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WHEN the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri expresses his fear concerning the situation in Lebanon, uses his meeting with Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun Gandhi as a cover for saying he is still optimistic about “non-violence” in global issues, and then says, “We also need to endorse the principle …

THE Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the International Criminal Court will soon complete its tasks concerning the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.  This is after perusing about 300 indictment documents and listening to 300 witnesses of the crime of the era. With this, the circle has …

KUWAIT CITY, April 23: The security authorities have requested from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry details about two companies, whose identities have not been disclosed, but are reportedly involved in illegal financial transactions in favor of the Lebanese Hezbollah, reports Al-Rai daily quoting reliable sources. The same sources said …

LEBANON has been known for its press freedom since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Whenever someone from any party attempts to violate or touch the press body, he ends up experiencing major political and security tremors. One of the incidents that sparked war was the assassination of journalist Naseeb …

IF ‘Hezbollah’ is a member of the government, an influential force on the ground and the one which controls Lebanon’s State decisions, it will mess up people’s minds whenever a Lebanese official comes out to say he abides by the policy of disassociation. It becomes worse if that official is …

IN THE past few days, the ‘Hezbollah’ group has been raising a whirlwind in confronting the resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri. Its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah considers the resignation a statement “written by Saudi ink” and it is not from the Lebanese Future Movement’s rhetoric. This assumption comes …

IT HAS become clear that decisiveness is imminent, while the sword of retribution is close to the neck of Hezbollah and its Iran backer. This is the reason why both of them should not trivialize the messages being sent by Arab and western countries. The current situation is different from …

HARIRI TARGET OF ASSASSINATION BID DAYS AGO BEIRUT, Nov 4, (Agencies): Lebanon’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in the Arab world. His resignation thrusts Lebanon back into …

THE incident, which took place in Hay Al-Solam in the southern area of Beirut — the capital of Lebanon, exposed the environmental nemesis that incubates the ‘Hezbollah’. For the first time since 1982, the incident put the group before national accountability in which neither intimidation nor oppression, as practiced in …

Israel would use force to prevent N-Iran WASHINGTON, Oct 26, (Agencies): The House has approved bipartisan legislation to slap new sanctions on Iran for its pursuit of long-range ballistic missiles without derailing the 2015 international nuclear accord that President Donald Trump has threatened to unravel. The bill passed Thursday 423-2. …