The victims bodies were carried through the streets and laid to rest next to Late Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in Beiruts Martyrs Square. Hundreds of March 14 supporters and dignitaries attended the ceremony to pay their last respects. Among the symbols present alongside the Lebanese and Future Movement flags were flags of terrorist group al-Qaeda ...

French President Francois Hollande and Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday held talks on escalating tensions in the Middle East, with a focus on Lebanon and Syria, during a visit also aimed at boosting commercial ties. The monarch highlighted a "convergence" of positions between the two countries on several issues, a member of Hollande's entourage said....

Editor's note: Mohamad Chatah, a former Lebanese finance minister, wrote the following open letter last week to Iranian President Hasan Rouhani. Chatah was killed by a car bomb in Beirut Friday before he could gather signatures from members of the Lebanese parliament. Your Excellency, We are taking this exceptional step to address you and other ...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country's armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon's president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation's military. Michel Sleiman, who made the surprise announcement in a televised national address, did not provide any further details....

Damascus has strongly dismissed the accusations by Lebanons March 14th. Prior to judicial investigations into the case, the March 14th concluded that the Syrian government and its allies in Lebanon are behind Fridays assassination. Syrian Information Minister, Omran Al-Zohbi, dubbed the claims as political accusations meant to refute the Saudi-backed ...

Preparations are under way in Lebanon for the funeral of former minister and opposition figure Mohamad Chatah, who was killed by a car bomb on Friday. He will be buried in the capital Beirut, where the attack took place. Mr Chatah, a Sunni Muslim, was a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement that ...

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikatihas condemned the deadly bombing in the capital Beirut, calling for national unity. At least eight people were killed and over 70 others injured after a huge car bomb went off near the headquarters of Lebanons March 14 Alliance and the parliament in the capital, Beirut, on Friday. A senior figure of ...

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has deplored the recent deadly car bombing in Lebanon, calling on the Lebanese to join forces to restore security in the country. The spiral of violence in Lebanon is deeply worrying, said Ashton in a Friday statement. I urge Lebanon's political leaders and the Lebanese people to put aside all ...

An Iranian lawmaker has slammed the deadly terrorist attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, saying it was masterminded by the Israeli regime. Yesterdays explosion [in Beirut] was yet another act planned by Zionists and supported by Salafis and the March 14 Alliance, Deputy Head of Iran-Lebanon Parliamentary Friendship Group Razi Nouritold IRNA ...

A political analyst says the recent deadly terrorist attack in Beirut raises the speculation that certain regional states led by Saudi Arabia might use Lebanon as the stage for more acts of terror, Press TV reports. It is no secret that the [Persian] Gulf states headed by Saudi Arabia are intervening in Iraq and in Syria through supporting the ...

Several people have reportedly been killed and many others injured after a huge bomb explosion rocked the central part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. According to Lebanese media reports, a car bomb went off at the headquarters of Lebanons March 14 Alliance and the parliament in central Beirut on Friday, killing at least 5 people and wounding over ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) Irans ambassador to Lebanon has said Lebanese ex-ministers assassination is in favor of Zionists interests. Mehr News quoted Lebanese daily Elnashra report that Ghazanfar Roknabadi believed assassination of former finance ministry, Mohammad Shatah, as serving Zionists interests. Roknabadi added that the assassins pursued ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hezbollah resistance group strongly condemned the Friday morning assassination of former treasury minister, Mohammad Chatah, saying that such heinous crime mainly aimed at targeting the stability of Lebanon. The enemies of Lebanon benefit from Chatah's murder, and that this crime is part of a series of crimes and bombings meant to ...

Lebanonwas jolted into a fresh political crisis on Friday after a car bomb in centralBeirutassassinated Mohammad Shatah, a prominent political ally and adviser to former Prime MinistersSaad Haririand Fouad Siniora. Such attacks have been a sad part of Lebanese political culture since the 1970s. The target, timing and location of the attack perhaps ...

Beirut, Dec 28, IRNA Iran?s ambassador to Lebanon condemned Friday terrorist blast in Beirut and called it a plan to organize a conspiracy in Lebanon. Ghazanfar Roknabadiunderlined that such terrorist crimes only serve the Zionist enemy. He added that the Lebanese need understanding, agreement and should begin a dialogue today. Friday morning ...

An Iranian legislator has blamed Western intelligence services for acts of terror in Lebanon, stating that global arrogance mercenaries seek to drive the Arab country into instability. The culprits of Lebanons terrorist acts are linked to the security and intelligence agencies of the Western countries. They perpetrate terrorist acts in order to prevent ...

[caption id="attachment_23974" align="alignright" width="180"] Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi[/caption] A senior Iranian lawmaker says the United States and Israel are seeking to undermine Lebanons security and stability after they failed to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The involvement of Zionists in Beirut blast ...

Iran Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the deadly car bomb attack in the central part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, calling for the immediate identification and punishment of the perpetrators. In a Friday statement, the Foreign Ministry also offered condolences to the families of the victims of the attack. Undoubtedly, the resistant people ...

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahiyan condemned the Friday morning terrorist attack in Beirut. Talking to IRNA Friday, he said that the enemies of Lebanon are ...