Content tagged with “corruption”

Lebanon's Taste of an Online Revolution

Frustrated with low living standards and poor public services, an anonymous group hacked Lebanese government websites this week, calling for immediate attention to these shortcomings. The group,...
Tags: Social Media, technology, corruption, Arab Spring

Syrian threats come to life

Last Sunday's commemoration of the Day of the Nakba, denoting the uprooting of Palestinians from Israel, turned bloody in South Lebanon. In past years, the day of commemoration was marked by rallies...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Israel, protests, corruption, arrests, uprising, Palestinians

Lebanon in the Shadow of Syria's Revolt

"If there is no stability here [in Syria], there's no way there will be stability in Israel", Rami Makhlouf, President Assad's cousin, the regime's businessman and a lightning rod for Syrian...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Israel, protests, Turkey, corruption, Hamas, Palestine