Beirut - An Israeli gunboat violated Lebanese territorial waters early S

Beirut - At least one person was wounded Thursday by a hand grenade in the northern city of Tripoli, raising fears an already tense situation might escalate.

The grenade was thrown in the Jabal Mohsen area where 23 people were killed in June and July in battles between Sunni supporters of the government and their Damascus-backed rivals from the Alawite community.

Tensions between the two communities eased in the past few weeks after both sides signed a reconciliation accord and the army deployed in the area.

But fears are increasing that the situation could escalate again after a car bomb targeting the army on Monday left at least seven people dead, four of them soldiers, and more than 30 people injured.

Beirut  - An officer believed to be linked to the 2005 assassination of then-Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was the target of Syria's blast on Saturday, an Italian report said Tuesday.

Syrian opposition sources told the Italian news agency Adnkronos International that last Saturday's explosion in Damascus targeted the deputy director of the Palestinian Branch of Syrian Intelligence, officer Abdul Karim Abbas.

Beirut  - Lebanon's Sunni Muslim Community will celebrate Tuesday the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, along with some Shiites who adhere to the tradition of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

Lebanese Shiites who support Iran, such as the followers of Hezbollah, have not announced yet if they will celebrate on Tuesday along with the rest of the Shiite community.

Beirut  - Radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri, who has been living in Lebanon since he was exiled from the Britain three years ago, said Monday he had no idea that his daughter was working as a pole dancer in London.

"If this is true, I am deeply shocked," Bakri said in Tripoli northern Lebanon.

"I brought her up properly according to the Muslim faith, but she is free to make her own choices in life. But I am still shocked," Bakri said.

Beirut - At least five people were killed and 30 wounded on Monday in a bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, Lebanese security sources said. 

Hospital officials said three of those killed were soldiers. At least 30 people who sustained medium and serious injuries had been admitted, among them a 3-year-old boy. 

A Lebanese security source said the owner of car carrying the bomb. The source refused to reveal the name of the owner of the Renault. 

A police officer at the scene told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that the bomb went off at the southern entrance of the city as the mini-bus was heading towards the capital Beirut during morning rush-hour.