May 24, 2012
Lebanon on the verge of a disaster 23 May 2012 The situation in Lebanon is a cause for concern and even fear. It is clear that there are some fronts, inside and outside of Lebanon who are working on blowing up a sectarian civil war that will push the country to [...]
Tags: Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Shia Islam, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Syria
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February 26, 2012
by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Dahiyeh, South Beirut, Lebanon February 14, 2012 Rushing to an appointment last Saturday I passed the Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Hassaniyeh (Mosque), which for many in my immediate Dahiyeh neighborhood is the [...]
Tags: Beirut, Dahieh, Haret Hreik, Jimmy Carter, Lebanon, middle east, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Muhammad, National Pact, Palestine, Washington DC
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December 3, 2011
In Lebanon, electronic devices and spyware have been found on individuals charged with spying for Israel [EPA] Beirut, Lebanon – The confirmation by officials in the United States of the exposure of their CIA informants in Lebanon has caused a flurry of excitement in both the local and international media in recent days, adding yet another chapter to [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Beirut, Central Intelligence Agency, Czech Republic, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon
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August 17, 2011
The leader of Hezbollah has said that an indictment accusing four members of the Shia group of taking part in the murder of former Lebanese prime minister, Rafiq al-Hariri, contained “no direct evidence” against them. Hassan Nasrallah was responding to the publication earlier on Wednesday of an indictment, which linked the four Hezbollah members to the attack largely through circumstantial evidence [...]
Tags: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Indictment, Lebanon, List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon, Notre Dame University, Rafic Hariri, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
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August 14, 2011
Abused Lebanese women also victims of legal system Published yesterday (updated) 13/08/2011 23:47 A Lebanese woman carries a placard in Arabic reading “a man is successful in dialogue” during a KAFA rally in December [AFP/Joseph Eid, File] By Khaled Soubeih BEIRUT (AFP) — It was only a few months after their wedding in Lebanon [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Beirut, Domestic violence, Islam, Lebanon, middle east, Prison, Shia Islam
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July 3, 2011
Nasrallah vowed Hezbollah would never turn over any its members [Reuters] The leader of Hezbollah has implied that Israel was behind the killing of Rafik al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister who was murdered in 2005. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was speaking for the first time since the indictment on Thursday by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon of four members of the [...]
Tags: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Israel, List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri, Saad Hariri, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, United States
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June 26, 2011
Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Says CIA Spies Uncovered in Organization US Embassy Denies Claims by Jason Ditz, June 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In an unusual move, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah today claimed that his organization had been infiltrated successfully by the CIA, and that they had uncovered two members who confessed [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Libya, middle east, Shia Islam, Syria, United States
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June 22, 2011
Hezbollah and the Arab revolution The group’s leader keeps his ear close to the ground, bonding with the dispossessed and speaking their language. Heralded by millions of fans as ‘the mastermind of the resistance’ – and demonised by the US and Israel as a ’terrorist’, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah‘s rhetoric towards Syria is equally divisive [GALLO/GETTY] Is [...]
Tags: 2006 Lebanon War, Arab people, Bashar-al Assad, Gamal Mubarak, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Iranian Revolution, Lebanon, Musa Al-Sadr, Ruhollah Khomeini, Syria
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