Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 12/8/1997
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of December 8, 1997
- SLA releases two detainees from Khiam prison
Omar Ahmed and Shawki Nasrallah were taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross from the prison to the Hammoud hospital in Sidon. Hospital officials said they were suffering from poor health conditions Lebanon, Politics, 12/13/1997 - Government bans Aoun interview
Information Minister Bassem Sabee has requested a local television station planning a live interview with ex-army commander General Michel Aoun to cancel the show. Lebanon, Politics, 12/13/1997 - Irish president lends her troops moral support
Being from Belfast, I have a very strong view that peace is something that we take far too much for granted. Lebanon, Politics, 12/13/1997 - New Israeli violation of April Understanding
The April Understanding monitoring committee which met at the Lebanese al-Naqoura town, held Israel and Lahd's militias responsible for the killing of three Lebanese civilians in Majdul Sulum last Friday. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/12/1997 - Hizbullah fighter reported killed in south Lebanon Lebanon, Military, 12/12/1997
- Government to clamp down on television immorality
The confrontation has been brewing for some time now between the government and local television stations. It culminated Wednesday with a meeting of the central security council that lay the ground for censorship of television programs and banning of live political shows. Lebanon, Culture, 12/11/1997 - Mysterious explosion targets U.N. post
A statement issued by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said the explosion took place at a post belonging to UNIFIL's Nepalese battalion near the village of Yater, on the edge of an Israeli-occupied border enclave in south Lebanon. Lebanon, Local, 12/11/1997 - Lebanon maintains active participation in summit
The Iranian spiritual leader praised Lebanon's stand in refusing to hold bilateral talks with Israel, describing such a stand as "source of pride" and saying that "divine coexistence" in Lebanon is a well-established fact. Lebanon, Politics, 12/11/1997 - Lebanese national resistance attacks SLA positions
Lebanese resistance-men on Wednesday afternoon destroyed a Lahd militia personnel carrier in two attacks on a position in Kafr Honeh area. Lebanon, Military, 12/11/1997 - Main suspect in airline scam released
The main suspect in a scandal involving the leasing by Middle East Airlines of three Airbus jetliners from Singapore Airlines was released Wednesday, pending further investigations. Lebanon, Judicial, 12/10/1997 - Irish president in Beirut Thursday
The Irish president is scheduled to visit the southern coastal town of Naqoura on Friday, which has housed the headquarters of a United Nations peace-keeping force in Lebanon since 1978. Lebanon, Politics, 12/10/1997 - Lebanese resistance reports hit on Israeli troops
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces continued attacks on areas adjacent to the occupied strip of South Lebanon. Lebanese security sources the Israeli artillery shelled the edges of the towns of Kafra, Yatter and Hariss. Lebanon, Military, 12/10/1997 - U.S. ambassador moved by Qana massacre site
U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones on Monday said he was "moved" by the sight of Qana, the little village in southern Lebanon where at least 100 Lebanese civilians were slaughtered by Israeli shelling of a U.N. base in April 1996. Lebanon, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Monitoring committee discusses Lebanese complaints
Nabil Baydoun, 44, who holds an American passport, said militiamen from the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army threw him and his family out of the village of Bint Jbeil and burned down his house. Lebanon, Military, 12/9/1997 - Syrian, Lebanese Presidents in Teheran for Summit
In a pre-departure statement to Teheran, President Hrawi of Lebanon asserted that south Lebanon is the responsibility of Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 12/9/1997 - Lebanese resistance attacks occupation positions
Hizbullah on Sunday warned Israel it will hit back on its northern territories if Israeli troops continue their attacks on innocent civilians in south Lebanon. Lebanon, Military, 12/8/1997 - President, prime minister, off to Islamic conference
Hrawi, a Maronite Catholic, is the only non-Muslim head of state taking part in the Eighth summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Lebanon, Politics, 12/8/1997