Egyptian FM, Suleiman discuss 'Israeli threats'. Analysts cite Lebanon's...

Jerusalem Post;  August 28, 2008 ;     690 words ......Analysts cite Lebanon's growing significance in the Middle East as US election nears...are interested in Lebanon as "a microcosm of the Middle East," a country in which...declining powers in the Middle East are reflected in Lebanon," he added. "Those...

Notes From the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the...

The Middle East Journal;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958, by...diplomacy in the Middle East and its impact on developments in Lebanon. Irene L. Gendzier...American troops into Lebanon is quite enlightening...US role in the Middle East between Senator...

Death and despair amid US pursuit of 'new Middle East' President Bush...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......fiddling while Lebanon burned they did...piano while the Middle East was engulfed in...The fields of the Middle East are littered with...W. Bush saw the Lebanon situation not just...to build a "new Middle East'' by rooting out...administration views Lebanon as ...

-UN: Forces determined to destabilize Middle East exploit Lebanon's lack...

M2 Presswire;  December 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ......to destabilize Middle East exploit Lebanon's lack of control...situation in the Middle East. To improve security in the Middle East, it was necessary...international terrorism in Lebanon, he continued...sovereignty of Syria and Lebanon. Every principle...Assembly ...

U.N. envoy on Lebanon, Syria warns of dangerous situation in Middle East

AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2006 ;     225 words ......PARIS The top U.N. envoy on Lebanon and Syria warned Saturday that the Middle East is becoming increasingly dangerous...developments, said new dialogue in Lebanon was one of the region's few...The situation in the broader Middle East is more complex, fragile...end Syria's occupation ...

Killing Mr Lebanon - The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on...

RUSI Journal;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......International Security Killing Mr Lebanon - The Assassination of...Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East By Nicholas Blanford 17...services, achieved what is in Lebanon the almost impossible...debate about the future of Lebanon, its role in the Middle East and its position ...

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS C. DAVID WELCH HOLDS...

Political Transcript Wire;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON LEBANON AND OTHER MIDDLE EAST ISSUES, AS RELEASED BY THE...any other non-David Welch, Middle East- related questions. So...about the agreement in Doha on Lebanon. I can address any questions...the outset. As you all know, Lebanon has been going ...

Peace receds in Middle East; Israel's strikes prompt fears of wider...

New Haven Register;  July 18, 2006 ;     314 words ......first in Gaza and now in Lebanon has spread fears of a broader Middle East war and questions of where...transportation links out of Lebanon? Do the attacks with their...unreasonable expectation of Lebanon's weak central government...to occupy again south Lebanon where Hezbollah has ...

Retreat, Regret, Relief: Israel's Lebanon withdrawal has echoes of...

Newsweek;  June 5, 2000 ;     687 words ......s troubled history in Lebanon seems, at first glance...the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army and Israeli civilians...Assess the damage to Lebanon's economy and infrastructure...waste of lives. Some call Lebanon Israel's Vietnam. And...guerrilla army wore down the Middle East's ...

Lebanon Opposes Setup of Middle East Bank

Xinhua English Newswire;  November 18, 1995 ;     307 words ......establishing a Middle East development bank...only rejected by Lebanon, which is the first...to establish the Middle East bank was raised...meeting of the Middle East and North African...Jordan, last month. Lebanon, along with its...of the proposed Middle ...

AMERICA'S LATEST PUPPET REGIME ; As the West looks anxiously at Iraq and...

The Independent - London;  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in the state of Lebanon. According to the...that all over the Middle East - where carabinieri...shooting at the Middle East's most disciplined...UN-speak of southern Lebanon - there are few...deeply involved in Lebanon's affairs than...now turning to Lebanon to prove ...

Lebanon's President, Premier receive Chinese Middle-East envoy

Al Bawaba;  November 11, 2002 ;     326 words ......special envoy to the Middle East.Moreover, the President...for standing by Lebanon and defending its...cooperation between Lebanon and China, saying...resolutions concerning the Middle East, which he said were...added that China and Lebanon held "similar viewpoints regarding ...

PERSPECTIVE: The Switzerland of Middle East no more; As Lebanon is...

The Birmingham Post (England);  July 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Tim Moynihan The name Lebanon derives from the Semitic...the snow-capped Mount Lebanon in the country. The small...the Switzerland of the Middle East because of its conflict-fr...its forces remained in Lebanon, dominating its government...birth. It is very sad. Lebanon had managed to ...

Lebanon and Syria: internal and regional dimensions: the following is an...

Middle East Policy;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......W. FREEMAN, JR., president, Middle East Policy Council Lebanon has been both a participant...the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and the end of occupation there...obsession we all have with events to Lebanon's south. A series of questions...

NO SIGN OF PEACE IN PULLOUT | MIDDLE EAST: LEAVING LEBANON LOOKS MORE LIKE...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  May 26, 2000 ;     648 words ......the Golan, if peace in Lebanon is not part of the bargain...dangerous, for Israel, Lebanon and the whole Middle East. Israel, which defiantly...its civilians. But it is Lebanon in the first instance...Syrian targets within Lebanon also would be attacked...in Israel's part of the ...