Lebanon Beset by Kidnapping,Drugs and Jabhat al-Nusra - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Mar 4, 2013

A Lebanese customs employee displays a packet of confiscated hashish stamped with a Lebanese cedar in Beirut May 27, 2009. Lebanese Internal Security forces and Lebanese Customs anti-drugs trafficking division seized a total of 85 kg (187 lbs) of hashish hidden in a refrigerated container that was supposed to be smuggled into the Netherlands. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON SOCIETY CRIME LAW) - RTXOFL7 — A Lebanese customs employee in Beirut displays a packet of confiscated hashish stamped with a Lebanese cedar and intended for shipment to the Netherlands in 2009. — REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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Fighters from Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra watch snipers on the front line during a fight with Syria forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad in Aleppo December 24, 2012. Syria special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed solving the country's conflict with President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, but the opposition expressed deepening frustration with the mission following what it called the latest massacre of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3BVVS

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Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Relatives of Lebanese soldiers and policemen, who were captured by Islamist militants in Arsal, erect a tent and hold a banner depicting Lebanese soldier Ali al-Sayyed, who was beheaded by IS militants, during an open-ended sit-in demanding for the release of the remaining soldiers and pressuring the government to act in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut September 10, 2014. Islamic State militants have beheaded a captive Lebanese soldier, images published on social media showed on Saturday, the second Leba

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Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Nuns hold candles during a candle-lit vigil at the Balamand Monastery in Koura, near the north Lebanese city of Tripoli, to call for the release of bishops kidnapped in northern Syria two months ago, June 22, 2013. Greek Orthodox Patriarch John Yazigi led the candle-lit vigil on Saturday for Greek Orthodox archbishop Paul Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, appealing to their kidnappers to free them and urging Syrian security forces to do more to win their release. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (L

Fate of kidnapped Syrian bishops still unknown

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Fighters from Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra take their positions on the front line during a clash with Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad in Aleppo December 24, 2012. Syria special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed solving the country's conflict with President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, but the opposition expressed deepening frustration with the mission following what it called the latest massacre of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Jabhat Al-Nusra Reportedly In Lebanon

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)