Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah held a new round of talks Tuesday, voicing their support for dialogue between rival factions in an attempt to cope with the country’s political and security challenges. Senior officials from the two rival influential parties met at Speaker Nabih Berri’s Ain al-Tineh residence… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Iran is proud of Hezbollah’s achievements in Syria’s Qalamoun, a visiting senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Monday, as the party’s fighters and Syrian troops made further advances near Lebanon’s border. “We feel very proud, and we highly appreciate the additional achievements and victories that the courageous Lebanese resistance… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army pounded militant positions on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal Sunday, killing and wounding a number of them, security sources said. A security source said the Army shelled the militants’ positions in Al-Masyada and Dahr al-Jabar on Arsal’s outskirts with artillery and rockets, killing and wounding of a number… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The Future Movement stepped up its campaign against the Military Tribunal Friday, describing its verdict against former Minister Michel Samaha as a “joke” as the justice minister went as far as calling for the court’s dissolution. Future Movement leader Saad Hariri criticized as too lenient the Military Tribunal’s decision two days earlier to sentence… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The broadcast of a video showing Michel Samaha discussing plans to carry out explosions with a police agent has triggered wider public outrage over a lenient sentence against the former minister and prompted calls for the dissolution of the Military Tribunal altogether. The video broadcast by Lebanese TV channels Thursday night showed Samaha and… اقرأ المزيد
As Arab leaders and President Barack Obama have met this week to discuss Middle East security, developments in Syria could bolster the opposition’s campaign to topple the regime there. Driving the opposition push in Syria is a new working relationship between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, the key backers of the rebels in northern Syria.… اقرأ المزيد