Tuesday, August 24, 2010

My Way News - Hezbollah, Sunni group clash in Beirut, killing 3
My Way News reports: "Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups fought street battles using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for more than four hours Tuesday, killing three people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with summer tourists [...] Hezbollah, a powerful military force in Lebanon, maintains its own arsenal - separate from the national army's - which it says is necessary to ward off any threats from Israel."

My Way News - Hezbollah: Iran can equip Lebanese army
My Way News reports: "The leader of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group says authorities should formally ask Iran to help equip the country's military. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah vows his Iranian-backed group would use its friendship with Iran to secure assistance to the national army."

No comments: