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Two Heroes from Lebanon

They never gave up. They never wavered. They never lost hope. Despite fierce opposition, several delays, and tough resistance from the American Administration, some key Congress members, and prominent Lebanese political entities, Gabriel Issa and Tony Haddad did not give up their persistent efforts until […]

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LEBANESE WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST RAPE LAW

A dozen Lebanese women, dressed as brides in white wedding dresses stained with fake blood and bandages, have gathered outside government buildings in Lebanon’s capital to protest a law that allows a rapist to get away with his crime if he marries the survivor. The […]

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Aoun Meets Canadian Foreign Minister

President Michel Aoun held a meeting at the Presidential Palace with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion where discussions touched on the Syrian refugees in Lebanon and highlighted the need for a political solution in Syria, the National News Agency reported Monday. The issue of the […]

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Assad in Person: Confident, Friendly, No Regrets

DAMASCUS, Syria — The guns were silent atop Mount Qasioun and the lights on its slopes twinkled over Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad ofSyria welcomed a group of Western visitors into his French-Ottoman palace on Monday night, presenting himself as a man firmly in control […]