By Dana Khraiche, Youssef Diab, Kareem Shaheen BEIRUT: Security services stepped up their crackdown on terror cells across the country Wednesday, as a suicide bomber blew himself up in a room at a Beirut hotel to avoid arrest during a raid. The suicide bombing, the third to hit Lebanon in less than a… اقرأ المزيد
The death of Fouad Ajami prompted me to reread an email he sent me in late 2011. I had just written an obituary of Lebanese historian Kamal Salibi, and Fouad send me a note saying: “Do me a favor please, after 24 years and don’t ask me what the number means, I would love… اقرأ المزيد
A significant shift in political dynamics related to the Middle East took place in Detroit last weekend where the Presbyterian Church of the United States voted to withdraw its investments in three companies that profit from sales to organizations involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands – Caterpillar, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard. This was a… اقرأ المزيد
By Youssef Diab, Rima S. Aboulmona BEIRUT: The suicide bomber who killed a security officer and wounded 25 people in this week’s midnight attack had intended to strike “a big target” in Beirut’s southern suburbs, but his plan was foiled by a sudden malfunction in his vehicle, judicial sources said Tuesday. “The suicide bomber… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle outside a cafe near a Lebanese Army checkpoint in Beirut late Monday, wounding 12 people, security sources said. The attack, shortly before midnight, further frayed the nerves of Lebanese already on edge over the resumption of deadly attacks linked to the civil war in Syria.… اقرأ المزيد
By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam said Sunday a breakthrough had been made in the mechanism governing government work, a move that sets the stage for a Cabinet session this week. “The thorny issue of the mechanism governing the Cabinet’s work has been resolved,” Salam told reporters on the plane that flew… اقرأ المزيد