Anti-government protesters began a sit-in inside the Environmental Ministry building in Beirut on Tuesday, calling on minister to resign over the garbage crisis that has ignited violent protests in Beirut. The minister has refused to resign even though piles of garbage have been left uncollected for weeks since
By As’ad AbuKhalil – Mon, 2014-11-10 18:40- Angry Corner One of the most under (or un) reported stories about the Middle East is the story of the rise of jihadi groups in Lebanon over the last decade. All American correspondents in Beirut are too
In September 2013, the so-called Syrian “rebels” attacked and overtook the ancient Christian town with an Assyrian/Syriac population that speaks Western Neo-Aramaic (language of Christ), Ma’loula. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus, and built into the rugged mountainside at
The war in Syria is dragging neighbouring Lebanon to the edge of the abyss, and nowhere is the growing chaos more stark than in the second city of Tripoli. Sunni militants aligned with the Syrian rebels frequently clash with fighters from the city’s encircled
