Attacks in Syria’s Homs resume as protests sweep Sweidaa

Armored forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad thrust deeper into the central city of Homs on Wednesday, firing rockets and mortar rounds to subdue opposition districts, activists said, a day after Russia said Assad wants peace, as protests sweep Sweidaa, home to Syria’s Druze. (more…)

Anti Syrian regime Druze: Assad’s fall coming soon

The anti Syrian -regime Druze in Jabal al Arab who call themselves ” Free people of Jabal al Arab” told Syrian president Bashar al Assad in a statement on Tuesday that his fall is coming sooner than later and that he will see in Souweida and the rest of Jabal al Arab something he has never seen before . (more…)

Christians, Druze question Hezbollah’s controversial land purchases

The question of controversial land purchases by Shia businessmen with links to Hezbollah is back in focus following a New York Times front page piece last month which focused on Hezbollah’s alleged money laundering practices. (more…)

Jumblatt, Arslan agreed to disagree

During a gathering at the Municipality of the town of Shouaifat a suburb of Beirut which was called for by the head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Talal Arslan, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said: “I might have a (different) viewpoint in political affairs and this is perfectly legal.” (more…)

Jumblatt : Urged the Druze of Syria not to engage in crackdown

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt accused the Syrian regime of president Bashar al Assad of trying to use the Druze of Syria in its brutal crackdown against the pro-democracy protesters .

Jumblatt on Friday urged the Druze of Syria not to engage in the repression of anti-regime protests, stressing that engaging the Druze in the “acts of killing” is a “historic mistake.” (more…)

Hezbollah and PSP chiefs met again

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, met with Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader, MP Walid Jumblatt in the presence of Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ghazi Aridi and Wafik Safa who is in charge of Hezbollah security and coordination between both parties. (more…)

Minorities have nothing to fear in post-Assad Syria, Interview

In this interview the secretary-general of Syrian Salafist group Al-Muamineen al-Yousharikoun (The Believers Participate), insists that minorities having nothing to fear in a post-Assad Syria…all should be allowed to play a role.

U.S. plans for Syria without Assad

Increasingly convinced that President Bashar Assad of Syria will not be able to remain in power, the Obama administration has begun to make plans for U.S. policy in the region after he exits.

In coordination with Turkey, the United States has been exploring how to deal with the possibility of a civil war (more…)

MP Adwan calls for preserving Shouf unity

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Georges Adwan called on Sunday for preserving the civil peace and unity in the Shouf region of Mt Lebanon . (more…)

Lebanese Druze call for uncovering the truth behind Ayssami’s disappearance

Lebanese Druze figures on Thursday organized a gathering to voice support for Syrian national Shebli Ayssami, a leading Syrian opposition member and one of the original founders of the Syrian Baath Party who disappeared in Lebanon last May. (more…)