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Lebanon: The Final Days of Israeli Occupation

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as they listen to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally marking Resistance and Liberation Day in Lebanese village of Nabi sheet, in Bekaa, 25 May 2011, commemorating the 11th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. (Photo: Reuters - Hassan Abdallah)

By: Danny al-Amin

Published Saturday, May 25, 2013

Resistance fighters and their families share memories of the days preceding the liberation of South Lebanon from Israeli occupation.

The Death of Lebanon’s “Labor Spring”?

The leadership of the UCC realizes that it has the ability to defend the interests of the segments it represents. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)

By: Mohammad Zbeeb

Published Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The Lebanon’s Union Coordination Committee (UCC) will soon be back in the streets. It won’t fall for the government’s trick of approving the salary scale without actually sending it to parliament. However, the committee’s leadership knows that the outcomes will be negative if it stands alone in the battle.

Jordan in the Eye of the Syrian Storm

Syrian refugee children play on the swings at the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa, on 15 April 2013. (Photo: AFP - STR)

By: Nahed Hattar

Published Saturday, April 20, 2013

Jordanians were surprised to hear Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issue a warning against their country’s involvement in the Syrian crisis, especially after assurances from Amman that it plans to stay out of the conflict next door.

Revolutionary Movement, Not Insane Bloodshed: A Response to Ibrahim al-Amin

Demonstrators protesting against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad wave the old Syria flag as they march through the streets on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha in Alsnmin near Daraa 6 November 2011. The banner reads, "People want the regime to step down". (Photo: REUTERS - Handout)

By: Salameh Kaileh

Published Wednesday, November 9, 2011

In his op-ed titled “Insane Bloodshed, Not Revolutionary Movement,” the friend Ibrahim al-Amin says that his article is not intended to “bestow legitimacy – either moral or political – on the crimes committed by the regime’s forces against its opponents.” Al-Amin resorts to generalizing the sectarian strife that took place in Homs in order to suggest that worse events will occur “if the situation is not contained.” He warns that Syria is approaching a state of “bloody chaos” and that

Lebanese State Actions Trigger Concerns over Internet Censorship

Several industry players issued statements denouncing the move, accusing the council of attempting to control the Lebanese internet sector. Information Minister Walid al-Daouk believes there are no reasons for concern. (Photo: REUTERS - Jamal Saidi)

By: Layal Haddad

Published Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Recommendations by Lebanon’s media council to register websites has raised concerns of mounting censorship less than two months after measures to speed up internet access were hailed as ushering in a new era of surfing in the country.

Egypt: Struggle Is Still for Right to Protest

A cross and a crescent are painted on the palm of an Egyptian demonstrator holding the hand of a fellow protester during a rally in support of national unity in Cairo's Tahrir Square on 14 October 2011. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Hossam)

By: Randa Aboubakr

Published Sunday, October 16, 2011

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fell after 18 days of incessant protest. “We are not leaving — he should leave first,” was one of several light-hearted chants revealing the determination and stubbornness of protesters. This new spirit came to surprise all, even the regime itself, whose response to it throughout the 18 days was a spectacular failure.

Lebanon: A Replay of the 1982 Invasion?

Israeli army at Beirut airport in 1982. (Photo: Al-Akhbar - Archive)

By: Ibrahim al-Amin

Published Friday, October 14, 2011

The current political crisis in Lebanon makes one think that the situation is going from bad to worse, similar in many ways to the period before the Israeli invasion in 1982.

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