In Nineveh Province, a coming parliamentary election considered crucial to Iraqi unity is instead highlighting conflicts among ethnic and religious groups. more...
President Michel Sleiman Monday voiced concern over the latest Israeli warnings to Lebanon's Hizbullah movement and its backer Syria, saying he could "no longer take them lightly.""The world today knows that Israeli threats against Lebanon are no longer to be taken lightly," Sleiman said in a statement released by his office more...
President Michel Sleiman called on Spain King Juan Carlos I to enforce the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 as he slammed Israel for hindering any progress on the Mideast peace process.Spain currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union which coincides with the presence of Lebanon, since January 1, as a non-permanent member in the UN Security Council more...
More U.S. and international attention should be focused on the plight of three American hikers who have been languishing in solitary confinement in Tehran?s notorious Evin prison for six months. They have had no access to a lawyer or any communication with their families, who have no idea of their condition or mental state. This is a case that could ? and still should ? be resolved on a ... more...
Since the Jewish state's military attack on Lebanon in 2006, it has been itching for a "do-over." Why? Because for the first time in its history, Israel did not win a war -- an intolerable outcome by the standards of the Israel Defense Forces. more...
One would not choose to roll around naked in a field of nettles. One learns that choosing to write on anti-Semitism is just as rash, possibly more so. Protesters and malicious maligners stalk anyone who ventures on to the subject. And for the only Muslim weekly columnist in the country (who knows for how long) to tread into that field is extreme recklessness. Or reveals a worrying proclivity for ... more...
Last week the United States announced an initial contribution of $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency dedicated... more...
Spain's King Juan Carlos begins a two-day visit to Lebanon next week during which he will inspect Spanish UN troops stationed in the country, a Lebanese government official said on Friday.The king, who arrives on Monday, will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, and will be hosted by President Michel Sleiman at a state dinner in his honor, said the official, who requested ... more...
