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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel-Karim Ali accused Gulf countries, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Wednesday of being behind the Syria-bound arms shipments that was intercepted recently by the Lebanese Army. The ship was bound for the Syrian...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Arab Tawhid Party leader Wiam Wahhab voiced his objection to the alleged interference of US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman's in the case of the Lutfallah II vessel that was believed to be carrying weapons to...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Syrian Social Nationalist Party MP Marwan Fares said on Tuesday that US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman's upcoming visit would come within the context of US policy in Lebanon. [Feltman's visit] is in line with...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Lebanese intelligence officers are questioning crew members of a ship that set sail from Libya and was found to be carrying a cache of weapons that supposedly were intended to supply opposition forces in Syria. Share This Story Eleven crew members of...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Development and Liberation bloc MP Ali Osseiran on Monday commended Lebanese security authorities for intercepting the Lutfallah II vessel that was believed to be carrying weapons to Syrian rebels. The army will [keep an eye on] the country's...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
The Arab Tawhid Party said on Monday that all those who call for arming the Syrian opposition were accomplices in the smuggling of arms to Syria via Lebanon. All those calling for arming the opposition in Syria are directly or indirectly partners in...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
More individuals were summoned Monday for questioning over the Syria-bound illegal arms shipment that originated in Libya and was seized aboard a commercial vessel by the Lebanese Army over the weekend. Judicial sources told The Daily Star that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
A Libyan official, who requested anonymity, said that the Libyan authorities were not involved in the issue of the Lutfallah II vessel, which was intercepted by the Lebanese security authorities off the coast of the northern city of Batroun and was...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Future bloc MP Samir Jisr in remarks published on Monday said it was unfortunate that one of the Lebanese newspapers anticipated the investigations into the Lutfallah II vessel [issue] and accused a [prominent] figure from the northern town of...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr ordered over the weekend that the 11-member crew of the ship Lutfallah II, which was carrying weapons allegedly bound for Syria, be held for questioning. Sources told The Daily Star that the Sierra Leonean-flagged...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
He says they surely knew the shipment was on its way to Syrian rebels, but still turned a blind eye. The Sierra Leone-registered ship Lutfallah II, carrying three containers filled with heavy machine guns, shells, rockets, rocket launchers and other...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
April 29, 2012 The vessel 'Lutfallah II' docks at a naval base at the port of Beirut on April 28, after the Lebanese navy intercepted three containers of weapons destined for Syrian rebel forces. (Anwar Amro/AFP/GettyImages) The Lebanese government...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Syria April 30, 2012 Read later The Lebanese navy intercepted three containers of weapons destined for Syrian rebel forces...The Lebanese navy has intercepted three containers of weapons destined for Syrian rebels on board a ship originating from...
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Kuwait News Top Stories
| 1 year ago
April 29, 2012 (AFP) -Lebanese intelligence officers were questioning the crew of a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel on Sunday over allegations it was carrying arms to Syrian rebels as fighting raged between the insurgents and regular troops. Ten rebel...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members were detained after three shipping containers full of heavy and light weapons were...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Lebanon seizes weapons as Syria rebels 'launch sea raid' 28 April 2012 Last updated at 21:00 ET Lebanon says its navy has found and confiscated three containers full of arms and ammunition from a ship which was bound for Syrian rebels. The ship, the...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
The Syrian cease-fire frayed even more Saturday when the government said "terrorists" launched an amphibious attack on a military installation. The nighttime clash at Lattakia about 20 miles south of the Turkish border on the Mediterranean coast left...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Saturday said that money was not being smuggled to Syria, adding that Lebanon is not [doing transactions] with Syrian institutions and individuals in the bank sector which were targeted by international sanctions.
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Russia on Saturday said it backed delivering a "decisive rebuff" to "terrorists" operating in Syria a day after state television reported 11 people killed in a bomb blast outside a Damascus mosque. "We are convinced that the terrorists operating in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami on Saturday commented on the Lebanese army's seizure of a vessel suspected of carrying weapons destined for Syria's rebel army. The National News Agency quoted Karami as saying during a meeting with reporters...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
52 The Lebanese navy has reportedly intercepted a ship loaded with three containers of weapons destined for Syrian opposition forces. The cargo vessel, which originated from Libya, was found on Saturday containing heavy machine guns, artillery shells,...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
The death toll in Syria is again edging higher, this time following fighting between government and pro-democracy forces outside the capital. Activists say 10 people died early Saturday in the region surrounding Damascus. Activists also warned of...
