Sign In | Register
Beirut, 12 May 2008
NewsDeskForumsMobile CenterSMS ManagerChatEntertainmentMailRSS ÚÑÈíÉ
Live Coverage
Live Coverage   Unrest Rages on for Sixth Day
5:30pm Jumblat is meeting U.S charge d'affaires Michele Sison at his home in Beirut.
5:00pm Aoun threatened that whoever rejects a settlement will pay a dear price.
4:57pm Aoun said the problem is not with the Airport road, but with the government.
4:55pm Aoun said the U.S. destroyer was dispatched to the Mediterranean to evacuate citizens.
4:50pm Aoun said the Taef Accord was achieved by the gun.
4:48pm We encourage understanding among the Lebanese, Aoun said.
4:47pm Aoun called his supporters to prevent any attack on Mustaqbal Movement in his areas of influence.
4:46pm The battle is not of a factional nature, but it is a politically-motivated battle, he stressed.
4:45pm Aoun said the Christians are not threatened in the areas of confrontation.
4:44pm Aoun said the government's refusal to resign is a call to renew the fighting.
more 4:42pm Aoun said the Arab initiative would not be able to settle the crisis.
4:42pm What is happening is a stage along the lines of naturalizing Palestinian refugees, Aoun said.
4:41pm Aoun reiterated his charge that foreign states are setting the state to naturalize Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
4:39pm Aoun recalled that he had sent a memo he addressed to the U.N. Chief more than a year ago blaming the government and the majority for Lebanon's prolems.
4:38pm The Saniora government is the detonator to the crisis, Aoun said.
4:37pm Aoun said Israel was late and Hizbullah won the battle against its rearguards.
4:36pm Aoun said the Majority was attacking the rear of Hizbullah forces awaiting an Israeli attack on the front guards.
4:35pm FPM Leader MP Michel Aoun holds a press conference.
3:50pm Shohaieb said the situation is gradually returning to normalcy in the mountain region.
3:48pm MP Akram Shohaieb announced that four kidnapped employees of the Aley Municipality have been released.
3:39pm Arslan said he wants immediate implementation of all the initiative.
3:37pm Arslan said Heavy and medium-power weapons were used yesterday and "I want them turned over to me.
3:35pm Arslan said he wants heavy weapons turned over to him to turn them over to the Army.
3:21pm Arslan paid tribute to the army and its "wise" command.
3:20pm Arslan said he does not want to be a Trojan horse against the resistance.
3:19pm Arslan said he is ready to be responsible for the PSP heavy weapons depots prior to turning them over to the army.
3:18pm Arslan said the opposition is applying the understanding it is committed to, adding today is a test of intentions.
3:17pm The Army can not deploy between the sources of fire, Arslan said.
3:16pm Arslan said the cease-fire is being implemented and the Lebanese Army is deploying in all areas of the Chouf and Aley regions as well as in the upper Metin.
3:15pm Arslan said we had agreed on immediate cease-fire to turning over of heavy weapons to the Lebanese Army.
3:13pm Arslan said we haven’t succeeded in defusing the situation.
2:37pm LBCI: The army is detonating several explosives in the area of Damour.
2:26pm Reports that several shells fell on Damour.
2:15pm U.S. Charge d’Affaires Michele Sison is meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el Tineh.
2:00pm Free Lebanon radio: The opposition and pro-government are in a state of alert in the regions of Rashaya and the western Bekaa.
1:55pm One person was reportedly killed and six others injured in today’s clashes in the districts of Bab el-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
1:40pm Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea arrived at the Grand Serail to meet with PM Fouad Saniora.
1:30pm New TV: One person was killed and several others injured in ongoing battles in several Tripoli districts.
1:20pm OTV: The army intervened after one person was injured from gunfire in Bshamoun.
1:03pm VOL: Amr Moussa meets acting foreign minister Tareq Mitri in Cairo.
1:00 pm Renewed fighting in the area between Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in north Lebanon.
12:35pm LBCI: The cabinet is not expected to meet today, pending arrival of the Arab delegation.
12:32pm LBCI: Arab League chief Amr Moussa insists the Arab delegation comes in via Rafik Hariri Airport on Wednesday.
12:30pm LBCI: Reports that Arab delegation will arrive Wednesday.
12:10pm Gemayel: We have to go back to dialogue as soon as possible and we want a pledge from Nasrallah that he would not use his arms internally.
12:08pm Gemayel: What is happening in Lebanon today is a big crime against Lebanon. These wounds will take years to heal.
12:07pm Gemayel: We stand by all the forces struggling under these hard circumstances.
12:05pm Former President Amin Gemayel said at a press conference that at the end Lebanon will defeat the "dark forces."
10:55am Mustaqbal leader Saad Hariri's office denied press reports that Hariri had left the country, stressing that he will stay in Beirut.
10:50am Lebanese Red Cross: 12 bodies and 26 wounded people have been pulled out from the area between Shweifat Aley all the way up to the Chouf mountains.
10:40am Officials in Koura urged the Lebanese army to take over security of the province.
10:20am LBCI: Heavy gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades were fired on Masnaa from the Syrian part of the border at 7:30 am, damaging the offices of Lebanese customs authorities.
9:50am A huge army deployment is reported in Aley and the Chouf Mountains, and troops set up a position in Deir Qoubil.
9:40am Cautious calm prevails over north Lebanon, particularly in the areas that witnessed armed clashes.
9:00am Uneasy calm prevails over Beirut streets, particularly Hamra, amidst strict security measures.
7:40am Reports that an Arab League delegation to try to end the crisis is not expected to arrive in Beirut on Monday as originally thought.
7:35am Masnaa came under RPG attack, and gunmen in Anjar and nearby villages retaliated by firing in the air, VOL reported.
7:30 Gunmen from Mustaqbal and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party fought gun battles in Emile Edde street in Beirut's Hamra district at 2 am, VOL reported.
7:20am Gun battles in the Chouf left several people killed or wounded, VOL said.
7:15am The Chouf fighting with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gunfire, subsided around 1:30am after a cease-fire took effect.
6:40am Hizbullah gunmen had infiltrated into Chouf Mountains from the Bekaa towns of Mashghara, Sohmor and Yohmor, VOL said.
6:38am Hizbullah pledged to pull out its gunmen from upper Chouf, according to VOL.
6:35am The Chouf Mountains were on high alert following overnight fighting between Walid Jumblat's PSP gunmen and the opposition in Toumat Niha, Mresti and Jabal el-Barouk, Voice of Lebanon (VOL) radio station said.
In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight Tension Runs High, Sporadic Clashes, No Political Breakthrough
Tension escalated in Lebanon as army troops deployed along disengagement lines between opposition and majority supporters in central mountains amidst clashes in the north that killed one person and wounded six....
 ADVERTISEMENT


