by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 5, 2013 | Opinion
It was remarkable how Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, announced that “reports about creating a vacuum in the first presidency (the presidency of the republic) at the hands of the second presidency (the speakership of the parliament) are not true,”...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion
For reasons that are clear to see, Lebanese politicians yesterday rushed to announce their support for the surgical step taken by the Lebanese army in Sidon, the capital of south Lebanon, to eradicate the phenomenon of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir, imam of the Bilal bin...
by Nazeer Rida | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army took control of the headquarters of radical Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir in Sidon on Monday after two days of fighting. The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said the army took control of the buildings surrounding...
