Hezbollah chief renewed attack against Lebanon tribunal

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah renewed his attack against The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and predicted on Thursday morning that it will vanish with the wind like other conspiracies before it. (more…)

Suleiman: A vote on false witnesses would be of no use

Lebanon’s Information Minister Tarek Mitri briefed the media following Wednesday’s cabinet session at Baabda Palace (more…)

Senegal recalls its Iran ambassador over arms seizure

Senegal has recalled its ambassador to Tehran after Iran failed to provide a “satisfactory” explanation for arms sent from Iran and discovered in a Nigerian port in October, officials said Wednesday.

Senegal, judging that “explanations provided on this affair by the Iranian side are not satisfactory, has decided to recall its ambassador for consultations, (more…)

Mubarak: ‘Iranian influence spreading like a cancer’

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak compared Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East to a “cancer,” according to a cable released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

“President Mubarak has made it clear that he sees Iran as Egypt’s — and the region’s — primary strategic threat,” says the secret cable, sent April 28, 2009, from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. (more…)

3 men planning attack on Ashura arrested in Pakistan

Police in Karachi on Wednesday foiled a terror plot planned for the ninth and tenth of Muharram when they arrested three suspected members of the banned outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. (more…)

At least 39 killed in Iran suicide bombing

Suicide bombers killed at least 39 people and wounded dozens more Wednesday while targeting a procession of worshipers observing an important Shiite Muslim holiday in southeastern Iran, state media reported. (more…)

Nasrallah: Greater Israel is finished

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the occasion of the Day of Ashura, (10th day of Muharram), a day of mourning for Shiite Muslims

During his speech he talked about 2 subjects: Israel and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

He declared that the Greater Israel project is finished. (more…)

Cabinet meeting ended without a vote on false witnesses

The Lebanese cabinet started its meeting on Wednesday around 6 : pm local time at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. (more…)

Allawi to join Iraqi government

The head of a Sunni-backed political party will join the Shiite-led government being assembled by his top rival, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, clearing a final hurdle to end months of tortuous, post election deal making.

The breakthrough cements what the Obama administration has been pushing for as U.S. troops prepare to leave Iraq by the end of 2011: (more…)

Israel exporting religious discrimination to US capital, report

Muslim employees of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington said they felt discriminated against after being barred over the weekend from floors where an Israeli delegation was staying, a Muslim advocacy group said.

One hotel worker whose duties involve going to all the hotel’s floors said he was preparing for his shift Friday when his supervisor told him to steer clear of the eighth and ninth floors, where Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his delegation had booked rooms. (more…)