Lebanon may face another war

PanARMENIAN.Net - A bomb planted under a car bomb in central Beirut's Christian neighborhood exploded late Sunday, killing a 63-year-old woman and wounding a dozen of people, France Presse reports. The explosive device, which was placed under a car in a parking lot near an upscale shopping mall in Achrafye, destroyed dozens of cars and sent black smoke billowing over the area.



The violence between the army and the Fatah Islam group in the northern port city of Tripoli and the adjacent Nahr el-Bared refugee camp has killed at least 27 soldiers and 20 militants, security officials said Monday.



May 20 the Syrian government ordered to block all checkpoints at the Lebanese border. The Interior Minister explained the measure by "the wish to ensure security of Syrian and Lebanese people," The Jerusalem Post says.



Shahan Kankhadaryan, editor of Azdak newspaper told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that there are no victims in the Armenian community of Beirut. "The situation is very tensed and there are fears of a new war," Kankhadaryan said adding that things will clear up to may 21 evening.