Arab League Urges End To Syria Bloodshed

The Arab League has called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria, and urged the Syrian regime to respect the Syrian people’s aspirations for political and social reforms.

In a statement issued early on August 28 after an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of the Arab League (more…)

March 14 leaders accuse Hezbollah of serving Israel’s interests

Several March 14 leaders attacked Hezbollah on Saturday and condemned the speech of its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah that he delivered via video link on Quds ( Jerusalem ) day last Friday night. (more…)

Aley residents facing discrimination in electric power rationing

The people of the district of Aley a stronghold of the Progressive Socialist Party ( PSP) rare reportedly facing discrimination with regards to electric power rationing . (more…)

Al-Qaeda’s No.2 leader killed in Pakistan

Al-Qaeda’s second in command, Atiyah Abd Al-Rahman, is reported to have been killed in Pakistan, possibly by a US drone strike in North Waziristan. (more…)

Invalidity of the Logic that Defends the Syrian Regime

By Ghassan Karam
The fall of the USSR and the official establishment of the Russian federation in 1991 was a major turning point in the political make up of what was known as the Soviet Union

Hezbollah accused of role in Assad’s brutal crackdown

Youth Coalition of the Syrian Revolution leader Wahid Saqr on Friday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah group of having deployed armed militias in Syria, assisting the regime there in the brutal crackdown of pro-democracy protesters. (more…)

Science: Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.

The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond. (more…)

Syria security forces ’storm Damascus mosque’

Syrian security forces have reportedly wounded several people protesting at a mosque in the capital, Damascus.

Activists said “thousands” of people took to the streets in Kafarsouseh, a western suburb, to protest against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule after early morning prayers on Saturday. (more…)

STL trials to begin mid 2012, report

The UN-backed tribunal probing the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Friday the suspects could be put on trial by mid-2012, a spokesman said.

“The trial could begin at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in mid-2012,” (more…)

Syrian forces fire at Friday prayers protests

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired at protesters demanding his removal in the Damascus suburb of Douma after Friday prayers, as protests flared anew across Syria in a sixth-month-old uprising against autocratic rule, activists said. (more…)