Walid al-Muallem

Daily Star Political News: Security Council states receive report on probe into Hariri assassination

The new report from the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will most likely be released on Tuesday, while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's office began distributing the report...

Ban confirms culprits of Hariri assassination will not escape punishment

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the launch of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on March 1, 2009 would be a “historical developmentâ€_ and had “a highly...

Particles of doubt

Damascus won't allow further inspections of Al-Kibar, the site that Israel bombed last September and that the US claims was a nuclear facility, Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Hamas urges Arab states to keep out of row over Abbas

The Islamist Hamas movement which rules Gaza rejected on Thursday a call by Arab states for Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas to stay in office until unity has been restored, insisting this is a decision for Palestinian...

Sources: disagreements between Sharaa and Mouallem on Syrian ambassador to Lebanon

A Syrian source told NOW Lebanon on Wednesday that the appointment of the Syrian ambassador to Lebanon might be postponed until 2009 because the date was not “sacredâ€_. He added that the postponement was connected to...

Uranium at Syria site come from Israeli missiles: FM

Traces of uranium on a site in northern Syria were residue from Israeli missiles used to bomb the area in September 2007, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Tuesday. "The traces of uranium found on the site come from...

Aoun says Syria proved it does not intend to control Lebanon

Change and Reform leader MP Michel Aoun said his prospective visit to Syria was similar to General Charles De Gaulle’s visit to Germany. He added that if some Christians objected, they were free to not vote for him during the...

Eighth report on 1701 reveals arms smuggling across Syrian border continues

In the eighth report on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, set to be released on Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the activity of armed groups outside the control of the Lebanese state still...

Bizarre Media Cycles for Bashar

Bashar al-Assad's regime finds itself dealing with an interesting mix of press in the lame duck days. Today's papers report re-established intelligence ties between British and Syrian agencies; they come as British FM David...

Britain-Syria intelligence links resumed: Times

Britain re-established high-level intelligence links with the Syrian authorities as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband made his landmark visit to Damascus, London's Times newspaper reported on Wednesday citing senior...

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