Lebanon

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah could be right

Alan Hart explains why we should not dismiss lightly Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assertion that the tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as “an American

Munir’s Story: 28 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila

This wall, adjacent to Abu Yassir's shelter is used by Shatila refugee camp tykes for playing ball and other games, unaware that some of their relatives and families' friends were

Lebanon, refugees and the UNHCR conundrum

A senior United Nations High Commissioner for Refugess (UNHCR) official said on Friday that the Lebanese government should move toward legalizing the status of non-Palestinian refugees in the country.

Gaza and Lebanon: Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War

Will it be Gaza or Lebanon first? Israel is sending mixed messages, and deliberately so. Hamas, Hezbollah and their supporters understand well the Israeli tactic and must be preparing for

Lebanon looking to Egypt for economic, energy deals

Egypt and Lebanon are looking at boosting economic and energy relations after Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif welcomed his Lebanese counterpart Saad Hariri to Cairo on Wednesday aimed at discussing

Headlines from the region

On Monday, Mr. Kamel Morjane, the Minister of Defense, inaugurated the works of the 12th Military Medicine Congress in Gammarth north of Tunis.

Headlines from the region

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $162 million loan to bolster a Moroccan program aimed at widening access to financial services, the bank said on Friday.

Hezbollah ‘more than resistance’

Sheikh Maher Hammoud is an influential Sunni Muslim cleric based in Sidon, Lebanon. He is one of a handful of senior Sunni clerics who has defied the prevailing political current

Lebanon: an End to Sectarian Politics?

We must remember that the discrepancy found in parliamentary seats and power, whereby Christians were overrepresented in relation to Muslims and were the politically privileged class, was a significant factor

Full text of Hezbollah’s new political document

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah announced on Monday the Resistance party's new political document approved during the party's General Conference that lasted for months.