Content tagged with “Hezbollah”
The advent of the Muslim month of Ramadan brought massacres to the Syrian city of Hama and bloody clashes to the streets of Beirut. As the Syrian regime continues to crack down on civilians, pro-...
Tags: Hezbollah, Hariri, Syria, uprising, Hama, massacre, Security Council Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's call for dialogue this week fell on deaf ears, as the two major political coalitions, March 8 and March 14, refused to come together for talks. While Hezbollah's...
Tags: Governance, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Hariri, Syria, protests After four months of silence, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah and Syria, personally criticizing the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah and announcing his sympathy for Syrians...
Tags: Democracy, Hezbollah, Hariri, Syria, Security Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah slammed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in his first reaction to the indictments released last week. The STL issued arrest warrants for four...
Tags: Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Hariri, Special Tribunal, Walid Jumblatt, assassination The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), probing the murder of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, submitted a sealed indictment in the case to the country's prosecutor general, Saeed Mirza, this...
Tags: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hariri, Special Tribunal, Syria Lebanese officials were warned that the U.S. Congress may discontinue military assistance if Hezbollah and its allies take over government. With the new cabinet dominated by Hezbollah, some lawmakers...
Tags: Lebanon, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Congress, Military Diversity of opinion and tolerance in academia were dealt a blow this week when former World Bank President James Wolfenshon, due to deliver the keynote speech at the American University of Beirut's...
Tags: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Protest, World Bank, AUB Five months of political void in Lebanon ended with the appointment of thirty new ministers led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In a return to the pre-Cedar Revolution era, the new line-up is...
Tags: Government, Lebanon, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Congress, Syria As Palestinian refugees and Syrians marched towards the Israeli border at the Golan Heights, marking the 1967 Naksa Day, the Lebanese border nearby witnessed an odd calm. Commemorating the 1948 Nakba...
Tags: Hezbollah, Syria, Israel, protests, Turkey, violence, Palestinians, refugees, Kurds Instability in neighboring Syria and the ongoing political vacuum in Lebanon are contributing to a drastic deterioration in the country's security situation. Last week, an Italian UN patrol was...
Tags: Lebanon, Hezbollah, United Nations, Israel, Security, Palestinians, instability 
