BEIRUT: Political slogans and party banners were removed from Beirut, Sidon and Tripoli Thursday, a step the rival the Future Movement and Hezbollah agreed to during dialogue sessions in a bid to defuse sectarian tensions. Operating upon the orders of the Interior Ministry, Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib and party officials supervised the campaign to… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The election of a new president has been put on the back burner for now as the entire world is preoccupied with fighting terrorism, political sources said Wednesday, heralding a prolonged vacuum in the country’s top Christian post. The sources spoke as French presidential envoy Jean-Francois Girault Wednesday held a new round of… اقرأ المزيد
The burning alive of a Jordanian pilot reminds us how a few months ago many people, while acknowledging the savagery of ISIS, were also praising the cleverness of its leadership. Today that conclusion appears less persuasive. The strength of groups such as ISIS is that when they are expanding, they generate momentum that draws in… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah welcomed Tuesday practical measures to defuse sectarian tensions in the country by removing political slogans and posters belonging to them from the streets of Beirut and other areas. The two rival influential parties also rejected the heavy celebratory gunfire that rattled parts of… اقرأ المزيد
The contrast this week between political decisions by the governments in Tunisia, Bahrain and Egypt capture vividly the two available pathways for Arab national development. For the first time ever in modern Arab history, Arab citizens can witness how life, politics and citizenship operate in alternative systems based, respectively, on the rule of law and… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s fiery speech on new rules of engagement with Israel is likely to cast a pall of gloom over a fresh round of talks between the Future Movement and the resistance party set for Tuesday, Future officials said Monday. Meanwhile, France envoy Jean-Francois Girault… اقرأ المزيد