Archive for April, 2011
Lebanon may have a cabinet this week
Sources close to PM designate Nagib MiKati told Akhbar Al-Yawm news agency that the new cabinet line-up might be announced on Thursday, noting that it consists of 15 technocrats and 15 politicians. (more…)
Aoun is still insisiting on having the Ministry of Interior
Free patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun denied being the obstacle behind the delay in the formation of the Lebanese cabinet stressing that there are no valid reasons behind the delay. (more…)
Jumblatt headed today to Damascus
Progressive Socialist Party sources told Central News Agency that PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt visited Damascus on Tuesday and he will return to Beirut on Wednesday . (more…)
Lebanon judge charges four with kidnapping of Estonians
A Lebanese military judge on Tuesday charged four more people with the kidnapping of the seven Estonians who disappeared in eastern Lebanon last month, bringing to 15 the total number of people accused of the abduction. (more…)
Syria: 39 killed in Daraa on Monday
Eyewitnesses say that at least 39 people were killed and 70 others wounded on Monday in the southern city of Daraa. The latest deaths came after a violent three day weekend of crackdowns starting with the “Good Friday Massacre.”
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Bahrain expels Iran diplomat over ’spy link’
Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of a top Iranian diplomat over his alleged links to a Kuwaiti spy ring, ratcheting up already simmering tension between the Gulf neighbours. (more…)
Venezuela’s Chavez sides with Syria’s Assad
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lent his support to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Monday, blasting what he called attempts by western powers to oust him by force. (more…)
Jumblatt urges Assad to implement reforms
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to to implement the reforms he announced recently that protect the right to peaceful protest” (more…)
U.S. orders some embassy staff, dependents to leave Syria
The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has ordered some non-essential U.S. embassy officials in Damascus and all embassy dependents to leave Syria because of the “uncertainty and volatility” in the country. Reuters
IBD Editorial: Assad must go
The U.S. must support pro-democracy movements in Syria, Iran and other places in the Middle East — and not just with words. Yes, that means backing regime change.
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