Debate continues over ridding Beirut of all weapons
| By The Daily Star and Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | BEIRUT: Politicians on Thursday continued to debate whether the capital should be free of &...
Lebanese Shiite cleric arrested in Syria over spying for Israel
| Msheymish, known critic of Hizbullah, still being interrogated | By The Daily Star and Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | BEIRUT: A Lebanese Shiite cleric...
Sahel gain a 1-1 draw against Syrian team Wihda in friendly
| By Joe Soubaih | Special to The Daily Star | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Lebanese club Al-Sahel came away with a 1-1 friendly draw against Wihda from Syria at the Safa stadiu...
Syria holds Lebanon Shia cleric as Israeli spy
BEIRUT ' A Lebanese Shia cleric known as a critic of Syrian-backed Hezbollah has been arrested in Syria on suspicion of spying for Israel, a high-ranking Lebanese security official said on Thursday. |...
The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Af...
Syria holds Lebanon cleric as suspected Israeli spy
BEIRUT - A Lebanese Shiite cleric known as a critic of Syrian-backed Hezbollah has been arrested in Syria on suspicion of spying for Israel, a high-ranking Lebanese security official said on Thursday....
US seeks Israeli talks with Syria, Lebanon
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Thursday, September 02, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | WASHINGTON: The United States is pushing for peace talks between Israel, Syria and Lebanon as the Israelis p...
Bellemare: STL indictment has not been drafted yet
| By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Thursday, September 02, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will not be rushed into filing premature indictments in the p...
Syria's allies take their allotted places
| By Michael Young | Commentary by | Thursday, September 02, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | If there were doubts that the rivalry between Syria and Hizbullah has reached new levels of complication, then ...
In memoir, Blair explains, defends himself
| Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is, like many interesting and accomplished individuals, a collection of contradictions. As a social liberal and economic moderate with hawkish tendencies on ...
Blair's book reveals background to war
| AN unrepentant Tony Blair has refused to back away from his decision to invade Iraq. | Although the former British leader concedes in his new autobiography that it was the issue on which he had the ...
Stop the War Talk
| The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgent talk is of war, thanks to Je...
Syrian trial opens for four communist party members
| DAMASCUS (AFP) – Four Syrians accused of membership in a secret organisation have denied the charges at the start of their trial in a security court, Syrian human rights groups said on Wednesd...
Mother of young Syrian blogger appeals for her release
| DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The mother of a 19-year-old female Syrian blogger who was arrested last year has appealed to President Bashar al-Assad for her release, saying her daughter does not unders...
Learn From Our Mistakes, Mr. President
| by Martin Indyk Info | Martin Indyk is Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at Brookings, and a member of Bill Clinton's peace team, is author of Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of Ame...
Iraq remains occupied says Syria
DAMASCUS ' Iraq, where US combat operations officially ended on Wednesday, will remain 'occupied' until the last American soldier leaves, Syria's official press said. | 'The American withdrawal from I...
