By Raghida Dergham, Al HayatNew York - So remarkable is the neglect of the draft security treaty between the US and Iraq in the American media and by the US presidential candidates, at a time when this treaty has recently
By Theodore Karasik and Ghassan SchbleymHezbollah's recent flexing of its muscles in Lebanon may well lead to an unintended effect: the long-overdue disarming of the militant group.
Beirut - Lebanon's Central Security Council has decided to upgrade police deployment in Beirut and agreed to a list of measures to reduce tension in the wake of repeated security breaches that have left a number of people killed.
Consumer mindset and lack of awareness and also the fact that the existing players -cable and DTH -will make life very difficult for us. They are very aggressive and create confusion on IPTV, through newspaper articles.
Beirut - While the ruling coalition has neared completion of its cabinet lineup, sources from the majority blame opposition leader Michel Aoun for presenting major obstacles through his "huge basket of demands."
Beirut - Al Mustaqbal Movement chief and parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri announced he was suspending his participation in talks aimed at forming a new cabinet to protest slack security in Beirut in the wake of repeated security breaches, and
The focus continues to be on forming the government of National unity. Saturday was the original unannounced target date for the birth of the new government, the date the French president is scheduled to arrive in Beirut, but judging from
By Borzou DaragahiBeirut - No one's tossing confetti or releasing balloons, but U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's ascent to likely Democratic Party presidential nominee has captivated many of those watching the American political contest abroad.
Beirut / Kuwait - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country will consider opening an embassy in Lebanon for the first time once its smaller neighbor forms a government able to foster good ties with Damascus.
Beirut / Vienna -- Syria told a 35-nation meeting Thursday that it will limit what U.N. nuclear inspectors can see when they check allegations that Damascus has a hidden atomic program, diplomats said.
Beirut/ Washington - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected speculation that the release this week of a Hezbollah spy is part of a prisoner swap with the militant group.
Beirut- Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel called on all Lebanese leaders to facilitate the formation of the national-unity government and to let go of all narrow conditions.
Beirut - The focus continues to be the formation of the government of national unity and the security issues . Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is facing a monumental task especially because every one of the parliamentary blocs has been making
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met with Abbas Zaki, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) envoy to Lebanon, on Thursday in order to discuss the Palestinian refugee situation in Lebanon. Zaki relayed a letter from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas concerning "putting the
The head of the French Communist Party, Marie-George Buffet, said Thursday she had accepted an invitation to accompany President Nicolas Sarkozy to Lebanon Saturday. Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande and Francois Bayrou, president of the Union for French Democracy, also
Lebanese military courts on Thursday began trying members of the "Net of 13," a group initially suspected of involvement in the February 2005 blast that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, for "plotting to commit terrorist acts on Lebanese soil."
Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert has rejected speculation that the release this week of a man convicted by Israel of spying for Hizbullah is part of a prisoner swap with the resistance group.Olmert denied that Sunday's release of Nassim Nisr heralds
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora headed to the Presidential Palace late on Thursday to meet President Michel Sleiman and show him a first draft of the new cabinet's lineup. Earlier on Thursday, Siniora contacted Sleiman and informed him about the outcome
French diplomat Andre Parrant and his Greek counterpart, Panos Kalogeropoulos, submitted their credentials to President Michel Sleiman on Thursday to become their countries official ambassadors in Lebanon. Both men arrived in Lebanon and assumed the post of charge d'affaires as
