Lebanon

June 3, 2013

A view of the destruction of the embattled town of Qusair. Citizen journalist image
04:00 GMT

Aid will only be given to the suffering citizens of the Syrian town of Qusair, which has seen brutal fighting over the past month, when the violence ends, the Red Cross announced on Sunday.

June 2, 2013

Hezbollah supporters at a rally in Lebanon (file photo)
20:36 GMT

Violence in Lebanon escalates as at least 12 Syrian rebels were killed in east Lebanon after they were ambushed by Hezbollah militants

A Lebanese policemen speaks on the phone while inspecting a damaged apartment after two rockets exploded in Shiah, a southern suburb of Beirut last week. AFP Photo
09:24 GMT

Eastern Lebanon has been hit with two more rockets fired from Syria, as two shells hit the Bekaa Valley after more than a dozen were reported falling on the country on Saturday.

Cheb Khaled lights up the stage Friday night on Arab Idol
08:25 GMT

Guest stars light up the Arab Idol stage. Ahlam gets mad again (surprise, surprise), and Abdel Karim Hamdan gets nixed this weekend on the hit talent show.

June 1, 2013

Bosom pals Nancy and Elissa together earlier this year. Image courtesy of waleg.com
08:47 GMT

Lebanon's biggest talents converged on the Palm Beach Hotel in Beirut, as the hotly anticipated Beirut Holiday Festival was launched

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2013 allegedly shows members of the Al-Tawhid brigade firing missiles from Syria towards the Lebanese town of Hermel, a few kilometres from Baalbek in the Bekaa valley. (AFP)
08:27 GMT

Four rockets fired from Syria landed in the eastern district of Bekaa in Lebanon on Saturday, causing no causalities, further embroiling Lebanon in Syria's bitter civil war.

Lawmakers attend a Parliament session in Beirut on Friday. Image via The Daily Star
04:00 GMT

The Lebanese Parliament extended its term by 17 months on Friday, for the first time in decades, as the Syrian crisis has an increasingly greater impact on the country.

May 31, 2013

Fierce! Myriam Fares talks openly to MTV
06:00 GMT

Lebanese singer held a candid interview with MTV, where she spoke on her image as a conceited wild child, her love of history and her love life.

May 30, 2013

Majed Al Mohandes dreams of helping aspiring artists
11:56 GMT

Beloved Iraqi singer Majed Al Mohandes tours his way around the region's talent shows. This weekend's stop is a guest performance on Arab Idol 2.

 Syrian army soldiers walking nearby facilities of Dabaa military airfield during an operation that led to the control of the airport, north of the Syrian city of Qusayr. AFP Photo
11:56 GMT

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is set to meet on Sunday so that member states may discuss the possibilities of putting Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah on the list of terror organisations, in light of its involvement in the Syrian civil war.

Political leaders gather at the National Dialogue table at Baabda Palace last year. Image courtesy of The Daily Star.
11:38 GMT

Najib Mikati, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister, announced on Wednesday that he wants to return to the National Dialogue in Lebanon, in the face of increasing violence in the country as the Syrian civil war encroaches on Lebanon.

Lebanese model-turned-actress Lamita Franjieh is frazzled and needs a break.
09:43 GMT

Filming is done for Lebanese artist Lamita Franjieh and now she's going to the United Kingdom for a little R and R.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives an interview to a Syrian state news channel (AFP)
09:19 GMT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that the government has already received the first shipment of advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia

Lebanese women wave Hezbollah flags while holding a picture of the movement's chief Hassan Nasrallah in Mashghara in the western Bekaa Valley on May 25 (MahmoudZayyat / AFP)
08:03 GMT

The US State Department called for an immediate withdrawal of all Hezbollah fighters from Syria, as reports emerged that rebels had lost the strategic Dabaa air base to forces loyal to Assad

May 29, 2013

Will audiences choose beauty over humor when Qamar and Hunaidi have competing quiz shows this Ramadan?
17:21 GMT

It is on between the beautiful Lebanese artists Qamar and Mohammad Hunaidi this Ramadan Season.