Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Regional rivalries have threatened energy projects in the Mediterranean Sea. The International Energy Agency warned that challenges by Lebanon and Turkey threaten major energy projects by Israel and the Republic of Cyprus. The Paris-based organization said the emerging conflict over reserves could stop the exploration of an estimated 10 trillion […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United Nations is bracing for a withdrawal by European Union peacekeepers from Lebanon. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon has been consulting with EU states on the prospect of an imminent withdrawal from Lebanon. EU contingents from France and Italy, which have an ordered an evacuation of its diplomatic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel, struck by a rocket attack, has elected to strike back against a moribund Palestinian militia in Lebanon. The Israel Air Force bombed a base of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. Military sources said the strike on Aug. 23 was located near Naameh between Beirut […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been struck by a rocket barrage from Lebanon. Officials said Lebanese gunners, believed linked to Al Qaida, fired at least four medium-range rockets into Israel on Aug. 22. They said one of the rockets, believed fired from the coastal city of Tyre, was intercepted by Israel’s Iron […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Lebanon’s military has come under the biggest attack amid the civil war in neighboring Syria. Officials said unidentified gunners believed linked to the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah have been launching 107mm rockets toward strategic military sites in Lebanon. The officials said the targets included the Defense Ministry and presidential palace outside Beirut, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The European Union has agreed to designate what it termed the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist group. EU foreign ministers said Hizbullah’s military wing would be designated a terrorist entity, a classification meant to freeze the assets of the Shi’ite militia in Europe. They said the designation would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been installing a digital security system along the border with Lebanon. Military sources said the network was comprised of advanced sensors that could detect infiltration attempts from several kilometers. They said the so-called Multi-Sensor System, a project reported at $60 million, was led by prime contractor […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have begun attacking Hizbullah bases in Lebanon. Sunni rebels, including those aligned with Al Qaida, have crossed the border from Syria to attack Hizbullah bases in Lebanon. On June 2, hundreds of Syrian rebels, supported by rocket attacks, clashed with Hizbullah troops in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The fighting […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Peacekeeping is fraught with risk, but it is also filled with promise, stated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. “Our Blue Helmets bring hope to millions of people in some of the most troubled parts of the world,” advised the Secretary General in a somber ceremony honoring fallen peacekeeping troops, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah was said to have sustained heavy losses in fighting Sunni rebels along the Syrian border with Lebanon. The Syrian opposition asserted that nearly 100 Hizbullah troops were killed in the Syrian Army offensive to capture the rebel-held town of Qusair. The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at […]