by Nazeer Rida | Jul 9, 2013 | Features
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Worried about the possible fallout from Syria, the Lebanese military spared no efforts to crush the armed insurgency led by Sunni Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir; however, it remained heedless to the risks of Hezbollah’s growing embroilment in civil-war...
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 19, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese President Michel Suleiman sent a special memorandum on Syrian violations of Lebanese sovereignty to the UN on Tuesday, as the latest round of Syria-inspired violence broke out in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese president handed the...
