Lebanon fears more violence after minister slain
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Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday for an anti-Syrian cabinet minister whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Damascus, raised fears of a new spasm of factional violence.
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Lebanon's political divide has reached a dangerous deadlock after pro-Western ministers defied their pro-Syrian rivals to take the next step in ratifying an international court into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's 2005 murder.
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Lebanese investigators have concluded that al Qaeda-inspired militants killed a Christian Lebanese minister late last year, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Lebanon's deeply divided politicians united in mourning Friday for a top general whose death in a car bombing has raised fears that even the respected military has become a target in the country's unending political turmoil
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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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Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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Security is tight in Beirut amid fears that anti-government protests led by the Hezbollah militia may turn violent.
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Lebanon's PM issues a new warning to militants holed up in a refugee camp, after further clashes with troops.
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people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. In a second dawn attack in the capital on Friday, guerrillas killed at
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese minister who resigned in a dispute over Syriaâs domination of the country was wounded in a Beirut car bombing Friday, as a UN report blasted Syria for failing to meet demands for the respect of Lebanonâs sovereignty.
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Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday as a bitter power struggle brewed after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister that his allies blamed on Damascus.
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Troops in armored cars deployed to Sunni Muslim neighborhoods in the capital Monday after the shooting death of a young Shiite man, but that failed to prevent renewed friction. Shiite leaders urged the victim's family to avoid revenge, fearing sectarian violence that could detonate Lebanon's political crisis.
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Beirut's main streets were shut down and armed guards stood vigilant today as anti-Syrian crowds chanting political slogans and waving the Lebanese flag packed into the capital's largest square in anticipation of the funeral of slain Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel. The Christian official was gunned down Tuesday, with many blaming Syria.
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World leaders condemned the killing on Tuesday of a Lebanese Christian cabinet minister, with Western powers vowing to do their utmost to prevent the collapse of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's unsteady government.
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Lebanese troops were on alert across the country on Tuesday as the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a car bomb blast raised fears of a political crisis and rekindled raw memories of civil war.
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Lebanon's army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.
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The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President