Mike Toma had just come off fire watch duty in Beirut, Lebanon, and was asleep in his barracks when a bomb exploded less than 100 feet away. ...more

October 19, 2008

FBI agents say Ali Hammoud tried to pull off a caper worthy of the big screen. ...more

July 30, 2008

An agreement reached by Lebanese political factions Wednesday amounted to a significant shift of power in favor of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies in the opposition, who won the power to veto any Cabinet decision. ...more

May 22, 2008

Israel and Syria announced Wednesday that they were engaged in negotiations for a comprehensive peace treaty through Turkish mediators, a sign that Israel is hoping to halt the growing influence of Iran, Syria's most important ally, which sponsors the anti-Israel groups Hezbollah and Hamas. ...more

May 22, 2008

Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled in the mountains overlooking the capital. ...more

May 12, 2008

Hezbollah and its allies began withdrawing their gunmen in this capital Saturday evening, raising hopes for a political settlement after four days of street battles that left at least 29 people dead. ...more

May 11, 2008

Heavily armed Hezbollah fighters seized control of much of western Beirut on Friday, patrolling the deserted streets in a raw show of force that underscored the Shiite militia's refusal to back down in its escalating confrontation with the American-backed government. ...more

May 10, 2008

A top Hezbollah commander, long sought by the United States for his role in terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in the 1980s, died Tuesday night in Damascus when a bomb detonated under the car he was in, Syrian officials said. ...more

February 14, 2008

Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, on Saturday made his first public appearance here since the 2006 war with Israel, restating his claim that the militant group possessed the remains of several Israeli soldiers left on the battlefields of southern Lebanon. ...more

January 20, 2008

A powerful car bombing on Wednesday killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart. ...more

December 13, 2007