http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/lebanon Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sami-moubayed/hezbollahs-new-proxy-shak_b_1541589.html 2012-05-24T16:35:43Z 2012-05-24T16:35:47Z Sami Moubayed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sami-moubayed/ Shaker al-Barjawi's Arab Movement Party is by no means a political heavyweight. How then did it rise out of nowhere to take the streets of Beirut? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria-spring">Syria Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/hasan-nasrallah">Hasan Nasrallah</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-revolution">Syria Revolution</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/lebanon-standoff-beirut-battle_n_1542098.html 2012-05-24T09:04:09Z 2012-05-24T09:09:22Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BEIRUT -- An explosive, eight-hour shootout in west Beirut that apparently erupted after a domestic dispute killed at least two people early Thursday,... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/beirut-lebanon">Beirut Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon-standoff">Lebanon Standoff</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut-clashes">Beirut Clashes</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon-clashes">Lebanon Clashes</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut-standoff">Beirut Standoff</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut-military-clashes">Beirut Military Clashes</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/lebanon-violence_b_1534945.html 2012-05-23T17:23:20Z 2012-05-23T17:23:55Z Claude Salhani http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/ Trying to explain the intricacies of the Lebanese quagmire is never a simple matter, especially to someone not well-versed in politics. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-civil-war">Lebanese Civil War</a>, <a href="/tag/alawites">Alawites</a>, <a href="/tag/sunni">Sunni</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-army">Lebanese Army</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/facing-common-struggles-d_b_1532454.html 2012-05-21T17:19:10Z 2012-05-21T17:19:09Z Michelle Chen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/ Creative protest through film and media are forming a common language for a dialogue on migrants' rights, breaking their silence with one collective voice. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women">Women</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="/tag/latin-america">Latin America</a>, <a href="/tag/migrant-workers">Migrant Workers</a>, <a href="/tag/globalization">Globalization</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/labor-unions">Labor Unions</a>, <a href="/tag/feminism">Feminism</a>, <a href="/tag/human-trafficking">Human Trafficking</a>, <a href="/tag/labor">Labor</a>, <a href="/tag/human-rights">Human Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/slavery">Slavery</a>, <a href="/tag/domestic-workers">Domestic Workers</a>, <a href="/tag/asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-josef-olmert/tripoli-lebanon-syria_b_1533941.html 2012-05-21T15:20:57Z 2012-05-21T15:40:12Z Dr. Josef Olmert http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-josef-olmert/ For once, the Syrian regime does not lie when claiming that the rebels in the country are being supplied from Lebanon. In that case, the chicken came back to roost, as the Lebanese do to the Syrians what they have done to them for so many years. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tripoli-lebanon">Tripoli Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-crackdown">Syria Crackdown</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-violence">Syria Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-protests">Syria Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/why-stability-in-syria-ma_b_1529301.html 2012-05-21T12:06:12Z 2012-05-21T12:06:46Z Claude Salhani http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/ The 14-month long spate of internal violence in Syria has friends and foes equally worried over the fate of the country's future, the stability of the region and the ever-present danger of the violence spreading from Syria to its neighbors. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-intelligence">Syrian Intelligence</a>, <a href="/tag/alawite-community">Alawite Community</a>, <a href="/tag/islamists">Islamists</a>, <a href="/tag/islamist-fighters">Islamist Fighters</a>, <a href="/tag/president-bashar-assad">President Bashar Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/united-states">United States</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-prime-minister-rafic-hariri">Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-ambassador-to-the-united-states">Syrian Ambassador to the United States</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-army">Lebanese Army</a>, <a href="/tag/nicolas-sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq-war">Iraq War</a>, <a href="/tag/damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-accountability-act">Syria Accountability Act</a>, <a href="/tag/russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/tag/prime-minister-recep-tayyip-erdogan">Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan</a>, <a href="/tag/tripoli">Tripoli</a>, <a href="/tag/european">European</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/beirut-clashes-syria_n_1532221.html 2012-05-21T05:18:26Z 2012-05-21T05:18:26Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BEIRUT -- Street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in the Lebanese capital killed two people overnight and wounded 15 as the spiraling confl... