Hezbollah allies told Mikati they refuse to fund STL, al Akhbar

A key March 8 official informed PM Najib Mikati the day before yesterday that “Hezbollah and its allies refuse to finance the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) in any shape or form.” The same official said that Mikati responded by saying:” I am committed to funding (more…)

Growing Protest Pushes Back Troops in Tahrir Square

Egypt’s interim military rulers battled a reinvigorated protest movement calling for its ouster Sunday, as thousands of demonstrators forced troops to retreat from Tahrir Square for a second night in a row. (more…)

Jumblatt on proportional representation: We got the message

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt left today to Paris. There are rumors that he may meet with former PM Saad Hariri .

His trip comes two days after he criticized the proposed electoral law which calls for proportional representation describing it as a message to undermine his party’s influence . (more…)

Grenade Attack on Baath Party Rocks Syrian Capital

Syrian activists said Sunday several rocket-propelled grenades hit a ruling Baath Party building in Damascus, hours after an Arab League deadline passed for President Bashar al-Assad’s government to end its bloody crackdown. (more…)

Gaddafi’s spymaster captured day after his son

Muammar Gaddafi’s spymaster, Abdullah Senussi, has been arrested, as Libyan officials announced the dead dictator’s son captured the previous day will face trial in Libya.

Ignoring world pressure, Libya’s interim rulers insisted Seif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s one-time heir apparent, would be tried inside Libya rather than by the International Criminal Court at The Hague. (more…)

Spain’s PP won a crushing victory

The opposition People’s Party (PP) won a crushing victory in Spain’s election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations. (more…)

Hariri: we will bring down this government

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Sunday on his Twitter page that the current government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati “should go down and we will bring it down.”

Asked by one of his followers why the current government is supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hariri replied: “Because this government does not represent the will of the people. It was appointed by Assad and Company to side with them on everything.” (more…)

Syrian FM: Problems in Syria are our own and we will solve them

Speaking Sunday at press conference in Damascus shortly after the Arab League rejected Syria’s proposed amendments at AL peace plan to end the country’s unrest, Syria’s foreign minister Walid al-Moallem questioned Arab League’s right to impose sanction on Syria and said some Arab parties want to use the Arab League as a tool to reach UN (more…)

Barak: Assad may not be in power for long

Israel sees cracks in Syrian power structures amid increasingly violent unrest, and there are signs President Bashar al-Assad may not be in power for long, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday. (more…)

Lebanon Army chief urges the military to be united

Lebanese army commander General Jean Kahwaji called on the military forces on the occasion of Independence Day to be united and work hard to protect Lebanon from repercussions resulting from the current regional events, (more…)