Gadhafi Son Seif al-Islam is captured

Sunday’s capture of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi by rebels appears to bring to a close the diplomatic career of a man widely seen as destined to succeed his father as leader of Libya and its vast oil wealth. (more…)

Assad warns against military intervention

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Sunday his regime was in no danger of collapse and warned against any foreign military intervention in his country as the regime tries to crush a 5-month-old popular uprising. (more…)

Hezbollah intentionally gave the TIME interview, says MP Youssef

March 14 MP Ghazi Youssef said on Sunday that Hezbollah intentionally gave the interview with TIME magazine in order to embarrass the government and covey a message that the decision is in its hands. (more…)

Gaddafi condemns rebels as Tripoli faces siege

Libyan rebels say they are closing in on Tripoli from the west and the front line is now less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the capital.

They say a 600-strong rebel force that set out eastward from the coastal city of Zawiya reached the outskirts of the town of Jedaim on Sunday.
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Assad to address the nation, UN team arrives in Syria

A UN humanitarian team has arrived in Syria to assess crisis needs as President Bashar al-Assad prepared to speak to the nation on Sunday, amid global pressure to end a brutal crackdown on protesters. (more…)

Libyan rebels attacking Tripoli, report

Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after opposition fighters captured the key city of Zawiya nearby. (more…)

Time “stands by the interview” with Hezbollah suspect, report

TIME magazine chief editor Howard Chua-Eoan sent an email to Future News TV confirming that the interview with one of the people indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri is true. (more…)

Hariri: Hezbollah using the cabinet as a cover to escape justice

Former Lebanese prime minister and current opposition leader MP Saad Hariri blasted on Saturday Hezbollah over the Friday interview in TIME magazine, in which one of the four party’ members indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the 2005 murder of former PM Rafik Hariri boasted that the government cannot arrest him. (more…)

Bashar has to go: No Legitimacy for the Illegitimate

by Ghassan Karam
One of the most popular expressions of the Lockian idea of “natural rights” can be seen in the preamble to the US declaration of independence written by Thomas Jefferson: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, [...]

Nasrallah’s statement aimed at ‘provoking Sunnis’, says MP Hout

MP Imad al-Hout who represents Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in the parliament said on Saturday that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s recent statements in which he transferred the accusation of the four Hezbollah members to the entire Shiite sect, are aimed at provoking the Sunni sect . (more…)