STL: Fransen requests Trial Chamber to decide on proceedings in absentia

The Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen on Monday has asked the Trial Chamber to determine whether proceedings in absentia should be initiated in the case of Ayyash et al. (more…)

As’ad Abukhalil: America’s Hezbollah Propagandist

There is much more to As’ad AbuKhalil than his faculty position at the California State University (CSU) Center for Public Policy Studies. The self-described “Marxist-Leninist”-turned

Turkey, Syria, Qatar to host exiled Palestinians

A group of 40 Palestinian detainees being exiled overseas under a deal to free a captured Israeli soldier will be sent to Turkey, Syria and Qatar, ” (more…)

Anti-Wall Street demonstrations heat up around worldwide

Anti-Wall Street demonstrations against corporate greed spread across the USA and the world over the weekend, with protests turning violent in Rome. (more…)

Iran Reacts to Efforts by America to Pressure It

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised on Sunday that Iran would deliver “an unforgettable response” to any “improper actions” from the United States over an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. (more…)

Lebanon army seizes weapons truck bound for Syria, report

Lebanese soldiers uncovered a cache of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades hidden inside a van driving towards Syria, the state-run Lebanese National News Agency reported Saturday. (more…)

Assad’s raids on Lebanon, and Syria’s slow slip into civil war

In Damascus, the regime presents a picture of vast rallies of support. But as tensions rise on the nation’s borders, cracks are showing. In Beirut, Robert Fisk peers behind the propaganda

Syria escapes suspension from Arab League

Arab foreign ministers called for a national dialogue between the Syrian regime and the opposition to be held within 15 days but failed to agree on suspending Syria’s membership in the Arab League, as several members had been urging. (more…)

Hollande to run for presidency for French left

Francois Hollande convincingly won the French Socialist Party’s presidential primary election on Sunday to become the candidate who will try to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy next April and return a Socialist to the Elysee Palace for the first time in 17 years. (more…)

Gemayel says some parties do not want justice in Lebanon

Former Lebanese president and current Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel said on Sunday in Cairo that there are some Lebanese parties “whose stances are very negative and absurd do not want justice in Lebanon to take its course,” National News Agency reported.

Gemayel, who is on an official visit in Egypt, told reporters following his meeting with (more…)