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut-clashes-syria">Beirut Clashes Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-spillover-lebanon">Syria Spillover Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/tariq-jadidah">Tariq Jadidah</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut-clashes">Beirut Clashes</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-spillover">Syria Spillover</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-crisis">Syria Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-revolt">Syria Revolt</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-uprising">Syria Uprising</a>, <a href="/tag/sheik-ahmed-abdul-wahid">Sheik Ahmed Abdul Wahid</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/syria-violence-lebanon-unrest-tripoli_n_1515430.html 2012-05-14T13:43:44Z 2012-05-14T13:48:21Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ TRIPOLI, Lebanon &mdash; Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen clashed in street battles Monday as sectarian tensions l... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sunni-alawite-lebanon">Sunni Alawite Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-uprsiding">Syria Uprsiding</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-lebanon-violence">Syria Lebanon Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/tripoli-lebanon">Tripoli Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/sunni-alawite-clashes">Sunni Alawite Clashes</a>, <a href="/tag/sectarian-violence-lebanon">Sectarian Violence Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-violence-lebanon">Syria Violence Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-violence">Syria Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/13/lebanon-syria-crisis_n_1513062.html 2012-05-13T13:41:50Z 2012-05-13T13:48:38Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Sectarian violence linked to the unrest in neighboring Syria shook the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, with street cl... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria-lebanon-conflict">Syria Lebanon Conflict</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-lebanon">Syria Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-civil-war">Syria Civil War</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon-violence">Lebanon Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/tripoli-lebanon">Tripoli Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-crisis">Syria Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-uprising">Syria Uprising</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/netanyahu-creates-a-big-new-govnt_b_1511523.html 2012-05-12T09:31:15Z 2012-05-12T09:31:16Z James Zogby http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/ Don't hold your breath expecting big things, either bad or good, from this big new government. Expect, instead, business as usual. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/israeli-palestinian-conflict">Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</a>, <a href="/tag/knesset">Knesset</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-world">Arab World</a>, <a href="/tag/likud">Likud</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/benjamin-netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/kadima">Kadima</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/politics-policies-middle-east_b_1508403.html 2012-05-11T14:14:30Z 2012-05-11T14:16:06Z Claude Salhani http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claude-salhani/ Hezbollah is building training facilities in the eastern Bekaa Valley within close proximity of the Syrian border, reported a local Beirut newspaper earlier this week. Is Hezbollah preparing for the next confrontation and if so, whom do they expect to fight? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/netanyahu">Netanyahu</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/president-bashar-assad">President Bashar Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-shiite-movement">Lebanese Shiite Movement</a>, <a href="/tag/terrorist-acts">Terrorist Acts</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/hezbollah">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="/tag/hassan-nasrallah">Hassan Nasrallah</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-countries">Arab Countries</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/where-do-we-go-now-movie_b_1509459.html 2012-05-11T12:35:00Z 2012-05-11T12:36:15Z Dan Persons http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/ A comedy about dire consequences, <em>Where Do We Go Now?</em> takes a look at the ease with which humanity slips into war, and the sometimes insurmountable difficulties that arise as people struggle to avoid it. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/religious-war">Religious War</a>, <a href="/tag/drama">Drama</a>, <a href="/tag/where-do-we-go-now">Where Do We Go Now?</a>, <a href="/tag/peace">Peace</a>, <a href="/tag/comedy">Comedy</a>, <a href="/tag/nadine-labaki">Nadine Labaki</a>, <a href="/entertainment">Entertainment News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/mark-kabban-cnn-hero-soccer_n_1479047.html 2012-05-09T09:20:00Z 2012-05-09T09:28:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Mark Kabban was just 9-years-old when he and his family moved from Beirut to the United States. Now, he's making sure other refugees have a smooth tra... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/tag/yalla">Yalla</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/california">California</a>, <a href="/tag/san-diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/tag/soccer">Soccer</a>, <a href="/tag/khalid-yohana">Khalid Yohana</a>, <a href="/tag/spring-into-action">Spring-Into-Action</a>, <a href="/tag/mark-kabban">Mark Kabban</a>, <a href="/tag/refugee">Refugee</a>, <a href="/tag/cnn-heroes">CNN Heroes</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randa-farah/turning-to-the-past-for-f_b_1500095.html 2012-05-08T12:38:43Z 2012-05-08T12:38:10Z Randa Farah http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randa-farah/ Palestinian right of return is not only just but viable, even though at this historical juncture it seems far-fetched. Only the recognition and fulfillment of this right -- all the more important as the 64th anniversary of the Nakba approaches -- will lead to justice and secure a lasting peace. