Content tagged with “Security”
The international community has ratcheted up pressure on Lebanese banks for alleged involvement in money laundering activities and helping Iran and Syria evade international sanctions. This week, the...
Tags: Terrorism, Banking, Security, Treasury Lebanon ranked 45th worldwide on the annual 2012 Failed State Index authored by Foreign Policy and Fund for Peace, indicating a slight improvement but still falling within the "most unstable...
Tags: Development, Civil Society, economy, Security While the security situation in North Lebanon placated this week, road blockings and security violations continue in the capital and the South, causing the government much embarrassment over its...
Tags: Governance, Hezbollah, Security, Salafists The deteriorating security situation in Lebanon has now spread to the northern Palestinian refugee camp Nahr Al Bared, a development that many observers cautioned against but the Lebanese authorities...
Tags: Governance, Security From kidnappings to sniper shootings, and rocket-propelled grenades, security violations continue in Lebanon's North and border towns, enabled by a weak and delayed response from government...
Tags: Hezbollah, Security, LAF, arms The killing this week of Lebanese television cameraman Ali Shaaban by Syrian forces sent a chilling message to Lebanon and caused a national uproar. While he was on an assignment in the northern town...
Tags: Syria, Security, violence, uprising, LAF A year into the Syrian uprising, Lebanon has arguably managed to avoid a major spurt of violence many feared would spread in the region. With violence devolving into a protracted bloody fight between...
Tags: Hezbollah, Banking, Syria, Security, uprising Refugees continue to pour into Lebanon seven months into the Syrian uprising. Since March, approximately 3,800 Syrian refugees have crossed into Wadi Khaled, northern Lebanon's mountainous...
Tags: Education, United Nations, Security, uprising, refugees, UNHCR Four months into the bloodiest uprising in the Middle East, the U.S. Administration finally made a statement declaring that Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost legitimacy. However, Secretary...
Tags: Syria, Security, United States, Turkey, opposition 
