Hostage case at Baghdad church ends in bloodbath

Iraqi antiterrorist forces stormed a church where gunmen had taken close to 100 hostages on Sunday in an afternoon of chaos that became a bloodbath. At least 30 hostages and 7 security officers were killed, and 41 hostages and 15 security force members were wounded, according to a source at the Ministry of the Interior. (more…)

Saudi Arabia’s Al-Asiri is linked to the bomb plot

The man suspected to be at the center of the plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States is a Saudi national who authorities believe has been living in Yemen for the past three years. (more…)

Sayyed: I am the first minister that is ready to resign

Minister of State Adnan as-Sayyed Hussein said Sunday during an interview with OTV that Lebanon faces an existential crisis if the current path persists, and that the government should leave as quickly as possible if it cannot confront the strife. (more…)

Hariri: Lets give the government a chance to invest in stability

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri ended his visit to Kuwait on Sunday and headed to London where he will be joined by a Lebanese delegation which includes Minister of Defense Elias el Murr for talks with UK officials. (more…)

Suicide Bomber Injures 22 in Istanbul

A male suicide bomber injured at least twenty-two people in an attack aimed at a police unit in the busiest local and tourist district in Istanbul on Sunday morning, the city governor’s office said. (more…)

Sfeir: Lebanon should be for all sects

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir told Al-Jazeera television on Saturday: “If we want to put an end to political assassinations in Lebanon then the international tribunal should issue its indictment and be specific naming those who committed the crime.”

“If we want matters to continue as they are, then the assassinations will continue, which would harm Lebanon and other nations as well,” he added. (more…)

March 14 condemns Hezbollah over call for STL boycott

Several March 14 leaders attacked Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over his speech last Thursday following Wednesday’s clash between investigators of the the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , and women at a clinic in Hezbollah-controlled al Dhahiya a suburb of Beirut (more…)

Lebanon wins record for largest glass of wine

Lebanon has claimed the record for the world’s biggest wine glass, which can hold an incredible one hundred bottles. (more…)

Hezbollah allies rush to defend it over clinic incident

Following the reports over the Wednesday clash between investigators of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ( STL) and women at a clinic in Hezbollah-controlled al Dhahiya , several Hezbollah allies and sympathizers rushed to defend the Iranian and Syrian backed Islamist group. (more…)

History Provides Comfort for STL

One of the more bizarre reports to emerge from the attack on United Nations investigators at a Beirut gynecology clinic this week was the suggestion that some of the assailants who stole documents from those probing the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were men dressed as women. (more…)