Chasing Beirut's Ghosts | Robyn Creswell
Gueorgui Pinkhassov/Magnum Photos A graffiti covered image of slain prime minister Rafiq Hariri, Beirut, Lebanon, 2006 Lebanon’s Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005, when a 2,200-pound bomb exploded his car as it passed by the St. George Hotel on Beirut’s seaside Corniche. Hariri had recently disagreed with Syrian authorities over the terms of that country’s occupatio
Civilians Flee and Soldiers Die in Clashes in Lebanon (Published 2013)
Lebanese soldiers helped injured colleagues after fighting with followers of the radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir in the southern city of Sidon.Credit...Mohammed Zaatari/Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon — Tanks careened through this seaside city, gunfire crackled along near-deserted streets and thick smoke rose from the hilltop neighborhood where followers of a radical Sunni cleric clashed
Angry Lebanese Attempt to Storm Government Offices (Published 2012)
Government forces and protesters clashed in Beirut on Sunday after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was killed by a car bomb.Credit...Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s jittery composure throughout the long Syrian uprising wobbled but held on Sunday, as political and religious leaders quelled street protests that erupted after the emotional funeral of a secu
After the Occupation | Zena el Khalil
My Grandpa Mohammad built our house in Hasbaya on top of a hill. It was a typical two-floor Lebanese-style village home. The façade was covered in cut limestone squares and the roof consisted of red shingles. The kitchen, dining room, and living room were on the lower floor. Talking to my father today, his fondest memories always take him back to the summers they spent in Hasbaya. He says that it
Beirut assassination heightens fears of Syrian violence embroiling Lebanon
BEIRUT — Angry Sunnis burned tires and blocked roads around Lebanon on Saturday to protest the assassination of a senior Lebanese intelligence official in a bombing widely blamed by the country's anti-Syrian factions on the government in Damascus. The assassination brought the violence threatening to engulf the region to the heart of Lebanon's capital after several years of relative calm, heighten
Security chief dies in Beirut blast - Friday 19 October 2012
• Lebanon: 'eight dead, 78 wounded' in explosion • UN-Arab League envoy travels to Syria to call for truce • Dozens killed in air raids on Maarat al-Numan • Read the latest summary Matthew Weaver, Brian Whitaker and Tom McCarthy Fri 19 Oct 2012 22.31 BST Last modified on Sat 14 Apr 2018 19.12 BST We're going to wrap up today's live blog coverage of events in the Middle East. For developments outsi
Beirut bomb kills anti-Syrian intelligence official
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A prominent Lebanese intelligence official opposed to President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a huge car bomb in Beirut in another sign that Syria’s civil war is dragging its volatile neighbor into the conflict. Wissam al-Hassan, who led an investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, and seven other people were
Syria Seen as Trying to Roil Lebanon (Published 2012)
Abu Rimon, right, a militiaman in an Alawite area of Tripoli, Lebanon, near graffiti depicting Hafez al-Assad, father of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.Credit...Moises Saman for The New York Times RAMA, Lebanon — As Syria’s civil war drags on, the recent arrest of a former Lebanese government minister allied with the Syrian leadership on charges that he planned a campaign of bombings and assas
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