anticipation of final assault by Lebanese army after almost two months of fighting.
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Two people are killed in southern Beirut as a demonstration against power cuts descends into violence.
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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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Fighting resumes between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
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Seven people were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst internal violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by a political crisis.
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The Lebanese military today deployed thousands of troops in case of violence at two mass gatherings that reflected the country's deep divisions
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Lebanon's opposition buried on Tuesday an anti-government demonstrator whose death in a street skirmish has raised sectarian tensions and the army's commander warned his forces might not be able to control the streets.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 4 -- Islamic radicals clashed with  Lebanon's army at a second Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday and Monday, killing two Lebanese soldiers, sending residents fleeing through gun and rocket fire and heightening fears that the country faces a gravely destabilizing offensive b...