Suzanne Tamim Laid to Rest in Beirut

Slain Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim was laid to rest in Beirut as family and friends mourned the death of the 31-year-old whose body has been found in her Dubai apartment.
Tamim’s body was taken in a white ambulance from Rafik Hariri international airport to her family’s home in Beirut’s Zaydaniyyah-Aisha Bakkar neighborhood Monday.
Dozens of people gathered [...]

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US wants Lebanon to talk to Israel about Shebaa

BEIRUT: A US initiative to resolve the dispute over the occupied Shebaa Farms is still on the table, and is being considered by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, An-Nahar newspaper’s correspondent in Washington on Wednesday quoted an American official as saying.
“The essence of the proposal is that Lebanon engages in indirect negotiations over the [...]

Lebanon to skip Paris book fair over Israel

BEIRUT: Lebanon is to stay away from this year’s Paris book fair in protest at the invitation of Israel as guest of honor, Culture Minister Tarek Mitri announced on Wednesday. “Lebanon will not participate this year in protest at the cultural event’s organizers’ decision to select Israel as guest of honor,” Mitri said in a [...]

Lebanon crisis getting more complex – mediator

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain have called on their citizens to avoid most travel to Lebanon because of growing tensions in the Levant that, presumably, sits on a new powder keg.
As Syria scrambles to save its League of Arab States (LAS) Summit, the number two Hezbollah official, Emad Mughnieh, was gunned down in Damascus. [...]