Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 8/22/2005
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of August 22, 2005
- UN calls on Syria to cooperate on Hariri investigators
Lebanon's President, Emil Lahoud, accused certain Lebanese sides of aiming to use the report of the UN international investigation committee into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri against what he called internal politics. Lahoud called on the Lebanese not to pre-judge results of the investigation. Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/26/2005 - Lahoud: Lebanon to fortify internal Front
President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon on Wednesday said that Lebanon and the region are passing through dangerous and crucial conditions, the matter that requires strengthening the internal front and facing foreign plots. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/25/2005 - Berri: Syria, Lebanon cling to historical ties Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/25/2005
- Lahoud: some don't want Lebanon to be stable and prosper
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on Tuesday appealed to the international Quartet Committee to take rapid measures and compel Israel to withdraw from all occupied Palestinian lands, Syrian Golan and Lebanon's Shabaa Farms. Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 8/24/2005 - Saudi Arabia, Lebanon discuss ME conditions Saudi Arabia-Lebanon, Politics, 8/24/2005
- Qabbani describes his meeting with president Assad as fruitful Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/24/2005
- Need for a culture of tolerance in religion, Syria-Lebanon religious figures
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Syria and Lebanon represent Christianity and Islam in the East, asserting that spiritual leaderships have to shoulder this responsibility at a time the real principles of Islam and Christianity are being tarred by false allegations. Syria-Lebanon, Religion, 8/23/2005 - Investigator of al-Hariri assassination seeks more time
The spokesman for the UN in Beirut, Najib Freiji, said that the team which is investigating the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri will ask for extending his mission which expires this week. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/23/2005 - Syrian security forces clash with gunmen near Lebanese borders
The Syrian security forces clashed with an armed group affiliated to what is called Jund al-Sham organization near the Lebanese borders in Madaya region, and the clashes resulted in killing one member of the group and detention of others. Syria-Lebanon, Local, 8/23/2005 - Al-Jazeera: Explosion north of Beirut leaves three injured
Three persons were injured in an explosion which took place in a car garage near Prominad Hotel in al-Zalqa area north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Lebanon, Local, 8/23/2005