TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen fought fierce battles with rebels on Saturday in a strategic area in Homs province near the Lebanese border, activists and state media in Damascus reported. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
AL QASR, Lebanon (AP) - Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who are patrolling both sides of a porous border stretch with Syria. (Source: As... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - A prominent Lebanese politician is poised to become the next prime minister of Lebanon this weekend after securing the support of a majority of lawmakers from across the country's political spectrum. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has begun two days of consultations with lawmakers to pick a new prime minister, but a consensus has already emerged to choose Tammam Salam for the post. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman formally accepted on Saturday the resignation of the prime minister, who stepped down blaming government infighting during a time of rising sectarian tensions. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's prime minister resigned Friday due to an impasse over a new election law and the Cabinet's refusal to extend the tenure of the country's police chief. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - State-run TV in Damascus says authorities have handed over to Beirut a Lebanese fighter captured inside Syria in an ambush by government troops. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Syrian security forces killed as many as 20 Lebanese gunmen who were fighting alongside rebels in Syria on Friday, raising tensions amid mounting fears that the Syrian civil war is enflaming the region. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]