MNA Palestinian security forces arrested Baha Hojir, member of the terrorist group Abdullah Azzam Brigades who was one of the elements behind the terrorist attack on Iran's embassy in Beirut in 2013. Hojir has been regarded as a link between two suicide bombers and those organizing the attack on Iran diplomatic mission. TheIranian ...

BEIRUT (AP) -- A militant group issued a rare apology Saturday for a twin suicide bombing in Beirut that killed eight people and wounded dozens, including children from a nearby orphanage. The al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades issued a statement on militant websites apologizing for civilian deaths. It said a "technical fault" affected the ...

(Reuters) - Lebanese security forces said on Friday they had detained a Sunni Muslim militant suspected of recruiting suicide bombers and assembling car bombs for a radical group behind attacks on Iranian interests in Beirut. Hassan Abu Afleh, they said, was suspected of being a leading figure in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades - a movement that has carried ...

BEIRUT: The Al-Qaeda-linkedAbdullah Azzam Brigadesclaimed responsibility Wednesday for the twin suicide bombings that struck theBeirutneighborhood of Bir Hasan, killing five and wounding 80 others. On itstwitterfeed, the group said the Ali Hussein Bin Ali Brigades carried out the attack, describing it as "the raid of the Iranian Cultural Center." ...

[caption id="attachment_83478" align="alignright" width="180"] This snapshot taken from a YouTube video shows Mouin Abu Dahr, one of the two suicide bombers behind the attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Nov. 19, 2013.[/caption] BEIRUT: The Qaeda-linked Abdallah Azzam Brigades allegedly released a video Wednesday showing footage of the Nov....

BEIRUT: Lebanons military prosecutor Thursday charged SheikhOmar Atrashover his alleged involvement in several car bombings as well as attacks targeting the Lebanese Army,Hezbollahand Israel. Hours before JudgeSaqr Saqrcharged Atrash, the military disclosed some of what the Sunni preacher confessed to during interrogation, including that he had ties ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon A double bombing struck the Iranian Embassy compound in Beirut on Tuesday, in the deadliest assault on Irans interests since it emerged as the most forceful backer of the Syrian government against an armed insurgency. The frontal attack struck a symbol of the countrys powerful influence in Lebanon and neighboring Syria. The Abdullah ...

Irans Embassy in Lebanon has announced that six Iranian nationals lost their lives in the twin bombings outside the embassy building in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to embassys press release, Iranian Cultural Attach to Beirut Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Ansari, the wife of an Iranian diplomat and four security guards at the embassy lwere martyred ...

A Lebanese-based al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for two explosions near Beirut's Iranian embassy, which left 23 people dead and 146 wounded. Live footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from the remains of several vehicles. Aid workers and residents carried away some of the victims on blankets....