As the Lebanese continue to endure the bloodiest in country fighting since the end of the civil war, readers of Ya Libnan across the world expressed their outrage with the dire situation.

By Raed RafeiBeirut - Last week, I became a victim of the violence against the media that has been part and parcel of the recent fighting and unrest in Lebanon.

A Sunni father buries his wife and son. A Druze mother buries her son as a Shi'ite woman buries hers. One thing united Lebanon on Tuesday: the sad reality of death.

Salman Rushdie has become the favorite to win the Best of the Booker prize after his novel "Midnight's Children" was shortlisted on Monday for the "greatest of the greatest" award. Six books chosen from the 41 winners of the highly

The effects of the Lebanese political crisis rippled out across the Middle East on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia warning Iran that it could face renewed ostracism if it had a hand in the violence that has shaken Beirut and other

Israeli police raided the Trade and Industry Ministry on Tuesday and seized documents related to the latest corruption probe against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "As part of the ongoing investigation of the prime minister, police officers of the national fraud

Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog held a new round of talks on Monday on Tehran's disputed atomic drive, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. An unidentified source quoted by IRNA said the talks, which follwos meetings between

A right-wing legal group on Monday asked Israel's top court to revoke the accreditation of a French television team, claiming it staged footage of a child being killed by soldiers in 2000. Charles Enderlin, who did the France 2 public

Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmad Waghf on Sunday finalized a new cabinet which will include four members of two opposition parties, the president's office announced. The prime minister said Saturday that two traditional opposition parties, the UFP (Union for

Former British PM announces a package of measures designed to ease the daily life of Palestinians in the occupied territory and strengthen the position of the Palestinian Authority.

The Hezbollah militia and their allies took the violence to other parts of the country . Yesterday the violence shifted from the Druze strongholds of Mt Lebanon to Tripoli region in the the north . At least 62 people are

By Omar Hossino, Ya Libnan Volunteer The outbreak of violence in the streets of Beirut in Lebanon are just another chapter in the modern history of the most backwards civilization in the contemporary world.

By: Elias Harfoush Beirut - How far seems May 2000 from May 2008. Hezbollah's victory over Israel during the former was a Lebanese victory that achieved the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

Beirut- Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has postponed a parliament session to elect the president of the republic for the 20th time. The new election date is now set for June 10

By Debbie SchlusselBeirut- Although Hezbollah has retreated--by its own choice (and it could easily return and retake)--from Beirut, the Iranian/Syrian-backed, Lebanese terrorist group is fighting in the surrounding hills.

Backed by nearly $14 billion in foreign currency reserves, Lebanese banks have again weathered the immediate negative effects of the fighting in Lebanon. Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh told Reuters that no abnormal currency transfers out of Lebanon have taken

Recent clashes between opposition and pro-government forces had repercussions on the education sector, keeping 33,000 students from going to 66 different private and public schools in Sidon and the neighboring towns. Schools from Sidon and its surrounding areas released a

Over the past two weeks, the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) underwent a significant amount of trading activity characterized by a one-week rally making an about face as political tensions flared. Optimism in the first week of rival political parties reaching

Sudan on Monday briefly detained Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and pressed on with its pursuit of Darfur rebels who threatened again to attack Khartoum as sporadic gunfire reverberated around the capital. Two days after an unprecedented Darfur rebel attack