Security - Shelling intensifies in Tripoli, Red Cross rushes injured to hospitals
NNA - 02/06/2012 Incoming news from Bab Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen tell of increased violence in the northern city of Tripoli Saturday, with shelling across both areas heard every five
NNA - President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman, is expected in Kuwait City tomorrow for a meeting with Prince Sabah Ahmad Sabah and senior Kuwaiti officials. Discussions' agenda will be f
Regional - Annan warns of "all-out" sectarian war in Syria
NNA - 02/06/2012 (Reuters) - International peace envoy Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that Syria was slipping into "all-out" war, and a Syrian opposition figure said Russia had become
Politics - Layoun unhappy with cabinet performance
NNA - 02/06/2012 The cabinet's performance fell short of satisfactory according to Culture Minister Gaby Layoun, but that was in part due to problems passed on from previous governmen
NNA - Minister of the Environment Nazem Khouri, did not rule out President Sleiman's postponement of national dialogue in the event of lack of protagonist enthusiasm or initiative.
NNA - Tripoli politician Talal Mire'bi, expressed solidarity with protesters blocking traffic into Syria at 'Abboudiyyeh and Areeda border-crossings. They were protesting the abduction of 2
Politics - Mikati orders security apparatuses tighten noose on violators
NNA - 02/06/2012 Prime Minister Najib Mikati followed up Saturday morning developments of the security situation in the northern city of Tripoli with heads of security apparatuses, an
Security - Tension dominates Tripoli: one dead and three wounded
NNA - 02/06/2012 - NNA correspondent reported Saturday that a bomb hit the region of Malloula-Baddawi, in the northern city of Tripoli, with no casualties recorded.
NNA - 02/06/2012 The new ambassador of Austria to Lebanon, Ursula Fahringer, visited Saturday Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Marwan Charbel, with talks focusing on a possibl