Suleiman calls for dialogue and for funding STL

President Michel Suleiman is addressing the Lebanese people on the eve of Lebanon’s independence anniversary.

He reiterated his call for dialogue and for respecting previous agreements reached during dialogue talks specially with regards to the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the illegal Palestinian arms outside the camps. (more…)

ABC: CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution in Middle East

In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or have been executed, (more…)

Syria’s National Council unveils post-Assad plans

Syria’s National Council opposition group has unveiled a plan for a transitional period lasting up to 18 months if President Bashar al-Assad is toppled, but prominent Assad opponents said more unity was needed to bring his downfall. (more…)

Turkish PM warns: Syria Can’t Oppress Its People Forever

Turkey warned Syria’s president Monday that he cannot continue to oppress his people with tanks and guns forever, even as Syrian soldiers opened fire on at least two buses carrying Turkish citizens, witnesses and officials said. (more…)

Hezbollah, Amal reaffirm their support to Syria, Iran

For the second time in so many days Hezbollah and the Amal Movement reaffirmed their support to Syria against “international conspiracies” and said they are opposed to Lebanon being used as a conduit for plots against its neighbor.
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Egyptian protesters, security forces clash for third day

Clashes erupted in Cairo for a third day after fighting between security forces and demonstrators protesting military rule left at least 22 people dead, a week before Egypt’s first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. (more…)

Egypt’s Arab Spring: A revolution gone astray

Egypt’s revolutionaries can point to the moment their revolution began to go astray: It was the day of their greatest victory.. the day when the army stepped in to take Mubarak’s place.

Kabbara: Hezbollah, allies occupying Beirut

We should first liberate ourselves from the occupation by the Assad , Iranian forces before we talk about the 2013 elections, Future bloc MP Mohammad Kabbara said on Monday in response to a question about the proposed electoral law.

“Everyone knows that weapons are being openly distributed, even Interior Minister Marwan Charbel has admitted it,” Kabbara said (more…)

Iran suspected of supplying Gaddafi with shells for chemical weapons

The Obama administration is investigating whether Iran supplied the Libyan government of Moammar Gaddafi with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons that Libya kept secret for decades, U.S. officials said. (more…)

Arab League takes firm line with Syria on monitors

The Arab League rejected a request by Damascus to amend plans for a 500-strong monitoring mission to Syria, and President Bashar al-Assad said he would not bow to international pressure to stop a crackdown against protesters. (more…)