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04 December 2013, 17:36 The army said its units in Tripoli have removed 12 barricades and a lot of metallic barriers.
04 December 2013, 17:32 Acting ISF chief Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Basbous ordered all units to deploy on the streets to help citizens stranded by rainwater and facilitate traffic.
04 December 2013, 17:16 Minister Charbel: Laqqis' assassination is an attempt to stir strife and undermine stability and security forces are exerting utmost efforts to identify the culprits and bring them to justice.
04 December 2013, 17:13 Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati contacted caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel over the investigation in Laqqis' assassination, and urged intensifying the work of security and judicial probes to uncover the perpetrators and refer them to justice.
04 December 2013, 17:06 LBCI: Civil Defense teams headed to the airport road to help people who were stranded on the highway due to the rain.
04 December 2013, 16:22 Both lanes of the road leading to the South from Beirut have been blocked due to the rain and the people have been left stranded on the highway.
04 December 2013, 15:58 Suleiman: Laqqis' assassination is part of an Israeli scheme to fuel sectarian disputes.
04 December 2013, 15:54 LBCI: The airport road leading to Beirut is completely blocked due to the flooding and thousands of people are stuck in their cars.
04 December 2013, 15:23 LBCI: The Ansar al-Ummah al-Islamiya Brigade has claimed responsibility for the Hassan al-Laqqis' assassination, accusing him of being responsible for the "Qusayr massacre."
04 December 2013, 15:18 LBCI: The doorman of the building where al-Laqqis resided said he did not hear any gunshots but the sound of smashing glass. He got out to check what was happening and saw the slain man. He then called Hizbullah's security agents.
04 December 2013, 15:11 PSP leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned Laqqis' assassination: I condemn political assassinations in principle and all terrorist bombings.
04 December 2013, 15:01 LBCI: Laqqis was shot seven times with a 9mm gun and the assailants used silencers during the assassination.
04 December 2013, 14:40 Ex-MP Fares Soaid regretted after the weekly meeting of the March 14 general-secretariat that Nasrallah made a hasty accusation over the Iranian embassy blasts.
04 December 2013, 14:35 Berri on al-Laqqis' assassination: The way he was killed is a style used by Israel. We should all be vigilant at this stage.
04 December 2013, 14:06 Speaker Berri called for guaranteeing all the factors that would help the army succeed in Tripoli.
04 December 2013, 13:41 Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zein issued an arrest warrant against a Lebanese suspect over his connection to the Bir al-Abed and al-Ruwais bombings.
04 December 2013, 13:12 Wednesday's weekly parliamentary meeting kicked off.
04 December 2013, 13:06 The bishops called for prayers and goodwill during Christmas.
04 December 2013, 13:06 The bishops expressed deep concern over corruption in state institutions.
04 December 2013, 13:05 The bishops warned that the public sector was paralyzed because of the lack of a new government.
04 December 2013, 13:05 The bishops called for the adoption of a new electoral law. They warned of vacuum, saying it would lead to the nation's disintegration.
04 December 2013, 13:04 The bishops: The rejection of dialogue is leading parties to form their own statelets through the support of all countries. This makes Lebanon the captive of international politics.
04 December 2013, 13:03 The bishops condemned the Israeli spying on Lebanon.
04 December 2013, 13:03 The bishops expressed concern over the security situation in Lebanon and lauded the efforts exerted by the army and all security forces to impose security and prevent chaos from reaching other areas.
04 December 2013, 13:02 The bishops urged the international community to know the fate of the kidnapped nuns.
04 December 2013, 13:02 The bishops condemned the kidnapping of nuns from Maalula. What does this attack mean? What is their link to the conflict in Syria?
04 December 2013, 13:00 The Council of Maronite Bishops after its monthly meeting under al-Rahi: The Patriarch informed the bishops about the results of his meetings in Rome.
04 December 2013, 12:06 MTV: Bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Dbayeh highway after an oil truck broke down after the Antelias bridge.
04 December 2013, 11:52 LBCI: A group called “The Brigade of Sunni Freemen in Baalbak” claimed responsibility for the assassination of al-Laqqis.
04 December 2013, 11:45 Suleiman: Experience has demonstrated that democracy that is based on the rule of the majority needs updating.
