Syria condemns assassination attempt against former Lebanese ...
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Syria condemned on Friday an attempt of assassination against a former Lebanese minister in Beirut, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
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Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the building of the Lebanese general security at the border with Syria doubting the credibility of the report by the Lebanese authorities on the death of Ismail Muhammad al-Khatib suspected to be a member in al-Qaida
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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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President Bush denounced Tuesday's assassination of a Lebanese leader as "the vicious face of those who oppose freedom" and said that Syria and Iran are trying to undermine the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.
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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 main political factions condemn a bomb attack which killed a general slated to become army chief.
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Britain is &quot;dismayed&quot; at the assassination of the anti-Syrian minister Pierre Gemayel in Lebanon, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said, claiming it will only increase regional tension.
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Lebanese officials and foreign diplomats denounced the bomb attack that injured a minister on Friday, as a grave attack on Lebanon&#39;s democracy.
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The White House on Monday condemned  the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  and said Lebanon should be free to pursue its political future  free of violence and Syrian occupation.
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Critics tie the Hariri assassination to Syria's efforts to keep control over Lebanon
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BEIRUT -- In an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger, mourners shouted "Syria Out!" as they crowded Beirut's streets yesterday to bury their former prime minister, Rafik Hariri. Lebanon's pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud, stayed away, warned not to come by Hariri supporters who blame his government and Damascus for his death.
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The strengthening of Syria&#39;s influence in Lebanon&#39;s government prompted Secretary of State Colin Powell to renew his criticism of Syria after a brief period of praise.
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The strengthening of Syria's influence in Lebanon's government prompted Secretary of State Colin Powell to renew his criticism of Syria after a brief period of praise.
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Lebanon's Druze opposition leader Walid Jumblatt Tuesday accused Syria and Lebanese authorities of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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Attacks that have targeted prominent Lebanese, most of them opponents of Syria:
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Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria.
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WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States said Syria threatened Lebanese parliamentarians as part of an effort to ensure the rule of President Emile Lahoud.