South Lebanon

Fatah member killed in Lebanon refugee camp

Lebanese security officials say a masked gunman fatally shot a Fatah member in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. The officials say the 26-year-old fighter, Mustafa Khatib, was killed instantly. He was shot by...

Ya Libnan Political News: News over Obama victory spreads via Facebook in Lebanon

Beirut- Samer Jamal heard the news today on the radio as he drove to work. The 26-year-old Lebanese employee of a Dubai-based television channel said he felt goosebumps. The election of Barack Obama as president of the United...

After years of Bush, Arabs see hope in Obama

Palestinian painter Waleed Ayyoub adds the last touches on a painting he drew of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama...

Colonel Bill Eddy: An earlier envoy

An early foray into the Arab worldIF ANYONE could have been America’s Lawrence of Arabia it was Colonel William Eddy. He was born to Protestant missionaries in 1896 in Sidon, now part of Lebanon. Fluent in Arabic from a young...

A Mujahideen Bleed-Through From Iraq? Part Two - A Look at Lebanon

A car bomb kills a top Lebanese terrorism investigator in early 2008 (NYTimes) Lebanon always has been a country whose people are more loyal to family, clan, tribe, and faith than to the concept of Lebanon as a united...

Syria moves more tank-artillery forces south to Israel border

Lebanese sources and eye witnesses report Syrian tanks, artillery and commando units have taken up battle positions in four villages around Hasbaya opposite Mt. Hermon and northern Israel. According to DEBKAfile’s military...

Danger zones

Left over from 15 years of civil war, landmines litter Lebanese territory. While problems with unexploded ordinance in the South are well known, drawing the attention of international organizations, the rest of the nation...

The Racism of McCain…and Obama…and the Media

Earlier this week, John McCain once again attacked his presidential campaign opponent Barack Obama on the basis of his association with another individual. In this case the individual was Rashid Khalidi. Mr. Khalidi’s sin? He’s...

Earthquakes hit south Lebanon

National News Agency in Sour reported that the villagers of Srifa in south Lebanon felt the an earthquake this morning. Anxious inhabitants evacuated their homes. The villagers of Shhour and Arzoun felt an earthquake too at...

Belgium cuts down its UNIFIL troops in South Lebanon

BEIRUT, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Belgium has decided to cut dawn its troops under the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by almost a third, Lebanon's Naharnet website reported Wednesday. The number of Belgium's UNIFIL...

               

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Sidon , Tyre