Terror network behind Beirut blasts busted

Mr Elie Fares, a Lebanese doctor, wrote on his blog: “When my people died, no country bothered to light up its landmarks in the colours of their flag…” More than 200 people were injured, many of them in serious condition. “Their death was but an irrelevant fleck along the worldwide news cycle, something that happens in those parts of the world”. But when tragedy strikes somewhere we can relate to – somewhere we believe to be safe and in a country that has been our unwavering ally – we are more inclined to grieve.

“The change is that ISIS is now emphasizing disruptive terror attacks in the wider world far more than it was before”.

Press TV: We were seeing a lot of advances made by Hezbollah in Syria when it comes to its battle against Daesh and we already know that many are actually calling these attacks by Daesh within Lebanon desperate acts by Daesh to kind of confine Hezbollah and not make it advance into Syria.

“The bombings in Lebanon drew no tweet from Malcolm Turnbull, no social media statement from Barack Obama, no live media blogs from Western media, no wall-to-wall media coverage”. Still, monuments around the world lit up to display the colors of the French flag, but not the Lebanese flag, while Facebook offered users a one-click option to put a blue, white and red filter over their profile pictures in support of the French, but did not offer the same service for the colors of the Lebanese flag.

It was at least the 18th terrorist attack in Lebanon in the last 30 months. However, when the violence hits other parts of the world, the world listens more closely, condemns more strongly and pledges to fight the source of this terror with even greater resolve. And when I do, I will try to remember another name: the name of the man who is credited with saving unknown numbers of lives in Beirut last week by tackling a suicide bomber.

Initial media reports suggested Termos’s daughter was killed in the blast. The bomber then stepped back and detonated the explosives, killing himself and one other bystander. CNN hasn’t confirmed the authenticity of the statement.

This is not only about Paris and Beirut.

But it claimed responsibility for a vehicle bombing in the capital previous year, piling on to violence involving numerous factions in recent decades.

A common argument is that many people may not show solidarity to Lebanon because we identify it as a Muslim nation.

In criticism of the handling of the two events, social media giant Facebook was itself not immune. It’s time to pray for the world. Today, I ask those friends and the people of my community to keep the values of inclusivity in mind as they post about, discuss, and address the attacks in Paris. It is time to make all places beloved.

When my people were blown to pieces on the streets of Beirut on November 12, the headlines read: “explosion in Hezbollah stronghold”, as if delineating the political background of a heavily urban area somehow placed the terrorism in context. Later the security officers announced arrest of two other Syrian and Lebanese suspects.

In addition to the human toll, the explosions damaged at least four nearby buildings.

What causes deeper concern is the ambition and global reach that ISIL has demonstrated with attacks earlier this fall against Turkish, Russian and Shia Lebanese targets.

Who were the suicide bombers?

After the blasts, authorities closed all entrances to Bourj al-Barajneh, NNA reported.