New Sidon mufti says won't accept bribes

SIDON, Lebanon -- Rasha Abu Naaj hopes that her very first client will be a bride. The young Palestinian hairdresser, who graduated from a vocational training program Thursday, is about to open her own salon at her parents' home. "I will work from ...

Syrian workers and their families rally in support of Assad in Sidon. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari) SIDON, Lebanon: Several hundred Syrian workers in Lebanon held a demonstration in support of President Bashar Assad and his allies Sunday in the ...

. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari) SIDON, Lebanon: Fatima Miari is adamant that she one day will return to her village in Palestine, the one she was forced to leave 65 years ago. You never lose the right you keep fighting for. We will return home ...

A laboratory worker take food samples for testing in Sidon, Monday, April 22, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari) SIDON, Lebanon: At the recently inaugurated Agro Food Development Center and Laboratories, specialists are busy testing and ...

Haidar is marked closely by a Tadamon defender in Sidon. BEIRUT: League-leaders Safa edged a step closer to a season double Wednesday, defeating Tadamon Sour 2-0 in the Cup semifinals to set up a June 16 final with Shabab al-Sahel. A 12th-minute ...

Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, left, speaks with Sheikh Salim Susan in Sidon, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari) SIDON, Lebanon: Sidon's mufti Sheikh Salim Sousan said he would not step down from his post Wednesday, ...

SIDON, Lebanon: Beneath trees laden with peaches and apricots on Lebanon's southern border, dozens of workers take a breather from the day's labor to share lunchtime meals they have brought from home. The fruitful orchards they toil in were among ...

SIDON, Lebanon: A Palestinian man was wounded Monday in a dispute in the southern coastal city of Sidon over a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, security sources told The Daily Star. Using a hunting rifle, Lebanese Hilal Azzam shot at ...

The Daily Star SIDON, Lebanon: The Army handed an Israeli man over to the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday for repatriation, after he crossed the border into Lebanon earlier this week, security sources told The Daily Star. The ...