Arab League observer wounded in Syria shelling, report

A member of the Arab League observer mission to Syria was wounded Monday in shelling in the Homs province, a prominent Syrian activist told DPA. (more…)

Jumblatt slams Ghosn’s statement on Al-Qaeda infiltration

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt criticized the statements made by Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn in which he warned that Al-Qaeda cells have infiltrated Lebanon hours before the twin bombing that killed 44 in Damascus Syria. (more…)

Arab League observer calls Syria conflict “genocide”

A member of the Arab League observer team in Damascus told Al Arabiya broadcaster Monday that ‘what’s happening in Syria is a genocide.’

‘This is a regime that is taking revenge on its people,’ Mostashar Mahgoub told the channel by telephone.

Mahgoub was injured in security forces shelling (more…)

Suicide bomber kills 6 outside Iraq ministry of Interior

A suicide car bomber killed at least six people and wounded 31 when he detonated explosives in an attack on Iraq’s interior ministry in Baghdad, police and hospital sources said on Monday. (more…)

Security source denies existence of Al Qaeda cells in Lebanon

A well informed security reference in Lebanon denied the existence of “Al Qaeda”elements in Lebanon and infiltration of terrorists from Lebanon to Syria . He told Al Sharq Awsat newspaper :

“There are no Al Qaeda cells in Lebanon and no terrorists infiltrated from Lebanon to Syria.” (more…)

Head of Arab mission reaches Syria amid more unrest

A Sudanese general flew to Damascus on Sunday to head an Arab League mission that will check Syria’s compliance with an Arab peace plan to halt a nine-month crackdown on unrest in which more than 5,000 people have been killed. (more…)

13 more deaths reported in Syria. Homs under siege

On the eve of the planned arrival of Arab League observers, 13 people died and scores were injured in volatile Syria on Sunday, according to the opposition movement.

Activists described worsening conditions (more…)

Russia offers asylum to Syria’s Assad, report

The Israeli Maariv newspaper on Sunday reported that Russia proposed to the Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara to assume the powers of President Bashar al-Assad for a transitional period and until elections are being held. This in exchange for Assad being granted a political asylum in Moscow. (more…)

Syrian helicopter violates Lebanon airspace

Syrian helicopters on Sunday circled over the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal before returning to the Syrian airspace according to a report by Future News TV

Lebanon’s National News Agency confirmed the ( Future) report but did not elaborate . (more…)

Hell on Christmas Day: Nigeria’s Deadly Bombings

Nigeria’s Christmas from hell began around 7.30 a.m at St. Theresa’s church in Madalla, a suburb of the capital Abuja, just as worshipers spilled outside from the popular service. “A man with a motorbike dropped a bag just outside the church,” (more…)