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#Lebanon heightens security measures as terrorist groups threaten more attacks
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An ISF officer stands outside the #ministry_of_interior in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) An ISF officer stands outside the Ministry of Interior in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

As the #Abdullah_Azzam_Brigades has threatened to carry out more terrorist attacks, and with the ongoing targeting of the Lebanese army, investigations with members of terrorist cells who were apprehended over the past two weeks are bringing important revelations to light, most recently, the fact that the Interior Ministry tops the list of these cells’ targets. read (...)

#Al-Nusra_Front #Articles #Bekaa #Jean_Kahwaji #Lebanon #Nouhad_Machnouk #Roumieh_Prison #Samir_Mokbel #syria #Tripoli

Aoun aims to replace Kahwaji, fears he could be next president
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MP #Michel_Aoun. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) MP Michel Aoun. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

For three years, the army has remained #Lebanon’s only functioning institution. To some extent, it managed to withstand all the political campaigns and armed attacks that targeted it, including the recent spate of suicide bombings. And unlike 1975’s events, the regional and interior strife stemming from the crisis in Syria hasn’t segmented the Lebanese military institution.

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#Lebanon’s former aid chief: Millions spent to fund #Tripoli fighting
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Ibrahim Bashir, former secretary general of #Lebanon's Higher Relief Committee who is now under investigation. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) #Ibrahim_Bashir, former secretary general of Lebanon’s Higher Relief Committee who is now under investigation. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)

In a moment of surrender, former secretary general of Lebanon’s Higher Relief Committee (HRC), Ibrahim Bashir- who is currently under arrest - recalled his difficulties with former Prime Minister #Najib_Mikati, chief of the Lebanese army #Jean_Kahwaji and the army intelligence. He expressed his belief that the battles in Tripoli are officially planned and arranged. He thoroughly believed that divulging his opinion will get him in trouble and it did. There are definitely (...)

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#Lebanon’s former aid chief confesses: Millions in aid misappropriated, funded the fighting in #Tripoli
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Ibrahim Bashir, former secretary general of #Lebanon's Higher Relief Committee who is now under investigation. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) #Ibrahim_Bashir, former secretary general of Lebanon’s Higher Relief Committee who is now under investigation. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)

In a moment of surrender, former secretary general of Lebanon’s Higher Relief Committee (HRC), Ibrahim Bashir- who is currently under arrest - recalled his difficulties with former Prime Minister #Najib_Mikati, chief of the Lebanese army #Jean_Kahwaji and the army intelligence. He expressed his belief that the battles in Tripoli are officially planned and arranged. He thoroughly believed that divulging his opinion will get him in trouble and it did. There are definitely (...)

#Articles #Wissam_al-Hassan

10-Horse Race to #Lebanon’s Presidential Palace
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President Suleiman visited Paris, aiming to get a definitive answer about the possibility of living in France at the end of his term and assuming the general secretariat of the Francophonie.(Photo: Marwan Tahtah). President Suleiman visited Paris, aiming to get a definitive answer about the possibility of living in France at the end of his term and assuming the general secretariat of the Francophonie.(Photo: Marwan Tahtah).

According to most observers concerned with the formation of the new Lebanese government, President #Michel_Suleiman is relatively convinced that #Hezbollah cannot be fooled into extending his term. He understands that the Saudis want him to put the country in the hands of Prime Minister-designate Tammam (...)

#Amin_Gemayel #Articles #Jean_Kahwaji #Lebanon #MARCH_14 #March_8 #Michel_Aoun #Najib_Mikati #Saad_Hariri #Samir_Geagea #Suleiman_Frangieh

Lines of the Game: Crucial Showdown Between #lebanese_army and Al-Qaeda
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Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on December 4, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ibrahim Chalhoub). Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on December 4, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ibrahim Chalhoub).

The latest development in the lines of the global game saw #Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in #Iran. This is an important point in the context of the desired understanding between Washington and Tehran. A close monitoring of this issue is needed to know the conflicts and hotbeds of tension in the region, including the situation in #Lebanon, which suggests an inevitable clash between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda. But how? (...)

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