Top officials abandoning Yemen leader

The tenuous power of Yemen’s embattled president weakened Monday as a wave of high-level officials, including the country’s senior military commander, an important tribal leader and a half-dozen ambassadors, abandoned him and threw their support behind protesters (more…)

Libya: Why Arab League isn’t taken seriously

Having initially backed the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya, the Arab League’s apparent change of heart should surprise no one.

Lebanese Shiite cleric calls for dialogue in Bahrain

Sayyed Ali Al-Amin, former Mufti of Tyre and Mount Amel has denounced violence, vandalism and bloody conflicts in Bahrain, asserting that dialogue is the best choice to assure peaceful coexistence.

In an interview with Lebanese daily ” Al Lewa”, Sayyed Al Amin called Bahrainis including Shiites and Sunnis to set for dialogue and refuse all kind of violence (more…)

Lebanese mothers demand info on fate of loved ones

About 30 Lebanese women gathered in Beirut on Monday, Mother’s Day, demanding information on the fate of their children and loved ones who went missing during the country’s civil war and who are presumably being held in Syria. (more…)

Gaddafi’s son killed by Libyan pilot in suicide air attack, report

The sixth son of Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly been killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks in Tripoli.

Khamis, 27, who runs the feared Khamis Brigade that has been prominent in its role of attacking rebel-held areas, is said to have died on Saturday night, according to media reports. (more…)

Gaddafi forces withdraw from Benghazi

Libyan government forces have fallen back from the rebel-held city of Benghazi, following air raids by Western-led forces.

Rebel fighters on Monday tried to follow up the retreat by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, advancing on government forces in Ajdabiya, (more…)

Syrian opposition figure: citizens crave reform

Leading opposition figure Haitham al-Maleh said on Monday that a desire for democratic reform was near-universal in Syria, and dismissed the idea that it would lead to sectarian rule.

“The revolution is at the door and the regime is still flirting with change,” said Maleh, an 80-year-old lawyer and former judge (more…)

2 Lebanese American killed in traffic accident in Virginia

Two Lebanese American men were killed following a two vehicle crash that took place Saturday morning March 19, 2011. At 2:27 a.m., Virginia State Police Trooper S. D. Holland was called to the scene on Route 76 southbound near the Reams Road overpass. (more…)

U.S. Calls on Syria to refrain from violence against protesters

The United States condemned on Monday Syria’s crackdown on anti-government demonstrations over the weekend, accusing the government of using “disproportionate force” against protesters. (more…)

Japan’s Fukushima 1/100 as bad as Chernobyl incident, report

We know that the nuclear situation in Japan is critical. But how bad is it? Japan’s nuclear safety agency on Friday raised the rating of the crisis at Fukushima from 4 to 5 on the 7-step international scale. (more…)