MP Awar urges the cabinet to stop STL funding

MP Fadi Awar, slammed on Wednesday the former cabinet of PM Saad Hariri calling it a fraud.

“The previous cabinet was one of fraud,” he told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television.

Awar, who is a Hezbollah member was allocated to the so called ‘Mountain Unity parliamentary bloc ‘ which is headed by MP Talal Arslan (more…)

Taliban spokesman denies that leader Mullah Omar is dead

A Taliban spokesman sayhttp://www.yalibnan.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=27757&type=image&TB_iframe=trues the group’s phones and website were hacked, and text messages sent out saying their reclusive Afghan leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead — a claim the group has denied. (more…)

Iran claims it downed US spy drone

Iran has downed a U.S. “spy drone” flying near its Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province, state-run media reported Wednesday.

There was no immediate reaction from the United States on the report from state-run Press TV, which cited (more…)

Syrian troops kill 16 people in Homs as crackdown intensifies

Spiralling violence took hold of the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday as troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in an apparent escalation of a security crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests. (more…)

Proposed new min. wage could bankrupt 80% of companies, report

Mohammad Shoucair , President of Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon told Al Nahar newspaper in remarks published on Wednesday that he rejects the proposal of General Labor Confederation Union leader Ghassan Ghosn over the increase in minimum wage stressing that such an increase will bankrupt 80 % of the Lebanese private companies. (more…)

Hezbollah chief slams STL, calls indictments a conspiracy

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made another TV appearance on Tuesday via video link during which he played down the effect of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on his group saying a Resistance that was not shaken by Israel couldn’t be shaken by the Tribunal. (more…)

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to visit Gaza, report

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Gaza, “Al Jazeera” TV channel reported, referring to a diplomatic source in Israel.

Erdogan plans to visit Gaza during the next two weeks through the Rafah border-crossing (more…)

Israeli navy takes over Gaza-bound ship

sraeli naval commandos on Tuesday took over a French ship attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, reporting no resistance during the takeover in international waters. (more…)

Syrian army trying to prevent refugees from fleeing to Lebanon

The Syrian army has deployed heavily along the border with Lebanon to prevent refugees from escaping the unrest which has been gripping the country since mid-March, activists said Tuesday, DPA reported. (more…)

Syria: ‘Death squads’ on streets of Homs

Syrian troops and armed groups described by one resident as “death squads” have laid siege to the city of Homs since Monday night, sources said.

Syrian rights activist Rami Abdulrahman, director of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said (more…)