Beirut

Politics, Violence Challenge Lebanon's "Outlook" Journalists

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.29.2008 | Media


Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese student journalists who, along with focusing on studies, occasionally dodge bullets, rockets and bombs in attempts to cover events, and who are constrained by university or government regulations.

Lebanese President Warns Country On Verge Of Self-Destruction

AP | BASSEM MROUE | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home


BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese president warned Tuesday that the country's divisions have pushed it to the verge of self-destruction _ sounding ...

Beirut Nostalgia

Haim Watzman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Haim Watzman

We had barely slept for two nights and were caked with the mud stirred up by a late-winter downpour. Within a few minutes we threw our gear together and lugged it into the choppers that flew us to Tyre.

Hezbollah Warns Lebanon's New Government: Don't Attempt To Disarm Us

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home


BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's new president got a red carpet welcome Monday, but was quickly thrust into the political thicket as Hezbollah's lead...

New Lebanese President Sworn in

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics


BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's parliament elected a new president Sunday, taking a step to stabilize the country after a long, violent political cr...

Hezbollah, Lebanese Government Reach Peace Deal Ending 18-Month Political Stalemate

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home


BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's feuding factions reached a breakthrough deal Wednesday that ends the country's 18-month political stalemate, but als...

Hezbollah Now Most Powerful Force In Lebanon

Huffington Post | Posted 05.18.2008 | Home


The Washington Post determines that Hezbollah's recent show of force In Beirut has carried the group to the forefront of power in Lebanon: Hezbollah ...

Beirut Is Burning

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics


Hooman Majd

If there were ever a perfect example of the Bush administration's utterly bankrupt foreign policy, it would have to be the State Department's reaction to events in Beirut over the last few days.

The Clashes in Beirut: Is the Bush Administration Stirring the Pot?

Lysandra Ohrstrom | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Lysandra Ohrstrom

No one knows if this will be Lebanon's long-awaited second Civil War, but if the US does not stop stirring the pot, Bush is going to have another foreign policy debacle in the Middle East on his conscience.

Hezbollah, Sunni Groups Battling In Beirut Streets

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


BEIRUT, Lebanon — Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed governm...

Attack On US Vehicle In Beirut Kills 3

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics


An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, killing four Lebanese and injuring a local embassy employee, American and Leb...

Citizen/Online Journalism is Magnet for Eager Arab Reporters in Beirut

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.30.2007 | Media


Magda Abu-Fadil

What may seem elementary in the West is still catching on in much of the Arab world. But blogging is definitely becoming the medium of choice.

Top Lebanese General Assassinated By Car Bomb, Fragile Political Situation Threatened

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least two others Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even mor...

Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP Killed In Beirut Car Bombing

BBC News | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home


An anti-Syrian Lebanese MP has been killed in a car bomb attack in a mainly Christian district of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, officials have said. ...


 

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