calls for his removal. The Tayouneh area is located on the border between Christian and Shi' ite

said the source of the shooting at the Tayouneh traffic circle was not immediately clear.... Some

BEIRUT( Reuters)-Hundreds of supporters of the Christian Lebanese Forces party on Wednesday blocked roads to leader Samir Geagea's residence as he failed to turn up for a hearing at army intelligence over fatal clashes in Beirut.... Geagea was summoned to the hearing amid claims by the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its ally the Amal Movement that Lebanese Forces( LF) supporters shot dead seven of their followers in clashes on Oct.... 14. Geagea has denied the claims and said he is being unfairly t

BEIRUT: Heavy fighting claimed at least six lives and left dozens wounded in Lebanon’s capital on Thursday as an escalation of tensions around last year’s massive portside explosion turned parts of Beirut into a warzone. The army deployed tanks and troops to quell the street battles that sparked memories of the 1975-1990 civil war for a city already traumatised by last year’s blast disaster and Lebanon’s worst-ever economic crisis. The bloody unrest, in which the sound of automatic gunfire and g

Any hope of a turnaround evaporated as Lebanon appeared to descend into a new and potentially deeper crisis.No one expects an outright civil war of the kind that ravaged Lebanon from 1975 to 1990.... Both President Michel Aoun, a Christian, and the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni Muslim, are standing by Bitar.... But that comes with its own price....