Saad Hariri

* Shi'ite protester shot dead outside Iranian embassy * Iranian-backed Hezbollah gunmen, Syrian allies, opened fire * Lebanese army lock down capital for hours * Fears of return to civil war hurt Lebanese economy By Laila Bassam BEIRUT, June 9...

By Erika Solomon HERMEL, Lebanon, May 23 (Reuters) - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and...

A group of Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in northern Syria earlier this week were freed Friday and arrived in Turkey on their way back to Beirut, according to officials....

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For the second week in a row, Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut on Sunday to protest against the country's sectarian political system, waving Lebanese flags and chanting Egypt- and Tunisia-inspired slogans such as "People want to topple the......

Iranian officials and state-run media for as long as they could have turned a blind eye to the weeks-long unrest in Syria. But as the turbulence in Syria and international outrage over the hundreds killed gain momentum, many Iranian diplomats,......

Hundreds fled across the Syrian border into Lebanon and three people were killed by military snipers in the western border town of Talkalakh Saturday, activists said, as embattled President Bashar Assad reportedly began arranging talks with opposition...