Jumblatt: We want the Lebanese army everywhere

Progressive Socialist Party ( PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt told As-Safir that Syrian President Bashar Assad sent ‘friendly signals’ to Prime Minister Saad Hariri. (more…)

Leaks on War Fuel Rivalries in Baghdad

The classified U.S. documents released over the weekend—including graphic depictions of torture at the hands of the Iraqi security services—have roiled the already-tense political situation in Iraq, as political parties struggle to form a new government. (more…)

Japan protests over Chinese boats near disputed islands

Japan’s government has made a formal protest to Beijing after two Chinese fisheries patrol boats were seen near a disputed island chain. (more…)

Somali Pirates capture ship and tanker

Somali pirates have seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya – the second commercial vessel to be captured in the region in as many days, officials have said.

The pirates took control of the German freight ship Beluga Fortune about 1,200 miles east of Mombasa, (more…)

4 killed in blast at Pakistan Sufi shrine

Four people were killed early Monday morning when a bomb exploded at one of Pakistan’s largest Sufi shrines, police officials told CNN. Eight others were wounded. (more…)

Shiite group wins 18 seats in Bahrain elections

Bahrain’s main Shiite opposition group won almost half the seats in Bahrain’s parliament on Sunday, although the gains are expected to have limited impact in the Sunni-run state where the assembly has little clout.

The Gulf Arab country’s Shiite opposition group Wefaq won all the 18 seats it contested, (more…)

Is War The Only Choice?

By Ghassan Karam

It has been almost a century of tension conflict war death and destruction in the Middle East. The conflict that has preoccupied the UN world leaders, Arab regimes and Zionists

Lebanon majority outraged by Syrian PM remarks

The remarks by Syrian PM in which he branded March 14 alliance as a “cardboard box” continue to outrage the Lebanese parliament majority . Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari made the remark in an interview with the Kuwait newspaper Al-Rai published on Saturday. (more…)

Jumblatt: Delaying STL indictment is no solution

President Bashar al-Assad met on Sunday the leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblatt, according to SANA

SANA also reported that the talks during their meeting “dealt with the latest developments in the Lebanese arena and the importance of unifying efforts of all the Lebanese parties to maintain calm and national unity in facing the challenges.” (more…)

Suleiman: No deals at Lebanon’s expense

President Michel Suleiman addressed the Francophonie Summit in Montreux on Saturday by stressing that Lebanon will not accept any Middle East peace that comes at Beirut’s expense nor will it permit the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in the country, according to a statement issued Saturday by the president’s office. (more…)