04 December 2013, 11:42 Suleiman: Our enemy is making victory after victory while we are embroiled in our own disputes.
04 December 2013, 11:40 Suleiman: We condemn making accusations against Saudi Arabia without evidence.
04 December 2013, 11:39 Suleiman slammed the “reckless criticism” against Saudi Arabia, especially when it comes to Syria.
04 December 2013, 11:38 Suleiman: We have long sought to bolster dialogue and democratic values. Honest dialogue would have asserted Lebanon's sovereignty and its ties with other countries.
04 December 2013, 11:35 Suleiman: Lebanon is built on dialogue and coexistence among its people.
04 December 2013, 11:35 President Michel Suleiman from Jbeil: The city is prospering in mutual coexistence among its residents.
04 December 2013, 11:33 MTV: A group calling itself the brigades of Baalbek's free Sunni's claimed the tweet assuming responsibility for the assassination of Hizbullah's Hassan Laqqis.
04 December 2013, 11:07 The army command said the military arrested four people in Tripoli.
04 December 2013, 11:06 VDL (100.5): The body of al-Laqqis arrived in Baalbak as heavy gunshots fired into the air.
04 December 2013, 11:02 President Michel Suleiman arrived in Jbeil to take part in the dialogue and democracy conference that will also be attended by PM-designate Tammam Salam.
04 December 2013, 10:55 Unknown robbers broke into Liban Post office in Hazmieh and stole an amount of money, undetermined yet.
04 December 2013, 10:51 Caretaker PM Najib Miqati discussed the latest developments with caretaker Minister Faisal Karami.
04 December 2013, 10:10 The Israeli Foreign Ministry denied it had any role in al-Laqqis' assassination.
04 December 2013, 09:54 Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi chaired the monthly meeting of the Maronite Bishops Council.
04 December 2013, 09:36 Twenty Syrians, injured in battles in their country, were submitted on Tuesday night into hospitals in Arsal for treatment.
04 December 2013, 09:21 ISF detained 46 people for committing various crimes throughout Lebanese territories.
04 December 2013, 08:54 VDL (100.5): Armed men ambushed al-Laqqis in a parking lot and shot him while he was still in his Cherokee four-wheeler.
04 December 2013, 08:51 Caretaker Minister Gaby Layyoun to VDL (93.3): The presidential elections should be held on time. The extension of parliament's mandate contributed to the disintegration of the institutions.
04 December 2013, 08:50 VDL (93.3): Firefighters doused a fire that erupted in a Honda in Tripoli's al-Tall area.
04 December 2013, 08:48 March 14 official Fares Soaid via twitter: We reject the assassination of any person. This is a cowardly act and we condemn it.
04 December 2013, 08:33 VDL (100.5): Universities and schools in Tripoli opened on Wednesday except for those lying in the hotspots.
04 December 2013, 08:24 Al-Jadeed: Hizbullah official Hajj Hassan al-Laqqis was assassinated overnight near his residence in Sainte Thérèse in Hadath.
04 December 2013, 08:22 Al-Mustaqbal Movement official Mustafa Allouch to VDL (93.3): The success of the security plan in Tripoli is linked to the arrest of those who are behind the twin bombings that targeted two mosques in the northern city.
04 December 2013, 07:34 VDL (93.3): Five people were killed in a car accident on Tripoli highway en route to Beirut.
04 December 2013, 07:29 Gasoline prices rose by LL100 and gas prices increased by LL200.
03 December 2013, 23:16 Nasrallah: We always support the convention of the dialogue table and we are willing to sit with anyone and we believe that severing ties with anyone is not useful.
03 December 2013, 23:15 Nasrallah: Our camp must meet to discuss how to deal with this juncture and I believe that our camp must nominate a clear candidate for the presidency.
03 December 2013, 23:14 Nasrallah: We are with holding the presidential election on time and let the parliament convene and elect a president and we are ready to contribute to the success of this juncture.
03 December 2013, 23:10 Nasrallah: We accepted a premier that they themselves nominated, so how can they accuse us of seeking political vacuum?
03 December 2013, 23:09 Nasrallah: It is clear that there is a regime crisis in Lebanon and a major uproar happened when we raised the issue of the constituent assembly.
03 December 2013, 23:06 Nasrallah: The majority of parties were with the 6-9-9 formula but Saudi Arabia ordered them not to form a cabinet.
03 December 2013, 23:04 Nasrallah: The 6-9-9 formula is the acceptable formula for the cabinet because it reserves everyone's rights.
