Syria condemns EU sanctions over violence

Syria condemned sanctions imposed on Monday by the European Union on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other senior officials over violence against pro-democracy protesters. (more…)

Jumblatt: Told Feltman that isolating Syria won’t benefit anyone

PSP leader MP Walid Jumblat told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar on Monday: The Liberation Day proved the futility of negotiations with Israel and the importance of liberating the land without any preconditions. (more…)

Pro and anti Syrian regime rallies in Beirut

Supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime staged two simultaneous rallies in Hamra Street near the ministry of Tourism amid a heavy deployment by army troops and security forces. (more…)

Jumblatt urges Assad to implement radical changes

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt who recently switched alliance from March 14 to Syria urged Syrian President Bashar Assad in his weekly editorial to take “immediate measures in implementing radical change to confront the challenges facing Syria.” (more…)

Franjieh: Iran is dangerous and Hezbollah is its only friend

Former MP Samir Franjieh, a key member of march 14 alliance said on Monday that
forming a national-salvation cabinet is impossible because there is no political agreement between the major parties on the issue.

He told MTV that March 8 is incapable of forming a cabinet and governing the country. (more…)

Taliban denies report that Mullah Omar is dead

Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency said it is investigating reports that Taliban leader Mohammad Omar and some of his top commanders have left their hideout near the Afghan-Pakistan border and cannot not be located. (more…)

MP: Cabinet won’t see the light if linked to Syria

Change and Reform bloc MP Farid al-Khazen told VOL on Monday: If the cabinet formation was linked to Syria’s developments, then it will not see the light. The Premier-designate has no reason not to take the initiative to form the government. (more…)

Allouch: Hezbollah qualifies as a terrorist group

Future Movement official Dr Mustafa allouch told OTV on Monday that Hezbollah “has all the characteristics of a terrorist party.”

“Hezbollah is qualified to be a terrorist party regardless whether it assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 or not,” Allouch said (more…)

EU imposes sanctions on Syria’s Assad

The 27-member European Union has imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad over his regime’s crackdown on anti-government protesters. (more…)

ElBaradei says Egypt is ‘disintegrating’ as tourism drops

Egypt is disintegrating socially and its economy “is bust,” said Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency and possible candidate for the Egyptian presidency. (more…)