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/israeli-palestinian-conflict">Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</a>, <a href="/tag/palestine">Palestine</a>, <a href="/tag/nakba">Nakba</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/tag/west-bank">West Bank</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/gaza-strip">Gaza Strip</a>, <a href="/tag/gaza">Gaza</a>, <a href="/tag/palestinian-refugees">Palestinian Refugees</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/arab-media-outlook-201120_b_1490355.html 2012-05-07T16:27:02Z 2012-05-07T16:28:31Z Magda Abu-Fadil http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/ It's become an annual must read to take the pulse of where they are, but this year's edition of "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (AMO) goes further to s... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/tag/dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="/tag/newspapers">Newspapers</a>, <a href="/tag/maryam-bin-fahad">Maryam Bin Fahad</a>, <a href="/tag/tunisia">Tunisia</a>, <a href="/tag/online-censorship">Online Censorship</a>, <a href="/tag/dubai-press-club">Dubai Press Club</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-media-forum-2012">Arab Media Forum 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/tag/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="/tag/kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-media">Digital Media</a>, <a href="/tag/arab">Arab</a>, <a href="/tag/deloitte">Deloitte</a>, <a href="/tag/saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-media-outlook">Arab Media Outlook</a>, <a href="/tag/tv">Tv</a>, <a href="/tag/iphone">Iphone</a>, <a href="/tag/qatar">Qatar</a>, <a href="/tag/ipad">Ipad</a>, <a href="/tag/magazines">Magazines</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-bermeister/israel-one-vote_b_1378903.html 2012-04-30T09:50:17Z 2012-04-30T09:51:07Z Kevin Bermeister http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-bermeister/ Israel remains the poorest developed nation in the world, with 23 percent of her residents living in poverty -- half of whom are Jews and the other half Muslims. Notwithstanding security, this is the most significant issue affecting Israel today. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/oslo-accords">Oslo Accords</a>, <a href="/tag/palestinian-authority">Palestinian Authority</a>, <a href="/tag/palestine">Palestine</a>, <a href="/tag/israeli-palestinian-conflict">Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/tag/gaza">Gaza</a>, <a href="/tag/egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/jewish">Jewish</a>, <a href="/tag/palestinians">Palestinians</a>, <a href="/tag/muslims">Muslims</a>, <a href="/tag/iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/30/israel-lebanon-border-wall_n_1463881.html 2012-04-30T07:13:00Z 2012-04-30T07:13:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ METULLA, Israel, April 30 (Reuters) - Israel began building a wall on Monday along a 1-km (0.6 mile) -stretch of its border with Lebanon, saying the... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/israel-security">Israel Security</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/israeli-border">Israeli Border</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/israel-lebanon-border">Israel-Lebanon Border</a>, <a href="/tag/israeli-security-fence">Israeli Security Fence</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanese-border">Lebanese Border</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg/is-it-possible-to-salvage_b_1453354.html 2012-04-25T15:34:42Z 2012-04-25T15:34:42Z Amb. Marc Ginsberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg/ An absence of imaginative, strategic diplomacy as the year-long crisis in Syria unfolded has caught the U.S. with dwindling options as the oxymoronic UN ceasefire collapses. Consequences abound as a result for U.S. interests across the region. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-national-council">Syrian National Council</a>, <a href="/tag/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="/tag/turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/tag/free-syrian-army">Free Syrian Army</a>, <a href="/tag/united-nations-security-council">United Nations Security Council</a>, <a href="/tag/bash-al-assad">Bash Al Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-league">Arab League</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/kofi-annan">Kofi Annan</a>, <a href="/tag/damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-rice">Susan Rice</a>, <a href="/tag/hama">Hama</a>, <a href="/tag/homs">Homs</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-gray/life-in-israel_b_1423447.html 2012-04-13T15:16:46Z 2012-04-13T16:34:01Z Julie Gray http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-gray/ America does not know the feeling of having countries, say, 90 minutes away from its border that often say things like America doesn't deserve to exist and brethren will unite to prove this! America does not know what is like to be attacked, routinely, by missiles. