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Justifiable and unjustifiable protests
Hazem Saghiyeh
If Iran’s expansionism does exist, then the ideological rhetoric about Islam in foreign policy is superfluous. By digressing, one could say that the Islamic rhetorical system in the field of foreign policy serves but one function, namely providing cover to imperialistic tendencies.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | 22:03 Beirut Subscribe to NOW Lebanon RSS feeds
21:57LF denounces abduction of Lebanese Shia men in Syria
21:39Al-Jadeed: LAF reopens Beirut’s Salim Salam road after people protesting abduction of Lebanese men in Syria blocked it with burning tires
21:07Free Syrian Army denies abducting Lebanese Shia men
20:50Al-Jadeed: People protesting abduction of 13 Lebanese Shia men in Syria block Beirut’s southern suburb of Tayouneh with burning tires
20:23Reuters: Syrian army storms Aleppo where 13 Lebanese Shia men were abducted
20:01NNA reports Beirut roads reopen
19:59Hariri calls for “immediate release” of kidnapped Shia men in Syria
19:54Mikati, Berri make efforts to release Lebanese Shia abducted in Syria
19:52Siniora condemns abduction of Lebanese Shia men in Syria
19:35Hezbollah chief urges restraint after kidnapping in Syria
19:29Al-Jadeed: PM Najib Mikati makes international calls following abduction of 13 Lebanese Shia in Syria
19:28Al-Jadeed: Protesters block Jlala-Zahle road with burning tires following kidnap of 13 Lebanese Shia in Syria
19:20Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah to deliver speech at 7:30 p.m. following abduction of 12 Lebanese Shia in Syria
19:18Al-Jazeera: People protesting kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shia block airport road with burning tires
18:57Al-Jadeed: Hadath-Choueifat road blocked to protest abduction of 13 Lebanese Shia in Syria
18:34Future bloc calls on premier to immediately resign
17:29Al-Jadeed: People protesting abduction of 12 Lebanese Shia in Syria block roads in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh
17:09Aoun says detention of soldiers in Sunni cleric murder case a “violation”
16:44Thirteen Lebanese Shia kidnapped in Syria, families say
16:37Saudi king calls for dissociating Lebanon from foreign struggles
Rebel Free Syrian Army soldiers stand in front of an armored vehicle in their control in Homs. (AFP/SNN)
Nothing is “inevitable”
Hussein Ibish
It is important to avoid determinism and the ethical and political imperative to reassert the primacy of human agency in shaping history and, particularly, the future. This is especially true with discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where history prescribes a dystopian vision of the future, but where human action can be used for good.
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Hezbollah chief urges restraint after kidnapping in Syria
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah urged restraint Tuesday after a group of Shia Muslim Lebanese men were reported kidnapped by rebels in Syria while returning home from a pilgrimage in Iran.
22-05-12 | 21:57
LF denounces abduction of Lebanese Shia men in Syria
22-05-12 | 21:09
Lebanese army requests removing banners supporting it
22-05-12 | 21:07
Free Syrian Army denies abducting Lebanese Shia men
22-05-12 | 20:20
World not doing enough for Syria, Turkey's Gul says
22-05-12 | 20:01
NNA reports Beirut roads reopen
22-05-12 | 19:59
Hariri calls for “immediate release” of kidnapped Shia men in Syria
22-05-12 | 19:54
Mikati, Berri make efforts to release Lebanese Shia abducted in Syria
22-05-12 | 19:52
Siniora condemns abduction of Lebanese Shia men in Syria
22-05-12 | 18:37
Dora residents voice solidarity with Lebanese army
22-05-12 | 18:34
Future bloc calls on premier to immediately resign
22-05-12 | 17:23
Hariri responds to accusations Future Movement possesses arms
22-05-12 | 17:09
Aoun says detention of soldiers in Sunni cleric murder case a “violation”
22-05-12 | 16:53
UAE court jails 10 pirates for life
22-05-12 | 16:44
Thirteen Lebanese Shia kidnapped in Syria, families say
22-05-12 | 16:37
Saudi king calls for dissociating Lebanon from foreign struggles
22-05-12 | 16:18
Iraq and Iran exchange remains of soldiers
22-05-12 | 16:16
Mawlawi meets with Mikati at Tripoli residence
22-05-12 | 15:40
Protesters end sit-in in Tripoli
22-05-12 | 15:38
Hezbollah representative offers condolences to Mufti after Sunni cleric’s death
22-05-12 | 15:26
Safadi’s representative: Mawlawi’s release ‘restored Tripoli’s dignity’
22-05-12 | 14:55
Israel “highly skeptical” of IAEA deal with Iran
22-05-12 | 14:54
France probes hi-tech firm over Libya “torture complicity”
22-05-12 | 14:48
Mawlawi says forced into “confessions” under torture, says arrest was “political”
22-05-12 | 14:43
Five Egyptian police officers handed 10 years for protest deaths
22-05-12 | 14:23
Charbel: Mawlawi’s release not result of political pressure
22-05-12 | 14:15
Sleiman: Lebanon attentive to Arab visitors safety
22-05-12 | 14:15
UN distributes food to Syrian refugees in Jordan
22-05-12 | 14:12
Zahraman points at hidden motives behind Abdel Wahed’s killing
22-05-12 | 13:48
Spanish policeman missing in Yemen found dead

22-05-2012		 Press round-up for the morning edition of Lebanon’s An-Nahar, Al-Akhbar, As-Safir, and Ad-Diyar newspapers.
