Beirut / Damascus - Dozens of inmates were killed and wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said.
Beirut - Prime Minister-Designate Fouad Siniora was General Aoun's guest of honor today for lunch at his al Rabiyah residence . After the lunch and the meeting with Aoun Siniora spoke to reporters
Beirut - Saudi Arabian billionaire prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal now holds over 85 percent of shares of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation satellite television channel (LBCSAT) and the Production and Acquisition Company (PAC), according to An-Nahar daily.
By Manal LutfiBeirut - If the absence or presence of a person were capable of changing the course of the history of a political movement in a state, then the presence and disappearance of Sayyed Musa al Sadr, the founder
Beirut - The focus will again be the formation of the government with one difference ...the countdown has started and it looks like the predictions have come true. If all goes well and as planned Lebanon could witness the birth
Beirut/ Damascus - At least 25 inmates were killed and many were wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said.
By: Randa TakieddineBeirut/ Paris - Meeting with French expatriates at the French Embassy in Riyadh on January 14, French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his appreciation and respect for the Kingdom's monarch, Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz.
Tehran has sent a written response to an offer from the world's leading powers regarding its nuclear programme, amid hopes in the west that formal negotiations could begin
No, no to colonisation! Out, out you occupier!" the crowd shouted in the centre of Sadr City where fierce battles raged in March and April between Shi'ite fighters and US forces in which hundreds of people were killed. Washington and
Oil prices fell Friday on profit-taking, a day after surging to record highs on the back of a weak dollar and concerns over tight supplies, traders said. Brent North Sea oil for August delivery slid by $1.22 to $144.86 a
Reconstruction efforts in Lebanon's South seem to be in full swing after the havoc wrought by the 2006 summer war with Israel. In general, progress is being made in the villages that were most devastated during the summer of 2006.
Maher Arar, whose "rendition" to Syria is widely viewed as an egregious example of mistaken identity, has again been denied the right to appear in court, and Congressional efforts to rein in the George W. Bush administration's widespread use of
Cyprus has ratified the European Union's Lisbon Treaty despite the opposition of the euroskeptic communist party of President Demetris Christofias. Thursday's vote came less than a month after Irish voters in a referendum rejected the treaty aimed at streamlining EU
Israel has received a report from Hizbullah that an Israeli airman reported missing in Lebanon since 1986 has been dead for more than 10 years, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday. Israel's government had demanded that the resistance provide a
A top member of the Darfur rebel group that staged an unprecedented attack on Khartoum has appeared in court for the first time as Sudan stepped up trials of suspects arrested after the strike. Abdul Aziz Ashur, brother-in-law of Justice
Asel didn't come to Jordan because he wanted to. Neither did his parents. They, like so many others, stole out of their native Iraq at the last minute, when word came that gangs were coming to kill them and their
The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of the Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) and the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Torture held a news conference on Friday after a prisoners swap deal was reached between Hizbullah and
The Higher Judicial Council on Friday named Judge George Badih Karam examining magistrate in the assassination of MP and journalist Gebran Tueni. A short statement said the council approved a proposal by Justice Minister Charles Rizk to appoint Karam as
Sometimes the simplest of problems are the hardest to solve. One of the problems of my country can be summarized in one word: "disrespect." We, the people of this nation, should take a minute to re-evaluate ourselves in view of
The cedars of Lebanon are much loved, but they have had a difficult time lately. Last year, 4,700 hectares of forest were destroyed in fires, including 1,500 hectares as the worst blazes raged on October 2. There is no national
