Archive for October, 2011
Turkey mourns its 24 slain soldiers
Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked Kurdish rebels Thursday, on the second day of an air and ground offensive against Kurdish rebels across the Iraqi border, the state-run television said. (more…)
UN chief slams Hezbollah arms, Syria’s violations of lebanon borders
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 14th semi-annual report on the implementation of Resolution 1559 was characterized by a tough stance on Hezbollah’s weapons and the Syrian violations inside the Lebanese territory.
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Lebanon Cabinet approved onshore oil, gas drilling
The Lebanese cabinet approved during its meeting on Wednesday night the start of oil and gas drilling onshore, Information Minister Walid Daouq told the press following the cabinet session. (more…)
Hamadeh: Syrian embassy should be closed if involved in abductions
March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh told Al-Jumhuriya newspaper in an interview published on Thursday that the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon should be closed if it was involved in the abduction of Syrian nationals in Lebanon. (more…)
Aridi, Nahhas, Bassil clash during cabinet meeting
The weekly session of the Cabinet Wednesday saw a heated debate over the disputed transfer of funds from the Telecommunications to the Finance Ministry, as representatives of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Progressive Socialist Party clashed verbally over the issue. (more…)
8 Syrian army defectors killed on Lebanese borders
Eight Syrian army defectors were killed Wednesday in clashes on Lebanon’s eastern border, security sources told The Daily Star. (more…)
House arrest for Syrian American accused of spying
A federal magistrate ordered the release on home detention Tuesday of a Syrian-born U.S. citizen the FBI says has been spying on Syrian dissidents in the United States with intentions of harming them, saying that the prosecution had not established that he had committed a crime. (more…)
Bahrain to U.S.: Stand up to Iran
Bahrain’s foreign minister has a pointed message for President Obama: what is the U.S. actually going to do about Iran to show that it’s serious?
It’s a baby girl! but Sarkozy misses the action
French first lady Carla Bruni gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday, French media reported, her first child with husband President Nicolas Sarkozy and the first baby born to a French presidential couple in office. (more…)
Syria holds former V.P. incommunicado, daughter says
Aley, Lebanon – A former Syrian vice president who became one of the country’s most prominent dissidents was kidnapped in Lebanon five months ago while visiting his daughter and is believed to be secretly imprisoned by the Syrian regime as it tries to crush a 7-month-old uprising, his daughter and Lebanese police said. (more…)
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