The battle lines in Lebanon are drawn sharper and sharper. They are largely sectarian and tied into the bitter civil war in neighbouring Syria. On the one side are Sunni Muslim groups, especially Mustaqbal (Future), allied to Saudi Arabia and sympathetic to Syrias Sunni rebels and the Sunni jihadis from around the region fighting on their side. On ...

Tehran, Jan 21, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Tuesday condemned a terrorist attack in south Beirut, saying that undoubtedly, terror acts by Takfiri groups and similar moves in Lebanon and region are in line with the Zionist regime?s interests. According to a report by the ministry?s Public Relations Department, Afkham added ...

Beirut The Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, believed to be a franchise of the Syrian Al-Qaeda-linked group, on Tuesday claimed a bomb attack in Beirut that killed at least four people. "With the help of God almighty we have responded to the massacres carried out by the party of Iran (Hezbollah)... with a martyrdom operation in their backyard in the southern ...

An explosion has rocked a busy suburb in southern Beirut that is known to be a Hezbollah stronghold, killing at least three people. It is the second time in just two weeks that Shia-dominatedHaret Hreikhas been hit by a bomb blast. The number of casualties is currently unknown, but Al Jazeera's Nisreen el Shamyleh, reporting from Beirut, said that ...