Beirut - An Italian ex-senator and ally of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who was arrested in Lebanon at the weekend was hospitalised in Beirut on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

Beirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement is gaining new combat experience in Syria, shedding its guerrilla tactics to fight alongside an army, and shifting its narrative to explain the battle against "Sunni extremists".

Beirut - The number of Syrians registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing war in their country has surpassed one million, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday.

Beirut - More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released Tuesday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people.

Beirut - More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released on Tuesday.

Beirut - Lebanon has crafted its political system around power sharing agreements among Sunnis, Christians,and Shii'ites but this precarious balance is being threatened by the Syrian civil war.

Beirut - Clashes between pro and anti-Assad gunmen in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has left at least 13 people wounded according to police.

Baalbek - Cross-border shelling by the Syrian army wounded 25 people in northern Lebanon early Thursday, hours after twin air raids hit another border area, Lebanese security sources said.The flare-up came as Syrian troops backed by fighters of its Lebanese ally...

Baalbek - Syria's air force has carried out fresh strikes against Lebanon's border town of Arsal, causing no injuries, a Lebanese security official said on Thursday.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the strikes may have been targeting rebels...

Beirut - After a blast targeted a convoy of Israeli troops on the Lebanese border, Israel shelled a position belonging to the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement. However, the blast was likely the work of the radical Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

Beirut - Syrian forces backed by fighters from the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah were at the gates of the rebel bastion of Yabrud near the Lebanese border Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.State television confirmed the news, reporting: ...

Beirut - Hezbollah on Wednesday confirmed an Israeli air raid two days earlier on one of its positions in Lebanon and vowed to respond "at the appropriate time" to the "blatant aggression"."This new attack amounts to blatant aggression against Lebanon, its sove...

Beirut - Bent on halting any transfer of weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah, Israel has bombarded a position of the powerful Shiite group on the Lebanon-Syria border, sources say.On Monday night, "two Israeli raids hit a Hezbollah target on the border of Lebanon an...

Baalbek - Israel bombarded a Hezbollah position on the Lebanon-Syria border on Monday, a Lebanese security source and a Syrian NGO said."Two Israeli raids hit a Hezbollah target on the border of Lebanon and Syria," the source said.

Beirut - Lebanon's army says it is "paying the price in blood" in the fight against "terrorism", after a suicide car bombing killed two soldiers and a civilian.Shiite movement Hezbollah also condemned Saturday's attack, calling the perpetrators "the enemy of al...

Beirut - Syria's air force staged more air raids Saturday on the key rebel-held bastion of Yabrud north of Damascus, as clashes also raged on the capital's outskirts, a monitoring group said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that in the northeas...

Beirut - At least two people were killed on Wednesday in a blast in the southern suburbs of Beirut near an Iranian cultural centre, a security source told AFP.The area is surrounded by neighbourhoods that are strongholds of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbolla...

Beirut - The rebel Free Syrian Army said Sunday it had fired Selim Idriss as its military chief, citing the "difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution" in its battle with the regime.In a video broadcast on the Internet, the rebel coalition said its military c...

Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Saturday unveiled a compromise government, capping 10 months of political wrangling during which the war in neighbouring Syria exacerbated sectarian tensions.The 24-member government, including only one woman, br...

Beirut - Lebanon on Saturday formed a compromise government after a 10-month stalemate in the country, which has seen the war in neighbouring Syria exacerbate longstanding political divisions."After 10 months of efforts, of patience, a government protecting the...