(The Daily Star)- The family of a mother and her daughter, who died when the Sidon tour boat they were in capsized last month, dropped their lawsuit against the managers of the boat, a source told The Daily Star Tuesday. The source said that contacts with the Yassin family had managed to...

(The Daily Star)-  Lebanon public drivers Tuesday continued with their strike which caused the country's automotive inspection centers to shut down until the state takes control of the facilities. Truckers and taxi drivers in the capital Beirut, in the eastern city of Zahle, and in...

(The Daily Star)- Iran has rejected remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that its policies in Syria and Yemen are blocking efforts to encourage banks to do business with it. In an interview published Friday, Kerry told Foreign Affairs magazine that Iranian support for Syrian...

(Now)- A high-ranking Hezbollah commander has been killed in Aleppo, the latest casualty suffered by the Lebanese party fighting on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.   A pro-Hezbollah outlet which publicizes funerals of the party's fighters killed "in confrontation with the...