 
Interview

In the Spotlight
De Freij: Committee Summoned During my Absence ... Berri is a Dictator
MP Nabil de Freij accused Speaker Nabih Berri of being a 'dictator,' saying Parliament's economic committee had been summoned for a meeting during his absence...
Lebanon
Geagea: No Government ResignationAoun: Alliance With Hizbullah Persists
Arab Delegation Expected in Beirut Wednesday
Arab Ministers Heading to Lebanon in Bid to End Crisis as Unrest Rages On
Britain Urges End to Violence, Slams Outside Meddling
Opposition Considers Taking 'Goodwill Measures'!
What Made U.S. Warship Return to Mediterranean?
Death Toll from Lebanon Violence Climbs to 59
Battles Shift to Mount Lebanon, Moussa Returns to Beirut
U.S. Warship Back to Mediterranean Waters
Arab FMs Divided over Lebanon
Report: Italy's Defense Minister Heading to Lebanon
Israel's Barak Raises 'Serious' Concern about Lebanon Crisis
Editorials
A Change in Balance of Power?
Phone Network War
Syria's Intelligence Operates Through Hizbullah Lebanon Communications
Forum


The power struggle between the belligerents that has so far materialized in a sharp and bloody path for the election of the President of Lebanon is the current focus of every Lebanese citizen...
 
Middle East
Sudan Opposition Leader Arrested after Rebel Attack
Peres Sees Peace Deal as 'Extremely Difficult'
Away from Politics
There Must Be Life Out ThereDirty Harry, Indiana Jones Lead Star Cannes Line-up
World
More than 8,500 Confirmed Dead in China Earthquake
US Sends 13 Million Dollars Aid for Myanmar
First U.S. Airlift of Aid Lands in Myanmar
Strong Quake Hits China
Serbia's pro-European Bloc Claims Poll Win

Google

Web        site

Contact Us

© 2006, Naharnet.com