03 December 2013, 22:55 Nasrallah: The Directorate General of Internal Security Forces was financing armed groups and the solution lies in a dialogue table that gathers all the parties in Tripoli.
03 December 2013, 22:52 Nasrallah: The solution in Tripoli lies in what has started now and we have always said that the state must come up with a solution.
03 December 2013, 22:49 Nasrallah: The Tripoli blasts were employed to launch political accusations while we did not accuse anyone following the Bir al-Abed and Rweiss blasts until we knew the identity of those who sent the cars and those who carried out the attacks.
03 December 2013, 22:47 Nasrallah: What we understood from what the judiciary said is that Ali Eid's driver is accused of smuggling a person to Syria. Let us assume that that is correct, would that mean that Ali Eid is behind the bombings?
03 December 2013, 22:46 Nasrallah: The aim of accusing Sheikh Hashem Minqara was to humiliate our allies and it turned out that he is not involved.
03 December 2013, 22:45 Nasrallah: Any bombing that targets civilians is condemned and I was saddened by the Tripoli bombings more than I was saddened by the Dahieh blasts.
03 December 2013, 22:42 Nasrallah: A lot of these groups that have the Qaida ideology are linked to the Saudi intelligence and in my opinion, the bombing has to do with the Saudi anger against Iran in the region.
03 December 2013, 22:40 Nasrallah: We believe the statement in which the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack on the Iranian embassy, because it is a well-known group and its emir is Saudi and it is linked to the Saudi intelligence.
03 December 2013, 22:39 Nasrallah: The Iranian embassy bombing has to do with targeting Iran by those who consider it to be an enemy since 1979 and by those who teach at their institutes that it is an enemy.
03 December 2013, 22:38 Nasrallah: Hundreds of martyrs would have fallen had the armed groups seized control of the border area with Lebanon and consequently Lebanese areas.
03 December 2013, 22:37 Nasrallah: Tripoli had witnessed clashes before our intervention in Syria and they are blaming everything on our intervention.
03 December 2013, 22:22 Nasrallah: According to my information, the number of troops lost by the regime is greater than the number of fighters lost by the rival camp.
03 December 2013, 22:21 Nasrallah: We have not severed our contacts with certain parties in the Syrian opposition, including Haitham Manaa.
03 December 2013, 22:19 Nasrallah: I expect very fierce confrontations in Syria ahead of the Geneva conference and a major standoff might arise, but the same as they failed in Eastern Ghouta, all these attempts will fail.
03 December 2013, 22:16 Nasrallah: The endeavor to topple the Syrian regime militarily has ended and things are heading to (peace talks) in Geneva. Most European countries are reopening channels of communication with the regime and there is only the obstacle of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is still insisting on fighting till the last drop of blood in Syria.
03 December 2013, 22:11 Nasrallah: Claims that we have lost 350 or 500 or 1,000 fighters in Eastern Ghouta are wishful thinking. We knew that martyrs would fall and some fighters might be captured. There is not a single Hizbullah captive in Syria today and some bodies of martyrs are still missing.
03 December 2013, 22:07 Nasrallah: Our presence in Syria is very modest and it is limited to Damascus and Qusayr, while the Syrian army is carrying out the operations in Qalamoun and our participation there is very modest. We are not fighting on behalf of the Syrians.
03 December 2013, 22:06 Nasrallah: There is not a single Hizbullah fighter in Daraa, Deir Ezzor, al-Raqqa, Hasakeh, Idlib, Latakia or Tartus. We have a limited presence in Homs and Damascus near the (Lebanese) border. I'm surprised by claims that Iran is occupying Syria because there are only dozens of experts who have been in Syria since 1982.
03 December 2013, 22:04 Nasrallah: There are exaggerations in Lebanon about the level of Hizbullah's military intervention and we say that those fighting with the regime are mainly the army and the National Defense committees.
03 December 2013, 21:53 Nasrallah: The day will come when everyone will thank us for our intervention (in Syria) and they will thank the young men who were martyred.
03 December 2013, 21:52 Nasrallah: What are the guarantees that can be offered by the March 14 camp? Do they believe that their scheme has succeeded? Let them ask Saad Hariri and Oqab Saqr. Ask March 14 about their guarantees if the armed groups seize control of Syria. We are fighting in Syria to defend Lebanon.
