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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Lebanon's Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri pledged on Tuesday there would be no political surrender to what he called a bid by Hezbollah and its Syrian and Iranian backers to impose their will on the nation by force. The Shi'ite Hezbollah group and its opposition allies have routed supporters of the Sunni-led government in Beirut.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters May 15 (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders are scheduled to hold talks in Qatar on Friday aimed at resolving 18 months of political conflict that has triggered bouts of lethal fighting, paralysed ...
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Infidels Are Cool (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Jordanian military court has convicted 3 wannabe terrorists and sent them to jail. Let's hope their criminal justice system is better than Yemen's. Jordan convicts 3 of plotting to kill Bush AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military court convicted three militants Wednesday of plotting to assassinate President Bush during a 2006 visit to the kingdom and [...]
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
In February 2005, shortly after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, the pro-Syrian Lebanese government resigned. The day it happened, I warned against any stupid pro-American triumphalism: But whatever happens next in Lebanon, it would be a mistake to view it only through the lens of some kind of Middle Eastern "people power," a Cedar Revolution as soft...
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Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
In February 2005, shortly after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, the pro-Syrian Lebanese government resigned. The day it happened, I warned against any stupid pro-American triumphalism : But whatever happens next in Lebanon, it would be a mistake to view it only through the lens of some kind of Middle Eastern "people power," a Cedar Revolution as soft...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Clashes resumed in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Monday and security sources said at least 36 people had been killed on Sunday in fighting between Hezbollah and its pro-government Druze opponents east of Beirut. A precarious calm prevailed in Beirut, where politicians prepared to meet Arab League mediators.
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The mountains southeast of here echoed with the din of machine-gun fire and large explosions last night, as internecine fighting moved outside the Lebanese capital, fuelling renewed fears of a descent into outright civil war.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani will head the delegation, the Cairo-based organisation said in a statement. It did not name the other members of the mission. Fifty-three people have been killed and at least 150 wounded in the fighting that erupted when the Iranian- and Syrian- backed Hezbollah briefly seized control of Beirut...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Cairo - In response to the outbreak of violence in Lebanon, Arab foreign ministers were holding an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in Cairo Sunday in the absence of Syria's foreign minister. The ministers will discuss the crisis and ways to solve it against the backdrop of past failure by the Arab League to help Lebanon's governing coalition and opposition powers reach a compromise over forming...
