Analysis: Why is Hezbollah So Scared?

What is clear is that Hezbollah is insistent on abolishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, but what will Hezbollah offer in return?

Suleiman postpones Montreux trip to chair cabinet meeting

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman postponed traveling to Montreux in Switzerland until October 22 in order to head the cabinet’s session on Wednesday, NBN television reported on Saturday that

The 2010 Francophonie summit will be held in Montreux from October 22 till 24. (more…)

Gemayel: Ahmadinejad statements confirm his war mentality

Lebanese former president and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel told BBC TV on Saturday that “no one denies the existence of false witnesses, but the affair is that of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),” adding that when issues are clarified, a credible trial can be held. (more…)

Hezbollah, Jamaa Islamiya condemn LBC’s ‘Kalam An-Nas’ talk show

Hezbollah issued a statement to condemn Thursday’s ‘Kalam An-Nas’ talk show with Marcel Ghanem on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC). (more…)

Aoun, Nasrallah hail Ahmadinejad’s visit as ‘historic’

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his ally Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun hailed the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s as historic, according to a statement issued by Hezbollah on Saturday. (more…)

Gemayel: Lebanon is neither a Syrian province nor part of Wilayat al-Faqih

Phalange MP Nadim Gemayel said that Lebanon is neither a Syrian province nor a part of the “Wilayat al-Faqih.”

Wilayat al Faqih is a post-Age-of-Occultation theory in Shi’a Islam which holds that Islam gives a faqih (Islamic jurist) or fuqaha (jurists) custodianship, divine providence or guardianship over those in need of it. (more…)

Analysis: Unhelpful Provocations

By: James Zogby
Other than stirring the pot of discontent and rubbing old wounds raw, Ahmadinejad offers no solutions.

Mayor of a Bekaa town came under attack

Unidentified assailants fired at the house of George Habib Abboud, Mayor of Fakha town in Jdeideh in Northern Bekaa, National News Agency (NNA) reported on Saturday, adding that the perpetrators sped away to an unknown destination. (more…)

300 kg of Explosives found in south Lebanon

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) uncovered 250 kilograms of T.N.T and 50 kilograms of C-4 explosives on the Kfar Shouba – Mjaydiyeh road in South Lebanon, according to local reports (more…)

Swiss complete world’s longest rail tunnel

The longest railway tunnel in the world was completed on Friday in Switzerland when the last two meters of rock were drilled through.

After 14 years of construction the 57 km (34 miles) of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps was finally completed when a giant drilling machine nicknamed Sissi cut through the last slice of rock to connect both ends. (more…)