Lebanon PM: No evidence of al Qaeda on Syria border

Prime Minister Najib Mikati said there was no evidence that al Qaeda militants were operating in Lebanon, countering the defense minister's statement that the global network had sent operatives into the Lebanon-Syria border area.

"There is no firm evidence of an al Qaeda presence in (border area) Ersal," Mikati told journalists late on Wednesday, according to Lebanon's state National News Agency. (Reuters)