15 hrs ago | Free Republic
Bush warns Syria, Iran over Lebanon violence-(?_
“The international community will not allow the Iranian and Syrian regimes, via their proxies, to return Lebanon to foreign domination and control”
US President George W. Bush on Monday warned Iran and Syria that the international community would not allow Lebanon to fall under foreign domination through their proxies again. via Free Republic
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Yesterday | The Washington Post
Officials Say Purchases Linked N. Korea, Syria
“We assessed the cooperation involved work sites probably within Syria. But again, we didn't know exactly where.”
COMMENT Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, May 11, 2008; Page A18 When North Korean businessman Ho Jin Yun first caught the attention of German customs police in 2002, he was on a continental buying spree ... via The Washington Post
Sunday | Chosun Ilbo
Second Day of Violence Engulfs Beirut
Hezbollah supporter burns tires, closing for a second day the highway to Lebanon's international airport during a protest in Beirut, 08 May 2008 Clashes between Lebanese government supporters and the opposition ... via Chosun Ilbo
Sunday | New Straits Times
Fighting in north Lebanon as opposition ends Beirut takeover
“The opposition welcomes the army's decision and will proceed with the withdrawal of all its armed elements so that control of the capital is handed over to the military”
Fierce battles raged in northern Lebanon between rival clans on Sunday leaving at least one person dead even as the Hezbollah-led opposition handed control of the capital Beirut to the army. via New Straits Times
Saturday | Boston Globe
Hamas militants fire rockets into Israel, no one hurt
“There is no logical reason for this fuel plant to be shut down. This is another example of Hamas orchestrating an artificial crisis for its own political aims.”
Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas' political bureau, addresses a mass rally held on Friday May 9, 2008 at al-Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, on the 60th anniversary of the Nakkba, or the foundation ... via Boston Globe
Saturday May 10 | Haaretz Daily News
IAEA chief hopes to shed light on alleged Syrian reactor soon
“We refuse to be given sermons on international obligations by a country that has violated all international standards”
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday he hoped his agency would be able to shed light in the next few weeks on whether a Syrian facility bombed by Israel last September was an ... via Haaretz Daily News
Saturday May 10 | National Post
Hezbollah cedes control of Beirut
“Your state will not fall under the control of the putschists”
Fighting has turned cosmopolitan Beirut into a war zone. Many ordinary people fear a return of a lengthy and bloody conflict. via National Post
Saturday May 10 | Gulf Times
Leaders urge dialogue to resolve conflict
“Lebanon's plunge into blind turmoil would only be a victory foreign extremist forces”
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani holding talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus yesterday. via Gulf Times
Friday May 9 | National Post
Israel at 60: World's worst neighbourhood
“The principal demand of the Bahraini people today is to return this province A... to its mother, Islamic Iran.”
Musa Al-Shaer, AFP, Getty Images Israeli soldiers argue with a Palestinian man in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem in 2004. via National Post
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