Car bomb explodes near Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon December 17, 2013 - 09:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A car bomb has exploded near a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group in the Lebanon's east, causing a number of casualties, the Associated Press reports. The bomb went off early on Tuesday, Dec 17, near the remote village of Sbouba in the Baalbek region. Casualties were reported among citizens and ambulances were seen rushing to the area which was cordoned off, the National News Agency said. There has been a wave of attacks recently on Hezbollah strongholds and interests in Lebanon. The group is fighting in Syria alongside President Bashar Assad's troops and has received threats of retaliation from the largely Sunni rebels fighting to topple him. Related links:  Top stories The IAEA reported in 2008 that the laser facilities had been taken over by a private company that said it had no plans to enrich uranium. Sayyari had earlier informed of Tehran's plans to send its naval forces to the Atlantic to deploy along the U.S. marine borders. The source said a meeting between Syrian National Coalition head Ahmad Jarba and Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov is scheduled for Feb 4. "We will need to significantly increase the frequency of the verification activities which we are currently conducting," Amano said.   Partner news |  Latest news Samsung’s Milk music streaming service free, with no ads  The Milk application is available through the Google Play store, and will initially work with Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and tablets.Gazprom warns Ukraine of new ‘gas war’ “This violates our contract and international trade practices. We cannot supply natural gas for free,” Miller told reporters in Moscow.Facebook working on second huge data center project in Sweden The new Luleå 2 data center will be built alongside a pre-existing buildingbut will use a new Rapid Deployment Data Centre design.Azerbaijan claims taking Armenian captive Azerbaijani media spread reports about an Armenian citizen who “crossed the Armenian-Azeri border in Tovuz region of Azerbaijan.” |
