A new era

                   
nowlebanon.com     May 20, 2008            

The government confronts Hezbollah with the core of the crisis: a state within the state Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Staff , May 7, 2008 MP Walid Jumblatt listens to Sheikh Nabil Qauq, Hezbollah’s military commander for South Lebanon. At last, the government seems ready to confront the real issue at the... [read full story]                    

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“Divine” weapons no longer

nowlebanon.com     May 20, 2008          

Hezbollah’s militia faces new questions David Kenner, NOW Staff , May 18, 2008 Opposition gunmen in the streets of Beirut on May 8, 2008. At the center of this divide is the eternal issue of Hezbollah’s weapons, which March 14 leaders have declared a necessary subject of discussion at the...                    

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The conflict’s Iranian face

nowlebanon.com     May 20, 2008          

Tehran may have played a decisive role in the past week’s crisis Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Staff , May 16, 2008 Hezbollah-allied Amal militants take fire during fights with government supporters in Choueifat (AFP/ANWAR AMRO) Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have...                    

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On the brink

nowlebanon.com     May 20, 2008          

The strikes and clashes paralyzing Beirut are the result of a perfect storm of events, which together have brought Lebanon’s security situation near to its breaking point. As neither side shows any signs of backing down, Lebanon can do little but brace for even more conflict in the coming days.                    

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Untouchable

nowlebanon.com     May 20, 2008          

Recent events, most notably the kidnapping and release of French diplomat, Karim Pakzad, have once again raised the question of why Hezbollah is above the law. Why are the Internal Security Forces tacitly allowing Hezbollah to breach the law, unchecked?                    

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Rivals in evil

coolblue.typepad.com     May 20, 2008          

Back in the Summer of 2006, the world was stunned when they learned just how sophisticated a fighting force Hezbollah really was. The Hezbollah fighters are well trained, and according to an anonymous senior military source, using ammunition and equipment such as armor piercing rounds, body...                    

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CHRONOLOGY-Political impasse in Lebanon

alertnet.org     May 21, 2008          

May 21 (Reuters) - Five pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim ministers from Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal movement, resign after the collapse of talks on giving their camp more say in government. Hezbollah, Amal and supporters of Christian leader Michel Aoun camp outside Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's...                    

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Hezbollah's network confirms terror goals

nowlebanon.com     May 21, 2008          

A detailed map released by a French Web site citing Lebanese sources shows the main network of communications established by Hezbollah throughout Lebanon. It details the organization's closed circuit telephone system, a network independent from the one operated by the government.                    

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Lebanon holds out during Hezbollah takeover

energypublisher.com     May 21, 2008          

Like Leonidas' 300 stalwart Spartans fighting Persian hordes, Lebanon is holding out under attack from Hezbollah and its Iranian allies. The hordes of Lebanon’s "Khomeinist Janjaweeds" have conquered already half of the Middle East’s cultural capital, Beirut. Unstoppable, including by the...                    

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Lebanese Political Factions Reach Agreement

washingtonpost.com     May 21, 2008          

By Anthony Shadid, Alia Ibrahim and Howard Schneider Washington Post Staff Writers BEIRUT, May 21 -- Lebanon's rival factions agreed today to end the country's political crisis in a deal that enhances the standing of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and paves the way for filling the...                    

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Deal in Lebanon

matthewyglesias.com     May 21, 2008          

Looks like Lebanon's political factions have reaches a deal that's okay with Hezbollah and may pave the way to relieve the atmosphere of crisis that's been gripping the country. I meant to link yesterday to an excellent point Fareed Zakaria made about Hezbollah: Hizbullah is not like Al Qaeda, a...                    

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