News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 17 days ago
It would seem that Syria suffered a major defeat last week with the formation of a Lebanese national unity government. Syria has for years fought long and hard to keep Lebanon under its thumb, but in 2004, with the assassination of former prime
News Source: Kuwait Times
| 2 months ago
Saudi Arabia launched a new hi-tech, co-ed university on the Red Sea coast yesterday, aiming to catapult into vanguard global technological research and break through religious barriers to women's opportunities...The ceremony was attended by numerous
News Source: Asia Times Online
| 2 months ago
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri finally admitted defeat last week after failing to get his proposed cabinet approved following the victory of his March 14 coalition in June's elections. Hariri submitted his resignation to President
News Source: Macleans
| 2 months ago
Lebanon's prime minister-designate abandoned efforts Thursday to form a new government, throwing the country into more political uncertainty after the Hezbollah-led parliament minority rejected his proposed Cabinet...The Western-backed bloc fell
News Source: The Boston Globe
| 4 months ago
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez, who served a turbulent two-month term in 1973 before he was forced to resign, died on Monday. He was 83. Al-Hafez died in a Beirut hospital after a long-running battle with an undisclosed chronic illness,
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 5 months ago
The Lebanese parliament has approved the appointment of Sa'ad al-Hariri, son of slain Lebanese opposition leader Rafik Hariri, as prime minister, Reuters reported Friday. Lebanon's March 14 coalition won the majority of votes in national elections
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
The pro-Western politician favored to become Lebanon's next prime minister is setting aside the explosive issue of disarming the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying Friday he hopes for unity with his political foes in the sharply divided country.
News Source: Jerusalem Post
| 5 months ago
Some Lebanese are wary of Washington's outreach to Syria, which dominated the politically fractured country for decades and continues to maintain some influence through its support of the powerful Hizbullah terror group. "President Obama remains