Angry relatives burn tires after woman’s death in Lebanon sectarian clash; troops restore calm

BEIRUT — Relatives angry over the fatal shooting of a Lebanese woman in a clash between rival Sunnis and Shiites in a Beirut neighborhood burned tires and briefly blocked a road Monday, in a sign of the country’s lingering tensions as it struggles to form a unity government.

1 killed as supporters of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate trade gunfire with Beirut rivals

BEIRUT — Sunni supporters of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate and Shiite rivals from the parliament speaker’s political faction traded gunfire in a Beirut neighborhood Sunday. Security officials said one civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the first outbreak of violence since this month’s elections.

Supporters of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate trade gunfire with rivals in Beirut

BEIRUT — Supporters of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate clashed with rival gunmen in the streets of Beirut on Sunday, security officials said, in a first outbreak of violence since this month’s election.

Leader of Lebanon’s pro-Western bloc to become new prime minister

BEIRUT — Western-backed billionaire Saad Hariri pledged Saturday to work for a national unity government that includes his Hezbollah rivals shortly after he was appointed by the president to become the country’s next prime minister.