Hezbollah official calls Time interview a “fabrication”

Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan, a key Hezbollah official said in an interview with Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas published on Tuesday that the TIME magazine interview with one of the people indicted by the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is a “fabrication.” (more…)

The new alliance troubling Tehran

The collapse of the Syrian regime would represent a grave strategic loss for Tehran at every level, from Iraq to Israel — through Hezbollah — to the Gulf region and the Arab peninsula, up to the Iranian interior.

Syrians taunt Assad: ‘Gadhafi is gone, now it’s your turn’

Taking inspiration from the rapid unraveling of the regime in Libya, thousands of Syrians poured into the streets Monday and taunted President Bashar Assad with shouts that his family’s 40-year dynasty will be the next dictatorship to crumble. (more…)

Gaddafi era ‘over’, rebels take Tripoli

Libya’s rebels are declaring the ‘Gaddafi era’ over after taking control of most of Tripoli as US President Barack Obama called for ‘an inclusive transition’ in the war-torn country.

Obama pressed Libya’s veteran strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who has refused to surrender, to ‘explicitly’ give up power and warned exuberant rebels that their struggles were ‘not over yet.’ (more…)

Gaddafi’s son leads regime fightback

Moamar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has led a defiant regime fightback in Tripoli, as rebels claimed NATO jets had joined the fight for the Libyan capital.

Journalists from the BBC and the AFP news agency reported seeing Saif, Gaddafi’s heir apparent and a key regime figure, in Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizya compound (more…)

Lebanon MP urges Assad to step down

March 14 MP Khaled Daher on Monday called on embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “to step down and flee” before he faces the fate of Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi. (more…)

Corpses of Gaddafi’s son , Intelligence chief found in Tripoli

Al-Jazeera reported that corpses of Khamis Gaddafi , son of the Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi were found in Tripoli (more…)

Gaddafi’s end lesson to region’s leaders: Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is to travel to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Tuesday after saying the likely end of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule was a lesson for Middle Eastern leaders who ignore demands of their people.
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Syrian protesters greet UN delegation with SOS signs

The Syrian government’s attempts to whitewash evidence of a brutal crackdown on the country’s five-month uprising appeared to backfire on Monday after a visiting UN humanitarian delegation was met by protesters waving SOS signs. (more…)

How would Libya’s next government take shape?

As Libyan rebels fight for control of Tripoli, one question arises: if they are successful, what happens next? (more…)