By Grace Halabi
Lebanese-American George Haddad endured a treacherous trip to the Earth’s southernmost continent, ran a 26 mile marathon, and raised the flag of Lebanon at the end.
Traveling from southern Turkey to Lebanon via Syria in a car full of family members is an experience that I will never forget.
By Ali Hussein
Wiam Wahab’s call for the resignation of the president was obviously not a personal opinion as he stated during his visit to MP Michel Aoun at Rabiyeh.
Finally Syria said yes to Jumblatt’s visit according to a statement issued by Hezbollah on Monday. Jumblatt will reportedly head to Damascus on March18
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, president Michel Suleiman discusses Middle East peace, Lebanese–Syrian relations, UN, Iran and other issues.
By Ghassan Karam
Arguably one of the most productive and positive attribute of a free democratic society is the free exchange of ideas that it promotes.
As troops massed on his border near the start of the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein weighed the purchase of a $150 million nuclear “package” deal
The National News Agency (NNA) reported that Antoine Choueiri, 69, a prominent Lebanese businessman and media tycoon, died on Tuesday after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
Lebanon’s rival political groups have resumed national reconciliation talks and the defense strategy was the main topic on the agenda.
In the run-up to today’s historically significant parliamentary polls in Iraq, a a question that begs asking is where do Iraq’s neighbours stand on these critical elections.
Lebanese State minister Mona Ofeish who had followed the issue of women’s rights for over 25 years, asked :“How can a woman who has carried a baby in her womb for nine months, and then raised it, not have the right to give the baby her citizenship?”
By Ghassan Karam
It is not very often that the object of a not-for-profit organization is a major party in funding the effort to help it overcome its challenges.
By: Robert Fisk
Once more we have to forget the Armenian Holocaust – the first of the 20th century – in order to appease the Turks. Bill Clinton did it.
Kuwaiti Author Dr. Ibtihal Al-Khatib said during an interview with LBC that like Israel, Hezbollah should investigate its conduct in the 2006 war.
Imagine the following: The de facto independent Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq declares independence, secedes from Iraq, and inspires Kurds in Turkey and Iran to join a “Greater Kurdistan.”
Despite Turkey’s objection, a resolution calling the World War I -era killing of Armenians genocide has narrowly passed a key committee of the U.S. Congress.
Few have thought longer or harder over the Iranian challenges than Zbigniew Brzezinski , who was the White House national security adviser when the Iranian revolution erupted.
I’m sometimes haunted by weird thoughts, rash feelings, and a hasty desire to celebrate. It is as if I hadn’t become more knowledgeable or learned my lessons.
“A lot is made about American misperceptions about Muslim communities, but there’s a lot of misperceptions that Muslim communities have about the United States,” says the new U.S. envoy to the Muslim world
There are a barrage of statements and counter charges by all parties concerned with the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET409.This report explains how blame in such cases are determined
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ’s meeting in Damascus last Thursday with the Iranian and Syrian presidents outraged Lebanon’s majority alliance
By Ghassan Karam
It is well known that the market fails to deliver on its promises of efficiency for many reasons such as the predominance of negative externalities;
Chile is on a hotspot of sorts for earthquake activity. And so the 8.8-magnitude temblor that shook the region overnight was not a surprise
If you want to get an early read on the ultimate success or failure of the Obama administration’s policies for the Middle East, keep an eye on Syria.
By Olivia Sterns
When Olympic skier Chirine Njeim tells people she’s from Lebanon, they often laugh in disbelief.
Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea spoke out against Hezbollah and the possibility of an imminent war with Israel, declaring “I am against irrational war.”
By Ghassan Karam
It is not very often that we get credible ecological news that is not full of negative news and dark projections. Well I am glad to say that the following
Press freedom is suffering in Lebanon, despite a modicum of maneuverability allowed by the law and the government’s non-interference with journalists
Following their meeting in Mukhtara, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP walid Jumblatt and Free patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun held a joint press conference .
“We’re finished … God have mercy on us,” were the last words of the pilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409 before crashing into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, 2010.
An interview with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton by Michel Ghandour of Al Hurra
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned israel during his speech on Tuesday : “If you target Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, we will strike Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport,”
By Ghassan Karam
Sovereign debt, as a potentially crippling fiscal problem world wide, has risen to the forefront over the past few months.
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said the March 14 slogan of Lebanon First does not work for him adding: “I am a Palestinian Arab and I can’t abandon my Arabism.”
Tens of thousands of Lebanese headed to Martyrs square in downtown Beirut on Sunday to participate in the rally that marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minster Rafik Hariri.
By Ghassan Karam
One of the most common definitions of a state is the one given by the great sociologist Max Weber: “it is that organization that has monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”.
During an interview with Future and MTV Lebanon’s prime minister Saad Hariri stressed that he is the PM because March 14 won the elections and went to Syria to build state-to-state relations :
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