Lebanon
Gulf monarchies and US foment sectarian clashes in Lebanon
By Jean Shaoul, May 18, 2012
Several days of clashes in and around Tripoli between Sunni Islamists and Alawites have left 10 people dead, 50 wounded and several kidnapped.
Syrian conflict destabilizes Lebanon
By Niall Green, February 27, 2012
The conflict in Syria, where US-backed “rebels” are fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad, is exacerbating tensions in neighboring Lebanon.
Lebanon intercepts covert arms shipments bound for Syria
By Sahand Avedis, August 12, 2011
Lebanese army intelligence has intercepted a covert shipment of 1,000 assault rifles, apparently being sent to the Syrian city of Baniyas by US-backed forces in Lebanon hostile to the Syrian regime.
Lebanese conflict threatens civil war, Israeli-US intervention
By Jean Shaoul, January 27, 2011
On Tuesday, President Michel Suleiman called on Najib Mikati, who is backed by the Shia Islamist group Hezbollah and its allies, to form a new government.
US pressure triggers collapse of Lebanese government
By Bill Van Auken, January 14, 2011
Lebanon’s government fell Wednesday after the political bloc led by Hezbollah withdrew over a UN probe into the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
Lebanon government gave covert support for Israeli attack on Hezbollah
By Jean Shaoul, January 3, 2011
A classified cable from the US embassy in Beirut has revealed how Lebanon’s ruling March 14 alliance discussed with the US its preparations for a military attack by Israel against its rival Hezbollah.
Israel threatens Hezbollah and Lebanon
By Jean Shaoul, January 23, 2010
Israel has stepped up its warmongering against Hezbollah and the Lebanese government, worsening tensions throughout the Middle East.
Lebanon: US-backed coalition retains narrow majority
By Jean Shaoul, June 10, 2009
In the Lebanese elections last Sunday, the March 14 alliance of Saad Hariri and Prime Minister Fuad Seniora held on to power, losing one of the 72 seats won in the 2005 election.
Instability follows final round of Lebanon elections
By Chris Talbot, June 25, 2005
The continuing instability of Lebanon was highlighted when, only two days after the fourth and final round of the parliamentary election, George Hawi, former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party, was blown up by a car bomb. The blast was virtually identical to one that killed journalist Samir Kassir some two weeks earlier. Kassir was a leader of the Democratic Left, a breakaway from the Communist Party. Both men were active in the anti-Syrian alliance that won a majority in the election, led by Saad Hariri—whose father Rafik, the former prime minister, was assassinated in February—and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
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