Tag Archives : Lebanon

The Hezbollah went to war with the Israeli army in 2006. The conflict between Lebanon and Israel does not seem to abet. Tension is mounting up once again. There is an assassination that wants to be avenged. There is the fear of growing arsenal of long range rockets. There are still the age-old issues of illegal occupation of land seen as incursion [...]

Water scarcity has ceased to be a desertification issue in dry regions. The phenomena of climate change and global warming have now come into consideration. Arching over these serious problems are the twin realities of food shortage and hunger. All these are connected to the most basic problem of water shortage. Scott James in blue living ideas reports [...]

In the spring of 2005, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated. Lebanon was plunged into some very profound questions that challenged everything it knew up until then regarding the connection between politics and religion, a fate that has long befallen the Arab world. Beirut Diaries, a documentary directed by a Palestinian-American, [...]

Iran could be the ‘savior’ of the Middle East. If it wants to, that is. The conflict between Sunni and Shia, ‘dating back to the seventh-century dispute over who was meant to be the Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successor, is the most consequential in the Middle East because it is so profound and elemental. But precisely because it is so intractable, [...]

It should not be forgotten that the Iran that was shaped by Khomeini has been an entirely different system that has been carried out for thirty years. It is a theocratic, fundamentalist, and revolutionary government system, which means that it is impervious to reform and incorrigible in nature. With the ruthless suppression of opponents to silence [...]

Two senior US officials held high-level talks in Syria on Saturday in another sign of a warming of ties between the two countries. Jeffrey Feltman, acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, and Dan Shapiro of the White House’s National Security Council are the first senior US officials to visit Syria since January 2005. Feltman [...]

The attack killed 22 others. Years later, no one is formally charged. For the first time, a UN sponsored court will investigate an individual crime. UN tribunals usually indicts for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. There are indications that the Syrian regime was involved in the crime. In turn, the Syrian regime rejected the accusation. [...]

At least three Katyusha rockets, fired from south Lebanon and aimed at northern Israel, caused the wounding of some people. Israel promptly retaliated with five artillery shells that were sent as “a pinpoint response at the source of fire.” Israel earlier had intelligence reports about rocket attacks from Lebanon that can happen even before [...]