Lebanese leader Pierre Gemayel (1905-1984) founded the Lebanese Phalanges, a political and military force which he led for almost 50 years. The Phalangist Party, geared toward Lebanese Christians, focused on the need for a strong Lebanese state....

If it was Syria, it will have done itself no favours SOMETHING sinister was bound to happen. Since the guns of last summer's brutal little war with Israel fell silent, the pitch of Lebanon's internal politics has ratcheted to ever shriller heights....

Even after the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, fighting is likelier in Gaza than Lebanon TONY BLAIR has been saying lately that the problems of Iraq cannot be solved unless the West recognises that all the problems of the region are connected. He...

Explosions tore through two buses traveling on a highway Tuesday near a mountain town northeast of Beirut, and dozens of people were either killed or wounded, the country's state-run news agency said.The news agency gave no exact figure on the number of dead. Arab media...

Lawmaker Walid Eido, killed Wednesday, is the seventh prominent anti-Syrian figure in Lebanon to be killed in a little more than two years. Here is a glance at recent attacks in Lebanon, most of them against opponents of Damascus:_ Feb. 14, 2005: Former Prime Minister...