Lebanon sucked into Syria unrest, analysts says
Islamist at center of sectarian unrest in Lebanon freed
Geagea: Government’s resignation is only solution
Sons of Idlib – Part II
Michael Weiss
In the second part of his chronicle of his trip to a refugee camp for Syrian refugees and defectors in Turkey, Michael Weiss talks to a former member of the shabiha about the pro-Assad militia’s gruesome tactics in the regime’s fight against the uprising.
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 Sons of Idlib – Part II
Sons of Idlib
Michael Weiss
When Michael Weiss visited a refugee camp for Syrian defectors and refugees inside Turkey, he got firsthand accounts from the people fighting to free Syria from the control of the Assad dictatorship. What goes on inside Syria, Weiss discovered, is worse than the outside world understands.
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 Sons of Idlib
Military precision?
Alex Rowell and Shane Farrell
Military precision?
Sunday’s killing of a sheikh and his bodyguard by a soldier at a checkpoint in Akkar has undermined confidence in the army’s neutrality, especially among the Sunni community. How the LAF proceeds with the investigation into the incident will determine if the damage can be undone.
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Uneasy calm after army shoots cleric
Nadine Elali, Ana Maria Luca and Matt Nash
Uneasy calm after army shoots cleric
The Sunday shooting of an anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric in North Lebanon by the army sparked gun and rocket-propelled grenade battles in Beirut and protests and road closures in the country’s North and East. Many think there’s more than meets the eye behind the sheikh’s death.
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Inevitable democracy
Talking to author Wissam Yafi
Mona Alami
Inevitable democracy
Many in the Middle East have labeled the Arab Spring a vast Western conspiracy. In his new book, Wissam Yafi deconstructs the accusation by defining four major factors—political, social, economic and technological—that lie behind the widespread pro-democracy movements taking place in the region.
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The march for secularism
Talking to Laïque Pride’s Yalda Younes
Nadine Elali
The march for secularism
On May 6, the third-annual Laïque Pride march will take place in Beirut, with participants calling for the establishment of a secular civil state as opposed to the current confessional system. NOW talks to Laïque Pride co-organizer Yalda Younes about her organization’s work and goals.
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Bang goes our season
Bang goes our season
Images of violence and chaos in Beirut were beamed across the world on Sunday night. If Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud’s predictions that Lebanon would woo 3 million tourists this year seemed optimistic, they have now entered the realm of science fiction.
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Bolton: Watch out for Iranian 'fairydust'
Abby W. Schachter , New York Post
Syrian Jihadis: Real and Exaggerated
Aaron Y. Zelin & Andrew J. Tabler , The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Syrian rebels say Turkey is arming and training them
Michael Weiss , telegraph.co.uk
Iran nuclear talks: signs of cautious optimism emerge
Gabrielle Rifkind , guardian.co.uk
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The Hezbollah chief urges restraint following the abduction of 13 Lebanese Shia men in Syria.
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Live blog on developments in Syria
Syria’s war enters third gear
Rage and arms in Tripoli
Army kills Sunni cleric at North Lebanon checkpoint
Lebanon’s Policewomen
US not thinking Syriously
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