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Wissam al-Hassan

Hezbollah fighters hold party flags during a parade in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon (AP/Hussein Malla/File)
February 7, 2013, 6:46 pm
Lebanese opposition bashes Hezbollah over Burgas attack
March 14 Coalition says Shi’ite terror group, blamed by Bulgaria for bombing that killed 5 Israelis, is damaging Lebanon’s interests; Beirut government silent
By Elhanan Miller
A man carries the Syrian revolutionary flag and a Lebanese national flag, as people gather in Martyrs' Square before the funeral for the country's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, October 21, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 4, 2013, 7:24 pm
Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Syrian official
Head of Syria’s national security council and an aide were allegedly involved in a wave of domestic attacks
November 12, 2012, 11:33 pm
Nasrallah touts lack of IDF response to drone as sign of Hezbollah’s might
Lebanese Shiite leader says new reality deterring ‘Zionists’; blasts Arab League for silence on Gaza
By Ilan Ben Zion
In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position, seen with another rebel fighter reflected in a mirror, in a residential building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
October 31, 2012, 2:42 pm
American natural disaster surpasses Arab man-made ones
Palestinians are increasingly involved in Syrian violence, while Lebanon’s opposition calls for a boycott of the government
By Elhanan Miller
Anti-government protesters in central Beirut on October 24. (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 28, 2012, 12:51 am
Lebanese PM says he won’t step down after bombing
Najib Mikati had hinted at resignation following assassination of top intel official
Illustrative photo of Lebanese Army soldiers patrolling during October clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 23, 2012, 9:50 pm
Washington puts weight behind international probe into Lebanon bombing
Instability from Syria’s civil war is threatening neighbor, US spokesperson says
By Matthew Lee
Workers clean the area around last week's bomb in Beirut, October 23 (photo credit: Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
October 23, 2012, 6:18 pm
Hezbollah opposes international probe into Lebanese explosions
Anti-Syrian groups call for investigation of killing of intelligence officer
By Bassam Mroue
Lebanese Army soldiers remove garbage containers used as a roadblock after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, October 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
October 23, 2012, 2:12 pm
Calm returns to Lebanon as troops deploy
Beiruit streets quiet two days after funeral of slain general
By Bassam Mroue
A Lebanese man prays at the grave of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, October 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 23, 2012, 12:04 pm
Gaza rejoices and Tripoli simmers
Lebanon’s prime minister retracts his resignation; a ceasefire in Syria seems unlikely; and Gaza gears up for a princely visit
By Elhanan Miller
Lebanese firefighters extinguish burning cars at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
October 23, 2012, 9:54 am
Stolen car used in Beirut’s bombing, says police chief
Senior intelligence officer’s killing on Friday is driving up political tensions in Lebanon
Illustrative photo of Lebanese Army soldiers patrolling during October clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 23, 2012, 12:46 am
Syria exposes Lebanon’s thin veneer of stability
‘The fear is not if the Syrian conflict will spill over — but whether it has already reached the streets of Beirut’
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy
Lebanese honor guards carry coffins wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, October 21, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 22, 2012, 6:29 pm
Hezbollah associates accuse Israel of role in Beirut bombing
Druze party and leading daily say Israel had motive in the assassination of Lebanese security chief
By Elhanan Miller
A Sunni gunman holds his AK-47 as he rides a scooter on a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday October 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
October 22, 2012, 2:14 pm
Lebanon seethes as security man is laid to rest
Egypt freezes the assets of a former prime minister and Jordan busts an al-Qaeda cell
By Elhanan Miller
A bus pushes a garbage container used as a roadblock by Sunni protesters after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon on Monday. (photo credit/Hussein Malla/AP)
October 22, 2012, 12:38 pm
Lebanon launches major security campaign to calm sectarian violence
At least two people killed overnight as demonstrations against intelligence chief’s assassination continue
By Bassam Mroue
Lebanese protesters are enveloped in tear gas as they pull a barbed-wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
October 22, 2012, 7:56 am
Two killed in sectarian clashes in Lebanon
Sunni and Shiite gunmen exchange fire in Beirut and Tripoli following Friday assassination of top intelligence official
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