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Lebanese Issues - Sunni and Shiite communities expecting Sarkozy’s visit to Damascus
By Virginie Vilar
Nicolas Sarkozy began on Wednesday a two-day visit in Damascus to meet Syrian President Bachar el Assad. It is the first time after three years that a French president visits Syria. In 2005, after the assassination of Rafic Hariri, Jacques Chirac...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Hezbollah pays grim tribute to 2006 war with Israel
By Mahmoud Zayyat
In Nabatiyeh, Hezbollah holds a big exhibition to point out the great armed actions of the party of God, and especially to celebrate its divine victory against Israel in the war of Summer 2006. The event also pays tribute to Imad Mughnieh, a top...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - In Tripoli, the clashes have transformed Bakkar into a void area
By Rima Abushakra
Some areas in Tripoli have witnessed many violent clashes lately between the Sunnites and the Alawites. The inhabitants eluded the violent acts that resulted in 9 dead and lead to the army deployment.Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Exiles dream of returning to Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms
By Rana Moussaoui
Seized by Israel 40 years ago, the Shebaa Farms have been caught in a struggle over ownership. Lebanon claims them, while Israel says they are part of Syria. This issue has grabbed worldwide attention after the recent call of Condoleezza Rice to end...Full Story>> |
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Civil Society - Neither 8 nor 14…
By Marie-Anne Muller
In the face of these two gigantic forces of the 8th and the 14th of March, it is quite difficult to operate for free spirits. As a matter of fact, some of them do not appreciate what both parties are defending, so they clearly claim their political...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Battle lines drawn in Lebanon's cradle of Sunni Islam
By Amer OUALI
In Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of deadly sectarian clashes between pro- and anti-government forces, battle lines are being drawn as tensions simmer unresolved. Lebanon's second city, home to almost 400,000 residents, witnessed...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Mountain villagers shell-shocked by deadly violence
By Rima Abushakra
Shell-shocked residents of the area were still reeling on Monday after the clashes pitting opposition Shiite fighters against Druze supporters of the Lebanese government that left at least thirteen dead. The latest violence in Lebanon was sparked...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Hellish night in Beirut
By Rima Abushakra
Opposition militants have seized control of swathes of west Beirut, including Sunni strongholds and pro-government media outlets, on the third day of fighting that threatens to plunge Lebanon into a full-blown civil war. Convoys of gunmen firing...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Bustling Beirut comes to mid-week standstill Beirut
By Rima Abushakra
The usually bustling streets of Beirut were almost deserted but tense on Wednesday as tyre-burning protesters blocked roads for a general strike in which economic and political woes collided.Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Lebanon marks civil war outbreak teetering on new precipice
By Rima Abushakra
Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a new conflict as a bitter political power struggle pits Muslim against Muslim and Christian against Christian.Full Story>> |
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