The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was targeting a Lebanon-based drug trafficking and money laundering network suspected of doing as much as $200 million a month in business.

Media Reports revealed that Israel, in its invasion on the Gaza Strip, tests part of a huge arsenal of weapons provided by the US during the past few years, adding that the US arms supplies encouraged the Israeli invasion in Gaza.

For a number of Ethiopian women, Lebanon has become a transit hub to Europe.