Hezbollah opted against joining new Lebanon cabinet
2 July, 2009
Beirut- Hezbollah's Shura Council held a meeting recently and decided not to participate in the new government according to informed sources of Lebanese news Agency al Markaziyah.
Thursday News Briefs & Editorial
2 July, 2009
Beirut - Speculation continues in Lebanon over the formation of the new national unity government and many are predicting that it will see the light within 2 weeks. Prime minister designate MP Saad Hariri left yesterday for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reportedly to provide the answers to the Syrian questions
Wednesday News Briefs & Editorial
1 July, 2009
Beirut - Prime minister designate Saad Hariri met yesterday with president Michel Suleiman to go over the portfolio demands of the various political factions in the new government. According to reports circulating in Beirut the two leaders did not try to discuss any particular government formula.
Analysis: The real struggle in Iran
30 June, 2009
By George Friedman
Speaking of the situation in Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama said June 26, “We don’t yet know how any potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside of Iran.”
Petraeus in Beirut to discuss U.S. support for Lebanese army
30 June, 2009
Beirut - Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, arrived in Beirut on a military aircraft Tuesday and went directly to Baabda Republican palace for talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
Baghdad proclaims June 30 as "National Sovereignty Day
30 June, 2009
Baghdad - Iraqi forces have assumed formal control of security in Baghdad and other cities after U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for combat troops to pull back.
Tuesday News Briefs & YL Editorial
30 June, 2009
Beirut - Prime Minister-designate MP Saad Hariri was upbeat yesterday following the consultations with the parliamentary blocs over the formation of a new cabinet : “No formula for the cabinet has been crystallized yet but all the blocs have shown openness and coop
Sunday News Briefs
28 June, 2009
Beirut - As expected president Michel Suleiman issued a decree designating MP Saad Hariri as the next prime minister . Hariri accepted the nomination and vowed to form a homogeneous and consensus government that is able to function away from obstruction. Hariri is expected to
Hariri vows to form 'Homogeneous' cabinet
27 June, 2009
Beirut - Prime Minister-designate and parliament majority leader MP Saad Hariri vowed on Saturday to form a homogeneous and consensus government that is able to function away from obstruction.
Saturday News Briefs & Editorial
27 June, 2009
Beirut - After yesterday's premiership consultations it has become crystal clear that MP Saad Hariri is destined to form the next government. The question is how will this new government look like. Many math formulas are circulating in Lebanon about the form of the next government
Satelite TV: Iran's Revolutionary In L.A.
27 June, 2009
By Dirk Smillie
Since last fall, Shahram Homayoun has turned the audience of his satellite TV channel into a militia of activists. He's the founder of the "Ma Hastim" (We Exist) Iranian human rights movement, which grew out of meetings at Tehran bakeries organized by announcements on his satellite channel.
Friday News Briefs
26 June, 2009
Beirut - As expected MP Nabih Berri was reelected as the speaker of The Lebanese parliament for the fifth term and Farid Makari was reelected as his deputy. What was not expected was the low number of votes attained by both. Berri is reportedly angry for receiving less than 100 votes
Iran arrests 70 university professors after meeting with Mousavi
25 June, 2009
By Karin Laub,
Tehran - Iran's key opposition leader said Thursday for the first time that he is being isolated by authorities and pressured to drop his presidential election challenge, while the declared winner of the vote,
Thursday News Briefs & Editorial
25 June, 2009
Beirut - The good news in Lebanon today is the fact that the Lebanese parliament is expected to meet this morning to elect its speaker and his deputy, but the sad news is the fact that the same speaker who kidnapped the parliament for two years will be returning for the fifth time
Iran's opposition vows to go on challenging poll
25 June, 2009
By Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
Tehran - Iran's reformist opposition leaders vowed to press on with legal challenges to an election they say was rigged, even as the hardline government appeared on Thursday to have largely crushed mass street protests.
Iran fires oil chief Torkan amid political unrest
25 June, 2009
By Oliver Klaus
Dubai - Iran has unexpectedly fired one of its senior oil officials amid ongoing unrest on the streets of Tehran. "I am no longer the deputy oil minister for planning from yesterday," Akbar Torkan told Dow Jones Newswires by telephone late Monday. He didn't provide a reason for his removal from office.
Tuesday News Briefs & YL Editorial
23 June, 2009
Beirut- Neda Soltani the young girl that was brutally killed on the streets of Tehran Saturday, has become the symbol of the Iranian rebellion. Her name " Neda" which means "voice" in Farsi, and her death has become the central rallying cry of the Iranians. "They killed Neda, but not her voice,"
Jumblatt: I make my own decisions
22 June, 2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned Monday against speculations over his future meetings with various political leaders insisting that only he can decide on whom to meet and when.
Lebanon is set to elect its speaker on June 25
22 June, 2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Eldest member of parliament Abdel Latif el-Zain called Monday during a press conference for a parliament session at 10:30 am Thursday June 25 to elect a new speaker to replace Nabi Berri .
Monday News Briefs & YL Editorial
22 June, 2009
Beirut- Iran's government said Sunday it arrested the daughter, grandchild plus three other relatives of former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, one of the country's most powerful men. The arrests are the strongest signals yet of a serious divide among Iran's ruling Shiite clerics.
