Beirut - One person was killed and nine others, including three soldiers, were wounded in an incident Friday that began when a car failed to stop at a military checkpoint in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanese army sources said.
"Lebanese troops opened fire as the Renault 18 failed to abide by orders to stop at the army checkpoint," one army source said.
According to initial reports by the army, the driver of the car, who was wounded, and the other two men who were in the vehicle were drunk at the time. All were arrested.
Almost simultaneously, a man identified as Ahmed al-Zoubi was killed when he fired at the army checkpoint, prompting the troops to return fire.
Beirut - Lebansese President Michel Suleiman has asked Iran for medium-sized weapons for the army, in a move aimed at shifting Iran's assistance from the country's militant Hezbollah movement to the state, a Lebanese government official said Wednesday.
Beirut - Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement dismissed the possibility of any Israeli military incursions into Lebanon or the wider region, but added that the movement is more prepared than before to confront any possible attack.
Beirut - The pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said Saturday it was not surprised by Germany's decision to ban its al-Manar satellite television, the Lebanese Shiite movement's mouthpiece.
Beirut - Lebanon celebrated its 65 years of independence on Saturday with a military parade staged in downtown Beirut amid tight security.
Beirut - Lebanese banks have managed not only to survive the effects of the global economic crisis, but the country has even registered gains in its banking sector.
