Robert Lindsay (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
One wonders where to begin with a post like this. Rafik Hariri , of course, was the Prime Minister and self-made billionaire who ruled Lebanon for a time recently. He was assassinated in an expertly planned car bomb attack, but no one really knows who did it. All suspicion fell on Syria, and Syria did have good reason to kill Hariri. You really need a lot of background in Lebanese and Middle Eastern...
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Beirut / Paris - Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq , a key witness in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has reportedly returned to Paris, according to a French diplomatic source.
Myrtus (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
It looks like the one thing the various factions of the Lebanese government can agree upon is to celebrate the return of a man who personally bashed in the head of a four year old little girl. The people of...
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Beirut - President Michel Suleiman said he would be visiting Damascus "soon" to discuss ways to improve relations between the two countries after a three-year break following the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, which was blamed by many on Syria.
Shining Light In Dark Corners (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
GlobalResearch.caSyrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. President George W. Bush was not interested in the Middle East peace process and as result he did not expect direct talks with Israel until Bush leaves office next January. Ending years of isolation from the West, Assad on Saturday met French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the eve of a major EU-Mediterranean summit and signalled his willingness...
Reform Party of Syria Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Washington DC - July 15, 2008/RPS News / — RPS has received reliable information from Syria stating that Assad has restored Assef Shawkat to a newly created honorary post titled “Chief of the Council for National Security”, a new toothless organization. His restoration to this post, on July [...]
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
by Biodun Iginla, News Analyst, BBC News, London, UK Syria and Lebanon have agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals, French leader Nicolas Sarkozy has said. The announcement came after Mr Sarkozy held talks with Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman and then Syria’s leader Bashar Assad in Paris. Lebanon and Syria broke off diplomatic ties after former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri was assassinated...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Sarkozy met with presidents Michel Suleiman of Lebanon and Bashir Assad of Syria, the BCC reported. They were in Paris for a meeting Sunday aimed......
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The summit will take place in the opulent Grand Palais by Biodun Iginla, News Analyst, BBC News Leaders of EU and Mediterranean rim countries are gathering in Paris to launch a Union for the Mediterranean. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is hosting leaders from 43 nations, to discuss issues including regional unrest, immigration and pollution. France says the [...]
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Lebanon and Syria have reportedly agreed to open embassies in each other's capitals for the first time since their independence from colonial rule in the 1940's. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the landmark decision following talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Paris. Lebanon and Syria broke off all diplomatic ties after former Lebanese Prime...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Source: [b]BBC News[/b] Syria and Lebanon have agreed to open embassies in each other's capitals, French leader Nicolas Sarkozy has said. The announcement came after Mr Sarkozy held talks with Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman and then Syria's leader Bashar Assad in Paris. Lebanon and Syr...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Lebanon and Syria have agreed to open embassies in each others' capitals for the first time since their independence from colonial rule in the 1940s. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the landmark decision following talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Paris. Lebanon and Syria broke off all diplomatic ties after former Lebanese Prime Minister...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Lebanon and Syria have agreed to open embassies in each others' capitals for the first time since their independence from colonial rule in the 1940s. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the landmark decision following talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Paris. Lebanon and Syria broke off all diplomatic ties after former Lebanese Prime Minister...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Leaders of Syria and Lebanon have agreed to open embassies in each other's countries. French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the announcement in Paris after a four-way meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. Syria has long been a dominant player in Lebanon's political and military affairs. However all...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he wants France and the US to contribute to peace efforts between his country and Israel. That's according to a joint statement issued after talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The statement also said that Assad was determined to establish diplomatic ties with neighbouring Lebanon. Syria has long been a dominant player in Lebanon's political...
