Beirut / Damascus - Dozens of inmates were killed and wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said.
Beirut - Prime Minister-Designate Fouad Siniora was General Aoun's guest of honor today for lunch at his al Rabiyah residence . After the lunch and the meeting with Aoun Siniora spoke to reporters
By Manal LutfiBeirut - If the absence or presence of a person were capable of changing the course of the history of a political movement in a state, then the presence and disappearance of Sayyed Musa al Sadr, the founder
Beirut - The focus will again be the formation of the government with one difference ...the countdown has started and it looks like the predictions have come true. If all goes well and as planned Lebanon could witness the birth
Beirut/ Damascus - At least 25 inmates were killed and many were wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said.
By: Randa TakieddineBeirut/ Paris - Meeting with French expatriates at the French Embassy in Riyadh on January 14, French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his appreciation and respect for the Kingdom's monarch, Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz.
Israel has received a report from Hizbullah that an Israeli airman reported missing in Lebanon since 1986 has been dead for more than 10 years, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday. Israel's government had demanded that the resistance provide a
Sometimes the simplest of problems are the hardest to solve. One of the problems of my country can be summarized in one word: "disrespect." We, the people of this nation, should take a minute to re-evaluate ourselves in view of
The Higher Judicial Council on Friday named Judge George Badih Karam examining magistrate in the assassination of MP and journalist Gebran Tueni. A short statement said the council approved a proposal by Justice Minister Charles Rizk to appoint Karam as
The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of the Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) and the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Torture held a news conference on Friday after a prisoners swap deal was reached between Hizbullah and
Polished, yet distinctly partial. The National Christian Gathering (NCG), a Lebanese Christian political front, was launched at the Le Royal Hotel in Dbayyeh on Friday, during a convention with a clear bent toward the opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and
Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said on Friday that the resistance could impose a new victory on Israel through the impending prisoner swap. He added that the victory calls on the Lebanese to get out of their "tight
he British ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Mary Guy, clarified her government's recent move to classify the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist organization in an interview published in the Lebanese daily As-Safir Friday. Guy denied implications that the announcement's
Prospects of forming a national unity government seemd to improve Friday, with the political pendulum shifting back toward optimism after a mid-week sputter due to a dispute over the distribution of already-determined cabinet shares threatened to derail talks. Premier Fouad
