The Syrian army has conducted a number of surprise attacks in the Damascus countryside, encircling the eastern Ghouta – the belt of farmland to the...
Monday, April 8, 2013
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The look on Mikati’s face on Thursday, April 4, was the same as that of his predecessor, Saad Hariri, when he was deposed by March 8 more than two...
Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Until late last night, the only item agreed upon by the two sides of the political conflict in Lebanon was to remove the name of current Prime...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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With the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has become Lebanon’s political kingmaker once again. He reveals to...
Friday, March 29, 2013
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It is no coincidence that Algeria and Iraq were the only two countries at the 6 March 2013 Arab League meeting in Cairo that objected to the proposal...
Thursday, March 7, 2013
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Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblatt tells Al-Akhbar that the Syrian people have the right to deal with the devil in order to unseat Bashar al-Assad...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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The Syrian village of Ghassaniyah lies close to the western shore of Lake Qattinah, a few miles southwest of Homs. For decades, its population has...
Friday, March 1, 2013
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At a ceremony marking the 8th anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, his son and political heir Saad used a big-...
Friday, February 15, 2013
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On the eighth anniversary of his assassination, Rafik al-Hariri’s Future Movement is in crisis, not least because his political successor Saad al-...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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For five years, Israel kept harping on about a “red line” that must never be crossed on its northern front. That “red line” was the transport of “...
Friday, February 1, 2013
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