A fake bomb was found Monday in Sidon, media reports said, a day after a similar object was discovered during the southern city's municipal and mayoral polls.
Full StoryPrime Minister Tammam Salam stated on Monday that Lebanon does not accept any form of naturalization of the Syrian refugees or granting them the Lebanese citizenship, and urged U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to rally the efforts to help displaced return to their homeland.
“Lebanon’s constitution does not allow it to neither accept nor reject any forms of integration, resettlement or naturalization of Syrian refugees,” emphasized Salam from the World Humanitarian Summit that kicked off in Istanbul on Monday.
Full StoryThe Finance Ministry said on Monday that the customs authorities at the Rafik Hariri International Airport confiscated 1,110 kilograms of white powder that is used in the manufacturing of Captagon, the National News Agency reported.
The drugs were found in a shipment coming from China, NNA said.
Full StoryThe Interior Ministry announced Monday that the candidate for the vacant parliamentary seat in Jezzine, Amal Abou Zeid, has won the by-elections.
Abou Zeid, fielded by the Free Patriotic Movement, was elected for the seat that was left vacant after the death of Change and Reform local MP Michel Helou.
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Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Sunday evening that the candidate fielded by the FPM, Amal Abou Zeid, had won the parliamentary by-election that was held in the southern city of Jezzine to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Helou.
Full StoryThe third round of Lebanon's municipal elections was held on Sunday in the South and Nabatieh governorates following similar polls that were held earlier in Beirut, Baalbek-al-Hermel and Mount Lebanon.
People stood in queues outside polling stations to cast their ballots and after the polls closed Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced that voter turnout was 44% in Sidon city, 57.5% in Sidon's villages, 53% in Jezzine, 42.5% in Bint Jbeil, 47% in Tyre, 43.2% in Marjeyoun, 47% in Hasbaya and 49% in Nabatiyeh.
Full StoryInterior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced on Sunday that the municipal elections in the town of Kfar Seer in the governorate of Nabatieh, have been postponed.
“We have postponed the elections in Kfar Seer because the majority of the candidates have withdrawn their nominations,” stated Mashnouq.
Full StoryPolice found on Sunday a fake bomb that was planted in a school in the southern city of Sidon, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The bomb was found in the Maarouf Saad Public School, and was wrapped with paper gift and tied to a timer clock.
Full StoryGeneral Security announced on Saturday the arrest of a Syrian national on suspicion of his affiliation to a terrorist group.
It said that A.M. contacted a terrorist group and its leader, identified as Syrian M.M., for the purpose of providing it with logistic support.
Full StoryAn explosive device was discovered in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) on Saturday.
It said that the explosive, which was ready to be detonated, was located in al-Tahtani street in the camp.
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