Lebanon says operation against militants is over
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Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday the army's military operation against al Qaeda-inspired militants was over after the military destroyed all the militants' positions.
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BAZOURIYA, Lebanon -- There are two faces to the U.N. force today in Lebanon, ensuring a cease-fire that ended 33 days of war with Israel. One has a certain swagger: more than 4,800 soldiers, 14 French battle tanks, four 155mm artillery guns, 10 Italian amphibious assault vehicles and an array of...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday the fighting in Lebanon would end when the two soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas are freed, rocket attacks on Israel have stopped, and the Lebanese army is deployed along the border.
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Lebanon is becoming a shelter for al-Qaida-linked militants fleeing across the Syrian border after a crackdown by authorities there, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Monday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's government said yesterday that it would end its air and maritime blockade of Lebanon today to make way for an international force that is to deploy as part of a cease-fire that ended the 34-day conflict.
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Move comes in anticipation of final assault by Lebanese army after almost two months of fighting.
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BEIRUT - Lebanon said yesterday that its army killed at least 222 Islamist militants from a group linked to Al Qaeda during a 15-week battle at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
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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 declared victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.
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An uneasy calm settles at a Lebanon refugee camp after a minister declares victory against Islamist fighters.
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A police anti-terror operation in The Hague has ended with the arrest of two suspects after a violent 14-hour siege, Dutch officials say.
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Four Islamist militants involved in a siege at a Palestinian refugee camp have been captured, Lebanon's army says.
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ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon early on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and international peacekeepers under a U.N. resolution to end a bloody war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
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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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The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon   said Israel ended its naval blockade on Lebanon on Friday after   an international naval force became operational off the   Lebanese coast.
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Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa renewed efforts on Tuesday to end a political standoff in Lebanon, which many fear could turn violent as the country faces its worst political split since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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MOSHAV ZARIT, Israel, Oct. 1 -- Israeli military officials said the army withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the cease-fire that ended a month-long war with the radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah.
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Lebanon's government says militants entrenched in a refugee camp must surrender or face more military action.