Prime Minister Fuad Saniora called on the army today to restore law and order across Lebanon and remove gunmen from the streets, accusing Hezbollah of staging an armed coup.

By Friday afternoon it had started to calm down in Beirut. Only sporadic gunfire was heard after a day of fighting claimed the lives of eleven persons and left many wounded. Without much resistance from the pro-government forces, the superior military machine of Hizbollah confirmed its grip on the Western part of Beirut. With Hizbollah's military action, the political crisis that has been looming in the country for the past 18 months has reached a climax.

Lebanese officials say a car bomb blast in a Christian suburb of the capital Beirut has killed at least six people, including a top security official. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut

The United States Wednesday joined other countries in condemning the Beirut car bomb assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, who was set to have become the country's army chief. The assassination, the latest in a series targeting key Lebanese figures, comes amid an ongoing political crisis in the Middle East country. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State.

Beirut uncertainty thousands of troops deployed to keep the calm in the coming election of President on November 30 as Lebanon parliament failed in a fifth attempt to elect a president.

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS: Turkish aviation authorities cited technical reasons behind their decision to close airspace for Yerevan-Beirut and Yerevan-Aleppo flights operated by Armenia’s biggest air carrier, Armavia.

Stores, banks and some government offices were closed in many parts of Beirut to mourn the slaying of Christian member of parliament Antoine Ghanem in a car bomb explosion, Wednesday. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Beirut Friday for talks on Lebanon's political deadlock. After meeting with pro-Syrian parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, Mr. Ban urged Lebanon's leaders to engage in dialogue for the purpose of promoting national reconciliation.