Tag Archives: lebanon

Lebanon

| June 1, 2011

A military court charged a Shia cleric with spying for Israel. The cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Ali al Husseini, has been critical of Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria, and reportedly has his own militia comprised of 1,500 fighters.

Lebanon

| May 31, 2011

Security forces arrested three Lebanese and two Palestinians suspected of involvement in the IED attack that wounded six Italian peacekeepers. An al Qaeda-linked Salafist group, presumably Fatah al Islam, is thought to have executed the attack. Italy may reduce its peacekeeping contingent by one-third, from 1,780 to 1,100 troops.

Lebanon

| May 27, 2011

Six Italian peackeepers working for UNIFIL and two Lebanese civilians were wounded in an IED attack while driving on the main highway near Saida. Two of the Italians have been seriously wounded. No group has claimed the attack.

Syria

| May 9, 2011

Syrian forces use soccer stadiums as prisons, human rights groups say

Lebanon

| March 27, 2011

Repression or reform? Deadly protests may force Syria’s Assad to choose

Egypt

| March 7, 2011

Pakistan – Gilani urges tolerance amid rising militancy

Hezbollah

| February 28, 2011

In Lebanon, Hezbollah is watching, and waiting out, the Arab uprisings

Egypt

| February 6, 2011

Former Egyptian military chief says foreign Islamic militants are adding to unrest

Egypt

| January 29, 2011

Oil prices: Oil futures surge on unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Yemen

Egypt

| January 28, 2011

Seizing a moment, Al Jazeera galvanizes Arab frustration