Ramadan food baskets reach displaced Syrians in Lebanon
Saudi Press Agency Tuesday 2 July 2013 BEIRUT: Ramadan food baskets from Saudi Arabia have started reaching Syrians in Lebanon who have been displaced by civil war in their country, […]
GCC to finalize curbs on Hezbollah
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 29 June 2013 The Gulf Cooperation Council will hold a meeting in Riyadh on Thursday to agree the mechanisms for imposing sanctions on members of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, its head Abdullatif Al-Zayani said. GCC decided on June 10 to impose sanctions on members of Hezbollah […]
Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse: Why Arabs Must Worry
by Ramzi Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions […]
Robert Fisk: The Lebanese army fears rise of the Sunni Muslim Salafists As Shia Hezbollah fighters rush to Assad’s aid
The Lebanese army claims there is a “plot” to drag Lebanon into the Syrian war. The ‘plot’ – ‘al-moamarer’ – is a feature of all Arab states. Plots come two-a-penny in the Middle East. What the military authorities really fear is that Sunni Muslim Salafist groups – perhaps paid by […]
Civil activists ask: Are you posting too much or too little on social media? (In 5 star hotel, paid for by USAID)
BEIRUT: Journalists, activists, bloggers and marketers gathered Saturday in Beirut to discuss the best ways for groups to make their voices heard through social media. An all-day conference at the […]
4,000 Hezbollah fighters reach rebel-held Aleppo: FSA
Story Summary Over 4,000 fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah have reached the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as part of military preparations to retake the rebel-held city, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army told The Daily Star Tuesday. According to Meqdad, Hezbollah’s military involvement in Syria showed that Syrian government […]
Hezbollah has been lured into unknown territory in Syria as it wages costly battle for survival
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Mohammed Nour is the spokesperson for the Northern Storm Brigade, accused of kidnapping 11 Lebanese pilgrims in Syria “Hezbollah suspects Hamas has been teaching Sunni […]
Top Muslim preacher urges Sunnis to join Syria war
Story Summary Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime, as he lashed out at Shiite group Hezbollah for sending […]
Robert Fisk: ‘We ran up to the roof. That was when the second missile killed Loulou’: Lebanon is counting the cost in human lives of the Syrian conflict
Village after Shia village had hung photos of men who went to fight for Qusayr two weeks ago Loulou Awad’s blood still stained the concrete of her broken home, the latest Lebanese innocent to pay the price of Syria’s war. Her almost equally broken father Abdullah pressed the hands of […]
If Iran wins in Syria, danger threatens the Gulf
After regional and international stances became clear, the struggle in Syria and over Syria has become clear. This is a war that will alter the region’s map. If Bashar al-Assad’s regime survives, Hezbollah and Iran win as well. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is crucial […]
Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800m in Sudan
Reuters | May 21, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES KHARTOUM — Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday. Arab investors have launched farmland and livestock projects in the vast […]
Hezbollah role in Syria grows more prominent
STORY SUMMARY Hezbollah was drawn deeper into Syria’s civil war as 28 fighters from the group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, opposition activists said Monday. The […]
Saudi jails Lebanese man for helping woman to convert (to Christianity)
STORY SUMMARY Source: Daily Star, Lebanon A Saudi court jailed a Lebanese man for six years and sentenced him to 300 lashes after convicting him of encouraging a Saudi woman to convert to Christianity, local dailies reported Sunday. The same court sentenced a Saudi man convicted in the same case […]
Hezbollah denounces Turkey bombings
STORY SUMMARY Hezbollah denounced Sunday the car bombings that left dozens of people dead in south Turkey near the border with Syria and called for stopping terrorism that is targeting […]
Exclusive: Syrian aid in crisis as Gulf states renege on promises
Food rationing for refugees planned as $650m pledged to UN remains undelivered Millions of Syrian refugees face food rationing and cutbacks to critical medical programmes because oil-rich Gulf states have […]
Hezbollah says won’t let U.S., Israel gain control of Syria
Story Summary Hezbollah stands ready to defend Syria against U.S. and Israeli designs to control the Arab state and views its involvement in the crisis in Lebanon’s neighbor as “political […]
Footage shows Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighting in Syria
The Associated Press, Lebanese-Syrian border – AL ARABIYA Hezbollah-backed fighters are taking an ever more active role in the ongoing Syrian conflict along the border with Lebanon. They claim their […]
Fighting rages across Syria’s borders
Story Summary In Homs, Syrian forces battled rebels near the border with Lebanon as part of a counteroffensive aimed at regaining control of territory. Meanwhile, fighting between rebels and opposition forces also broke out in the eastern city of Qamishli on the Turkish border, ending a de facto truce in […]
600,000 workers “tricked and trapped” into forced labour in Mideast –– ILO (Hadith: “pay your workers before his/her sweat is dry)”)
by Hani Hazaimeh | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A study prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was revealed on Tuesday, showed that the highest rates of human trafficking were registered in the Middle East. The study, which was named “Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East”, […]
Spy in Cell 15: The Real Story Behind Israel’s ‘Prisoner X’
Mossad agent Ben Zygier was found hanged in his cell and his case made headlines around the world. New information shows that Zygier, once a passionate Zionist, had become a turncoat who delivered sensitive information to Hezbollah. By SPIEGEL Staff The guards found the Mossad agent at 8:19 p.m., his […]