Content tagged with “Syria”
Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai caused an uproar in Lebanon this week after he declared that Syrian President Bashar Assad should be given a chance to implement reforms, saying the "poor man...
Tags: Lebanon, Syria, Maronite Christians, Jumblatt Six months into the Syrian uprising, more and more countries have distanced themselves from the Syrian regime - but most have yet to call on President Bashar Assad to step down. Gulf countries are...
Tags: Diplomacy, Lebanon, Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Turkey, uprising, Gulf It is hard to tell whether the relative calm that the Eid al-Fitr break, marking the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan, has dampened tensions in Lebanon or whether this is the calm before the storm...
Tags: United Nations, Syria, Turkey, Arab League President Barack Obama called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down in a statement released by the White House today. Britain, France, Germany, and Canada followed suit by asking Assad to "...
Tags: Syria, United States, Turkey, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama Lebanon will assume the presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) at the end of August, for a period lasting one month. This will prove to be an intricate phase as critical resolutions on Syria...
Tags: Lebanon, United Nations, Syria, uprising, Security Council 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 Four months into the bloodiest uprising in the Middle East, the U.S. Administration finally made a statement declaring that Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost legitimacy. However, Secretary...
Tags: Syria, Security, United States, Turkey, opposition 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 The Syrian regime is struggling to contain the ongoing protests in various towns across the country, but none are as challenging to it as Hama, a city of almost a million people that is now out of...
Tags: Syria, protests, violence, uprising, Bashar Assad 