03 December 2013, 21:50 Nasrallah: Let us observe how these groups are fighting each other and how ISIL and Nusra are executing FSA commanders.
03 December 2013, 21:50 Nasrallah: Should we abandon our responsibilities, the Lebanese-Syrian border would be invaded and I give you the example of the booby-trapped cars that are coming from Yabrud and Nabak.
03 December 2013, 21:47 Nasrallah: It is not true that the Syrian army withdrew from some areas to force us to intervene in Syria.
03 December 2013, 21:42 Nasrallah: My picture with Sayyed Khamenei that was published in the media was taken two years before the Qusayr battle and we did not enter Qusayr according to an Iranian decision. We took the decision and informed the Iranians of it.
03 December 2013, 21:38 Nasrallah: As time progressed, we had to increase the numbers (of fighters in Damascus) ahead of the major intervention in Qusayr.
03 December 2013, 21:38 Nasrallah: The issue of the Sayyeda Zainab shrine obliged us to interfere in a minor manner in the battles in Damascus' countryside as the demolition of the shrine would have led to a sectarian strife in the entire region. We only sent 40 or 50 young men to help defend the shrine.
03 December 2013, 21:36 Nasrallah: Had it not been for Hizbullah's intervention in Qusayr's countryside, the armed groups would have invaded all these towns, but we went there and ended the battle.
03 December 2013, 21:33 Nasrallah: Things deteriorated in Syria but we did not immediately send forces to Syria. We took gradual steps, which began in the towns inhabited by Lebanese residents in Qusayr. When the Syrian army retreated from these towns, the residents sought our help because shameful things had happened there. They had two options: the displacement of 30,000 people or defending their areas. I must note that the Lebanese government did not offer any help.
03 December 2013, 21:31 Nasrallah: From the very beginning, we said that President Assad is willing to make reforms and we contacted a lot of movements and parties and even the opposition. The Iranians also talked directly with the opposition and the answer was that things were heading to a military solution.
03 December 2013, 21:14 Nasrallah: There would have been no problems in Lebanon had March 14's relation with Saudi Arabia been like our relation with Iran, because Iran does not interfere in our decisions at all, neither in the issue of cabinet nor in the other domestic issues. We don't ask Iran and we don't take its permission, while Saudi Arabia dictates to March 14.
03 December 2013, 21:13 Nasrallah: Right now, Iran is the most important state in the region and it is consulting with us and it sometimes endorses our viewpoint on certain issues.
03 December 2013, 21:09 Nasrallah: Iran's stance on the Palestinian cause is ideological and it did not change during the Geneva negotiations.
03 December 2013, 21:05 Nasrallah: Despite the acute dispute with the Turks over Syria, we did not sever our contacts with the Turkish ambassador to Lebanon and meetings took place with Turkish officials. The new development is taking place between the Turks and the Iranians and between the Turks and the Iraqis.
03 December 2013, 21:03 Nasrallah: We sat with the Qatari envoy and told him that the military choice in Syria is futile and the attempt to oust Assad militarily is an act of madness, that's why I call on all countries to contribute towards finding a political solution. We also spoke of neutralizing Lebanon in the Syrian crisis.
03 December 2013, 21:02 Nasrallah: We retained our phone talks with Qatar over the past years although we were at odds politically.
03 December 2013, 21:02 Nasrallah: We're still in a disagreement with Qatar over Syria but we were not seeking problems with anyone, even with Saudi Arabia.
03 December 2013, 21:01 Nasrallah: Qatar is reevaluating all its stances in the region and we were concerned with the issue of the Aazaz abductees and the Qatari contribution reopened the doors of dialogue between us.
03 December 2013, 21:00 Nasrallah: Yes, we have met with a Qatari delegation in the past few days.
03 December 2013, 20:59 Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia's war on the Muslim Brotherhood is a political war because it wants to be the leader of the Muslim world and it does not accept any partners.
03 December 2013, 20:59 Nasrallah: Saudi Arabia's problem with Iran is not of a sectarian nature, because it had problems with several Arab countries, and these countries are Sunni, not Shiite.
03 December 2013, 20:56 Nasrallah: If you monitor all the Saudi-financed media outlets, the Saudi war against Iran has never stopped. The Saudis waged wars against the Iranians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Gulf, Iraq and Syria, and of course through its proxies, because it does not dare to wage a direct war.
