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Nassib Lahoud is dead. His death is the end note of a major political death that had been creeping up slowly since the day after the success of the Independence Intifada, in which he played a major role.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 | 07:42 Beirut

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Syrians march in a funeral in Edleb. (AFP/YouTube)

Hama and the Muslim Brotherhood’s legacy in Syria

In 1982 then-Syrian President Hafez al-Assad launched a fierce assault on the town of Hama to crush an Islamist revolt led by the Muslim Brotherhood. Over 40,000 were killed. Thirty years later, NOW Lebanon takes a look at the Brotherhood’s role in Syria, then and now.
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Hama and the Muslim Brotherhood’s legacy in Syria

Syrians recall Hama horror amid deadly crackdown

Protesters flooded towns and cities across Syria defying a brutal government crackdown on Friday to commemorate the notorious 1982 massacre in the city of Hama that killed tens of thousands.

03-02-12 | 21:28
Mikati meets with Sehnaoui, former French PM

03-02-12 | 21:26
Jaafari: Syrian regime open to political compromise

03-02-12 | 21:25
US: Clinton, Lavrov talks on Syria 'constructive'

03-02-12 | 20:42
MTV: Security forces to stop informing politicians

03-02-12 | 20:25
Fatfat: Cabinet dispute is theatre play

03-02-12 | 20:00
Syrian army near collapse, rebels say

03-02-12 | 19:32
Bahrain opposition urges world pressure on regime

03-02-12 | 19:27
Iran denies planning attacks on US

03-02-12 | 19:23
Abu Zeinab: Cabinet tussle will be resolved

03-02-12 | 18:56
Anti-Assad rally held in Lebanon’s Bekaa

03-02-12 | 18:52
US tourists, guide seized in Egypt's Sinai freed

03-02-12 | 17:40
Explosive device wounds Syrian national

03-02-12 | 17:15
Russia “cannot support” latest UN Syria draft

03-02-12 | 16:42
Two dead in Cairo clashes between protesters, police

03-02-12 | 16:31
Sleiman, Syrian envoy review latest developments

03-02-12 | 16:25
Sleiman praises Lebanese-French ties

03-02-12 | 16:12
US “cautiously optimistic” on Syria resolution support

03-02-12 | 16:04
Gemayel, Rai discuss an initiative to hold Christian-Muslim conference

03-02-12 | 15:48
Russian envoy: Moscow seeking to avoid great war in region

03-02-12 | 15:40
Germany: UN hesitation on Syria not 'tolerable'

03-02-12 | 15:03
Protest held in Lebanon’s Tripoli in support of Syrian people

03-02-12 | 14:57
HRW: Iran 'detaining' relatives of journalists

03-02-12 | 14:42
Geagea: Security warnings attempt to restrict March 14 figures

03-02-12 | 14:33
Jordan charges ex-MP with anti-regime incitement

03-02-12 | 14:25
Residents in South Lebanon want Malaysian contingent to pay dues

03-02-12 | 14:15
Syria violence kills 5, activists say

03-02-12 | 14:10
Egyptian Bedouins seize two US tourists

03-02-12 | 14:00
Iran bans nationals from road travel to Syria

03-02-12 | 12:25
Succariyeh rules out assassinations in Lebanon

03-02-2012

Press round-up for the morning edition of Lebanon’s An-Nahar, Al-Akhbar, As-Safir, and Ad-Diyar newspapers.

“Millions” urged to mark massacre in Syria's Hama

Top US official says Israel could strike Iran in spring

UN crafts new draft on Syria resolution

Our shadow president

If one thing could be said of Nassib Lahoud, who passed away on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, it’s that the fact he was viewed as a natural choice to become Lebanon’s president virtually guaranteed his never being elected to the office.
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Our shadow president

Get used to it: Intervention in Syria is coming

America has condemned itself to thus far playing an almost entirely reactive role in Syria even in the context of the limited means at its disposal to influence events there. However, standing on the sidelines and warning all players not to do what they are already doing is not going to work.
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Get used to it: Intervention in Syria is coming

Resolution unlikely. So what’s next?

Resolution unlikely. So what’s next?

With a resolution on Syria unlikely to pass through the Security Council, the international community has limited measures at its disposal. NOW Lebanon runs down the options international players can use to stop the Assad regime from continuing its onslaught on the Syrian people.
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Breaking the bloc?

Breaking the bloc?

Gebran Bassil—a man March 14 politicians seemingly love to hate — also represents a problem within the Free Patriotic Movement that many suggest will ultimately lead to the party fracturing. Without internal reform, the FPM risks splitting apart without the leadership of Michel Aoun.
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Women and the revolution

Talking to Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi

Women and the revolution

At 80, Egypt’s most famous feminist Nawal Saadawi is still working hard for women’s rights. The psychiatrist, activist and writer of over 25 books talks to NOW Lebanon about post-revolution Egypt, the country’s challenges and the key to helping Egyptian women further their cause.
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The Revolution Will Be Blogged

Talking to Syrian blogger and activist, Shakeeb al-Jabri

The Revolution Will Be Blogged

Shakeeb al-Jabri, known as @LeShaque on Twitter, is fighting a war of information on the Internet as the Syrian revolution rages on. NOW Lebanon sat down with the blogger to find out more about his role in the uprising to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
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Simply a decent man

Simply a decent man

Nassib Lahoud, who died early on Thursday at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer, was always held up as a “clean” man and was genuinely respected by Lebanese of all sects. His presidential aspirations were perhaps thwarted because of that very quality.
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Syria: It’s not just about freedom

Charles Krauthammer , The Washington Post

Five ways al-Assad may fall

Soner Cagaptay , Special to CNN

Israel will not pull out of the next Middle East war until Hizbollah is annihilated

Con Coughlin , telegraph.co.uk

Moscow will be held to account on Syrian crisis

Editorial , The National

Live updates on Syria’s uprising

Get used to it: Intervention in Syria is coming

A gesture Lebanon must not ignore

Simply a decent man

Assad is taking notes from Israel

"Due to unforeseen events…"