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File photo—An image grab from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite Muslim movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location on September 23, 2013 in Lebanon. (AFP PHOTO / AL-MANAR)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 19, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sent an indirect message to Israel last year in which he described Lebanon’s southern border as “the safest place in the world,” seeking to reassure Tel Aviv that his Shi’a militia have no intention of taking...
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President Barack Obama pauses before a speaking about the ongoing budget battle from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP)
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Feb 14, 2014 | Opinion
When I finally listened to the statements made by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Geneva, in which he rejected any talk of President Bashar Al-Assad stepping down, I felt frustrated and tense. My reaction was not in response to Mekdad or the Syrian...
