At least three people have been killed in northern Lebanon during a raid on the home of a suspected militant. Two civilians and the suspect, who blew himself up, lost their lives during the raid by security forces in the town of Deir al Ammar, northeast of Tripoli. At least 10 others were wounded, including four security personnel. Lebanon has ...

[caption id="attachment_152338" align="alignright" width="187"] A device exploded at the gate of the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Feb.22, 2015.[/caption] (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded at the gate of the Iranian ambassador's residence in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday although nobody was hurt in the blast,...

The Lebanese army has seized two bomb-laden cars in the north as clashes rage on between the army and militants in the city of Tripoli. The army said in a statement issued on Sunday that it seized the cars filled with heavy explosives in the Bhannine area of the Akkar district in North Governorate. Lebanons North Governorate has seven districts ...

Lebaneses State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr has charged seven people over bombings in the countrys northern city of Tripoli. On Monday, the judge filed a lawsuit against Youssef Diab, Hussein Jaafar, Anas Hamzi, Hayyan Ramadan, Ahmad Merhi, Khodr Jdoud and Salman Assaad, referring them to the Military investigative Judge Riad ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was seized by gunmen in the capital Tripoli before dawn Thursday, something that is linked to a raid by US special forces over the weekend that snatched a Libyan al-Qaeda suspect from the streets of the capital. Zeidan's abduction reflected the weakness of Libya's government, which is virtually ...

The US military has deployed a Marine force of 200 troops to an Italian base neighboring Libya in wake of the recent American raid in the North African nation to kidnap alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi. A US military official has confirmed the repositioning of 200 heavily armed Marines from an American base in Spain to Sigonella naval base ...

Libya has summoned the United States envoy over the abduction of a Libyan citizen by American military forces in Tripoli. The Libyan government called in the US ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones, over the kidnapping of Abu Anas al-Libi, also known as Nazih al-Ragye, by US forces, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. "Justice Minister Salah ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of deposed Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi, may join 37 former regime members in a pre-trial session in Tripoli over charges of murder and crimes allegedly committed during 2011 civil war, according to the country's top prosecutor. Abdel-Qader Radwan, the prosecutor general, said that Saif al-Islam ...