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stories-without-borders">Stories Without Borders</a>, <a href="/tag/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/idf">Idf</a>, <a href="/tag/tel-aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/israeli-army">Israeli Army</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/isolationism">Isolationism</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yavuz-baydar/the-syrian-quagmire_b_1414368.html 2012-04-12T08:35:07Z 2012-04-12T15:12:57Z Yavuz Baydar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yavuz-baydar/ Well, nobody had truly believed that the Annan Plan would work, had it not? <br /> <br /> It was pretty clear from the very beginning that it would be welcomed by... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nato">Nato</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-al-assad">Bashar Al-Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/kofi-annan">Kofi Annan</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-ceasefire">Syria Ceasefire</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/syria-refugees-state-department_n_1406410.html 2012-04-05T16:58:03Z 2012-04-05T16:58:49Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- With the crisis in Syria showing little sign of abating, the State Department has begun to step up its efforts to assist the tens of tho... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/unhcr">Unhcr</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/tag/turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-refugees">Syria Refugees</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-refugees">Syrian Refugees</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-crisis">Syria Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/syrian-uprising">Syrian Uprising</a>, <a href="/tag/refugees">Refugees</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/untapped-cities/amidst-war-a-budding-brotherhood_b_1391871.html 2012-04-02T15:39:36Z 2012-04-02T15:40:17Z Untapped Cities http://www.huffingtonpost.com/untapped-cities/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/untapped-cities/amidst-war-a-budding-brotherhood_b_1391871.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="2012-04-02-Capture1.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-04-02-Capture1.jpg" width="300" height="80" /></a> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria-crackdown">Syria Crackdown</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-violence">Syria Violence</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-protests">Syria Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/war">War</a>, <a href="/tag/displacement">Displacement</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-refugees">Syria Refugees</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg/syria-is-obamas-srebrenic_b_1386462.html 2012-03-28T17:32:57Z 2012-03-28T17:32:59Z Amb. Marc Ginsberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg/ In this second year of Syria's so-called Arab Spring bloodbath its déjà vu all over again at 1600 Penn. While Syria is not Srebrenica, there are eerie similarities in how this Obama team is hopelessly caught up in a Bosnian-style policy vacuum circa 1995. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/tag/free-syrian-army">Free Syrian Army</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-league">Arab League</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/kofi-annan">Kofi Annan</a>, <a href="/tag/bashar-al-assad">Bashar Al-Assad</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-national-council">Syria National Council</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-foreign-policyunited-nations">Syria Foreign policyUnited Nations</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-revolution">Syria Revolution</a>, <a href="/tag/syria-protests">Syria Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/foreign-affairs">Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sharnoff/global-march-to-jerusalem_1_b_1384109.html 2012-03-27T21:35:38Z 2012-03-28T07:32:23Z Dr. Michael Sharnoff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sharnoff/ While some GMJ activists may genuinely support Palestinian rights, there is a large component which advocates Israel's liquidation. Moreover, the movement should be discredited for its own hypocrisy of proclaiming to champion Palestinian rights and singling out Israel. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/tag/human-rights">Human Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/israeli-palestinian-conflict">Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</a>, <a href="/tag/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/palestinians">Palestinians</a>, <a href="/tag/world-news">World News</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nemat-shafik/avoiding-a-lost-generation_b_1353977.html 2012-03-16T19:20:51Z 2012-03-16T19:22:00Z Nemat Shafik http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nemat-shafik/ To solve the problems of youth unemployment restoring global growth is crucial, as are policies to support job creation and credit. None of this can be achieved without global cooperation.­ <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/tag/youth">Youth</a>, <a href="/tag/jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/tag/tunisia">Tunisia</a>, <a href="/tag/income-inequality">Income Inequality</a>, <a href="/tag/low-income">Low-Income</a>, <a href="/tag/morocco">Morocco</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs">Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/tag/recession">Recession</a>, <a href="/tag/brain-drain">Brain Drain</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/tag/egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east">Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/financial-crisis">Financial Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/imf">Imf</a>, <a href="/tag/europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/tag/syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-zone-debt">Euro Zone Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/euro-zone-crisis">Euro Zone Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p>