Christians have no interest in suppoting the Syrian regime, Soueid

Fares Soueid, Coordinator of the March 14 General Secretariat told LBC on Thursday that Christians have no interest in giving the impression that they support the Syrian regime.

“Christians have no interest in giving the Syrian people the impression that they support or justify what the Syrian regime is doing, (more…)

Mikati denies having business ties with the Syrian regime

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati denied having any business ties with the Syrian regime officials nor with Rami Makhlouf the cousin of Syrian President Bashar Assad according to a report published Thursday by Al-Hayat newspaper. (more…)

Libyan interim government forces capture Sirte airport

Forces of Libya’s interim government have captured the airport in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, one of two main remaining bastions of support for the deposed leader, Reuters journalists at the scene said. (more…)

Zahraman questions Rai’s support for the Syrian regime

March 14 MP Khaled Zahraman told OTV on Thursday that his Future Movement parliamentary bloc “does not understand the support” voiced by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. (more…)

Layyoun: Mikati’s stance over STL funding is his personal opinion

Culture Minister Gaby Layyoun told New TV on Thursday that Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s position regarding paying Lebanon’s share of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) expresses the PM’s personal opinion.

“The STL was illegally and unconstitutionally established,” Layyoun said and added that the “position Mikati announced in New York expresses the PM’s personal opinion.” (more…)

Assad supporters throw stones at U.S. envoy in Damascus

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threw stones and tomatoes at U.S. ambassador Robert Ford and other U.S. diplomats who were visiting an opposition figure in Damascus on Thursday, a witness and diplomatic sources said. (more…)

Syria Forces Kill 17 as Europe, Russia Move Toward UN Accord

Syrian security forces killed at least 17 protesters yesterday as Europeans in the United Nations Security Council moved toward agreement with Russia and China on a resolution pressing Syria to halt the violence. (more…)

Patriarch Rai will not meet with US officials during his US tour

Lebanon’s Christian Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai will not meet with US officials during his tour of the US which begins on Saturday, MTV reported on Wednesday. (more…)

Syrians trade blame for scientist’s murder

The Syrian government and regime opponents are blaming each other for the murder of a nuclear engineer, the latest death among scientists in the flashpoint city of Homs.

Meanwhile, Western powers dropped calls for sanctions against Damascus at the UN Security Council in the face of veto threats from China and Russia, (more…)

U.S. tells Syrians: ‘Don’t expect another Libya’

Syria’s protest movement is largely peaceful, says U.S Ambassador Robert Ford. But the longer President Bashar Assad prolongs his ferocious campaign to suppress the challenge, the greater is the likelihood that Assad’s claims to be facing an armed sectarian rebellion will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. (more…)