Content tagged with “Lebanon”
A week after its announcement, the cabinet has not yet finalized the ministerial statement, upon which Parliament gives or denies it its vote of confidence. While the new government coalition agrees...
Tags: Government, Lebanon, Special Tribunal, Sectarianism 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 Tourism in Lebanon may have been dealt a blow by the recent political crises, but the country's cultural life is blooming. Summer is known for its music and cultural festivals, the most renowned of...
Tags: Human Rights, Civil Society, Lebanon, music, film, New York While local and international observers continue to be preoccupied with regional upheavals, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has submitted an amended indictment to...
Tags: Lebanon, Special Tribunal, Syria 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 This time of year, Lebanese businessmen usually brace themselves for what they hope to be will be a good season for them and, more broadly, for the economy. Tourists begin flooding into the country...
Tags: Lebanon, economy, tourism, instability The killing of al Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden has taken the world by storm and attracted mixed reactions across the Muslim world. In Lebanon, the overwhelming majority expressed relief at the...
Tags: Terrorism, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Osama bin Laden, Fatah al-Islam, Islamism, Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt As tanks and troops besieged the city of Deraa for the third day in a row, the UN Security Council yesterday met in New York to discuss violence in Syria. The outcome of the meeting was a failure to...
Tags: Lebanon, United Nations, Syria, protests 
