Hezbollah

Europe's role in averting a Middle East tragedy

Perspective by Denis Bauchard The Middle East nowadays seems at the epicenter of most international crises, so the question is how should this chaos be dealt with? From 1980 to 2001, Europe played a leading role in the Middle...

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Lebanese army chief: Prepare for Israeli attack

General says forces along border may soon have to 'handle what enemy is scheming against homeland' Ynet Lebanon's army chief, Jean Kahwaji, called on his soldiers to be wary and to prepare defenses along the border for a...

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Adding insult to infamy (Obama trying to block Iran payments for 1983 Beirut barracks bombing)

On Veterans Day, Christine Devlin stood in the cold in Westwood for the unveiling of a new memorial to local soldiers lost overseas, including her son Michael, one of the 241 servicemen killed in the bombing of the US Marine...

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Commentary: Diplomacy still best in dealing with Iran

Two days after Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage 30 years ago this month, Pentagon brass met in a secret briefing room called "The Tank" to consider rescue options.

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Opposition rejects March 14 Christians’ formulas on Resistance

A source told An-Nahar’s Saturday edition that the opposition, particularly Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, refused three of the formulas pertaining to the clause on the Resistance put forward by Christian parties within the...

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Beirut weighs issue of Hezbollah weapons

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Lebanese lawmakers cited the issue of Hezbollah weapons as complicating the drafting of a policy statement expected from the new government Sunday. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri handed in...

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UNIFIL talks security with Hariri

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations remains committed to monitoring the security situation along the southern border with Lebanon, top peacekeepers said. Italian Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano, the commander of the...

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Enigma of Russian MiG-29s for Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Russian military delegation is inspecting airfields before Moscow sends 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to bolster Lebanon's almost non-existent air force, a challenge to U.S. efforts to build up the...

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Lebanese diva's lyrics hit sour note

JACK SHENKER November 21, 2009 CAIRO: One of the Arab world's biggest pop stars has provoked outrage after releasing a song that refers to black Egyptians as monkeys. Haifa Wehbe, an award-winning Lebanese diva who has been...

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Ya Libnan Political News: Friday News Briefs

Beirut - The issue of Hezbollah arms continues to delay the finalization of the ministerial policy statement . Yesterday the committee charged with drafting the statement met again but no agreement was reached . Many were...

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