Police officers find weapons, ammo cache during check of licensed dealer

November 16th, 20180 DEARBORN — Police officers found a large cache of weapons and ammo Nov. 7 after a postal carrier-initiated wellness check of a legally licensed Dearborn arms dealer, who died of natural causes. Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad said at a Nov. 12 press conference that the community was on edge when rumors started to spread after...

Saudi crown prince: Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear bomb if Iran does

March 16th, 20180 RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear weapons if its arch-rival Iran does so, the kingdom's crown prince said in remarks released on Thursday, raising the prospect of a nuclear arms race in a region already riven with conflict. "Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a...

The danger facing Lebanon is bigger than Bassil’s loose tongue

February 2nd, 20180 In the last decisive moments, Lebanon avoided the edge of a cliff and perhaps saved fragile peaceful coexistence among its people, which for the past few days has been hovering over that fine edge. A telephone call from President Michel Aoun to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was enough to defuse a potential civil war that would have...

Study: U.S. weapons given to Syrian rebels fell into ISIS’ hands

December 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON — Sophisticated weapons the U.S. military secretly provided to Syrian rebels quickly fell into the hands of ISIS, a study released Thursday disclosed. The study stated that ISIS's possession of these weapons remains a threat to the forces still operating against the terror group in Iraq and Syria. The arms included...

Bill letting people bring concealed guns across state lines passes House

December 8th, 20170 WASHINGTON — People would be able to bring legal, concealed guns into any U.S. state under legislation the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday that would also bolster the national background check system and require a study of the "bump stocks" used in October's Las Vegas mass shooting. The country's long-standing fight...

Two Lebanese Americans charged with aiding Hezbollah

June 9th, 20170 DEARBORN — A Dearborn man whose home was raided by the FBI on June 1 was arrested in Livonia later that night on suspicion of links to Hezbollah, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, the Justice Department announced on Thursday, June 8. Both Samer El Debek, a Lebanese American truck driver who moved to Michigan from New York a...