03 December 2013, 20:52 Nasrallah: I believe that there is a real problem with Saudi Arabia because all the attempts to open the door of dialogue have failed and the Saudis are the ones who are closing the doors.
03 December 2013, 20:51 Nasrallah: Minister Zarif is reassuring them today that nothing will happen at the expense of the Gulf countries and he was keen on reassuring Saudi Arabia.
03 December 2013, 20:51 Nasrallah: Gulf countries have always antagonized Iran but Iran has always been ready to engage in dialogue.
03 December 2013, 20:46 Nasrallah: According to the information I have, the Iranians are the ones who insisted on postponing talks with the Americans on any other point other than the nuclear issue.
03 December 2013, 20:45 Nasrallah: According to the information I have, the Americans wanted to discuss other issues with Iran, and throughout history, the U.S. has always tried to discuss all issues as one package but the Iranians have always preferred to discuss one dossier at a time.
03 December 2013, 20:44 Nasrallah: Kerry was clear when he said that the United States is tired of war and does not want a new war and a temporary agreement happened with Iran.
03 December 2013, 20:43 Nasrallah: Days ago, the U.S. chief of staff said that the capabilities of the U.S. army are at their weakest levels since decades, this means that the Americans are facing a new situation and they don't want war and Iran has not fallen.
03 December 2013, 20:42 Nasrallah: They were not able to topple the regime in Iran but I cannot claim that they did not succeed in shaking its economic situation.
03 December 2013, 20:41 Nasrallah: The wars they fought in Iraq have failed, in Afghanistan they reached a dead end and the wars on Lebanon and Gaza foiled the New Middle East scheme, and now they have failed in Syria.
03 December 2013, 20:40 Nasrallah: Very important transformations have taken place in the region and the world and although the long course was between Iran and the international community, some parties have claimed that the deal was made with "the Great Satan."
03 December 2013, 20:38 Nasrallah: The agreement produced by Iran's dialogue with the P5+1 world powers has consolidated the multipolar nature of the current world order and from now on, no single nation can make decisions and settle things on its own.
03 December 2013, 20:37 Nasrallah: The first result of the agreement was lowering the possibility of war and I cannot say that it eliminated that possibility, and I don't believe that Israel can bomb nuclear facilities without an American greenlight.
03 December 2013, 20:36 Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an interview on OTV: The Iranian nuclear agreement has very important consequences and the first winner is people in the region, from the Gulf to the Middle East, because regional and international forces were pushing for the choice of war with Iran and this is not an easy choice, and it would have led to very dangerous repercussions on the entire region.
03 December 2013, 20:24 OTV: Acting Customs chief Shafiq Merhi was rushed to the Saint George Hospital after falling ill.
03 December 2013, 19:58 Commanders of Jabal Mohsen's fighting frontiers to MTV: We will abide by whatever the army decides.
03 December 2013, 19:57 Commanders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers to MTV: We won't cease fire before Rifaat Eid and Ali Eid turn themselves in to the judiciary.
03 December 2013, 19:57 High-ranking military source to MTV: The security plan will begin once the shooting stops or else the army won't implement it.
03 December 2013, 19:56 MTV: The army's vehicles have entered Syria Street in Tripoli but they have not deployed at fixed points.
03 December 2013, 19:51 Mohammed Salman was freed in the Bekaa's Adous Plain after political pressures and raids by the army in the region.
03 December 2013, 19:49 Al-Jadeed: A woman called Madiha al-Shami was wounded in the vicinity of the Barrad al-Bisar area in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
03 December 2013, 19:41 Military source to al-Manar: The situation on the ground in Tripoli will become under control starting Wednesday morning and the gunmen will be reined in.
03 December 2013, 19:39 National News Agency: The casualty toll from the Tripoli clashes, which started Saturday, has risen to 11 dead and 112 injured.
03 December 2013, 19:39 National News Agency: The conventional fighting frontiers in Tripoli are calm due to the measures taken by army units, except for some violations which the army is immediately dealing with.
03 December 2013, 19:37 OTV: The abductee Mohammed Salman has been released in the Bekaa.
03 December 2013, 18:36 MTV: Some of the wounded in the Ain el-Hilweh blast have been identified as Saleh Hassan Deeb, Ibrahim Dayyoumi Serhal, and Jihad Chehade.
03 December 2013, 18:36 MTV: The explosive used at Ain el-Hilweh was comprised of a 120mm mortar shell that was remotely detonated.
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