Archives for January, 2013

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal waves to Palestinian student during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City December 9, 2012. Hamas's vow to vanquish Israel after claiming "victory" in last month's Gaza conflict vindicates Israel's reluctance to relinquish more land to the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Khaled Meshaal, the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement, made a defiant speech before thousands of supporters in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, promising to take "inch-by-

خالد مشعل مرة ثالثة لرئاسة المكتب السياسي لحماس .. هل من جديد !!

Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun arrives at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, near Beirut, to attend a new session of the national dialogue, June 11, 2012. Lebanese politicians held a National Dialogue meeting aimed at resolving deep rifts which have been exacerbated by the unrest in neighbouring Syria and have spilled over into unrest inside Lebanon. The last such meeting was held 18 months ago, before the Syrian uprising erupted. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS)

قانون الإنتخابات النيابية يهز تحالف المعارضة اللبنانية ضياع في 14 آذار و"حزب الله" لعب بمهارة

U.S. actress Mia Farrow (C), a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, sits with children of Syrian refugees at an UNICEF office in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, January 14, 2013. Farrow is on a two day visit to Lebanon, meeting Syrian refugees. REUTERS/Roula Naeimeh (LEBANON - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)

بعد خطاب الاسد... مخاوف لبنانية من نزوح سوري جديد

A suspected al-Qaeda militant is taken away by Iraqi police after a presentation to the media at the Interior Ministry in Baghdad November 21, 2011. A total of 22 suspected militants were presented to the media on Monday as they await their trial, according to the police. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

العراق: غابت "العدالة الانتقالية " فحضرت الفوضى

Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri speaks during a rally organized by members of the Amal movement to mark the 33rd anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr, who was the founder and leader of the Amal movement in Lebanon, in Baalbeck, in the Bekaa valley August 31, 2011. Sadr, the founder of the Shi'ite Amal movement, disappeared with his two companions on a visit to Libya in 1978. REUTERS/ Ahmad Shalha (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

لبنان "ساحة نصرة" متقدمة لتنظيم القاعدة

A Syrian child who is also a refugee, plays with snow outside tents in al-Marj, in the Bekaa valley January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Afif Diab (LEBANON - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

لماذا يخاف اللبنانيون من "النازحين" السوريين؟

Protesters lift a giant Iraqi national flag during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, January 11, 2013. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslims took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities after prayers on Friday, in another show of discontent with Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

الحركة المدنية في العراق ... المحارب الاعزل!

A worker adjusts a valve of an oil pipe at Taq Taq oil field in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad May 30, 2009. The oil companies developing Taq Taq oil field in Iraq's northern Kurdish region expect to boost current production of 40,000 barrels per day to 60,000 bpd by November, officials from one of the companies said on Saturday. Picture taken May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ CONFLICT ENERGY BUSINESS)

إقليم كردستان يمضي قدما في التمنية بعيدا عن بغداد

A view of blast walls in front of the Shi'ite Askari shrine in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, August 10, 2011. Five years ago, a blast tore through Iraq's golden-domed Shi'ite Askari shrine in the mainly Sunni city of Samarra, helping ignite two years of sectarian strife that drove Iraq to the brink of civil war. Now the shrine is being rebuilt and Shi'ite authorities are buying up nearby estates from Sunni residents to expand the mosque, risking reopening old sectarian wounds just as the last

أزمة العيساوي...نار الطائفية جاهزة دائماً للاشتعال في العراق

A Syrian refugee woman carries her child as they sit inside a tent near Tripoli January 9,2013. More than 600,000 Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries exposed to the storm. Many in Lebanon and Jordan were forced to move after their tents were flooded. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER CIVIL UNREST)

النزوح الفلسطيني : هواجس لبنانية ومعاناة انسانية

Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (5th from bottom) presides a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut January 3, 2013. Lebanon, now a haven for 170,000 Syrians fleeing civil war, has asked foreign donors for $180 million to help care for them and said it will register and recognise refugees after a year-long hiatus. The Beirut government has officially sought to "dissociate" itself from the 21-month-old struggle in Syria, nervous about the destabilising impact of the increasingl

لبنان بين خيارات التسوية أو ألإنفجار

Protesters take part in a demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, January 9, 2013. Opponents of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday they would call him to parliament for questioning in a second attempt to force a vote of no confidence as the Shi'ite leader faces Sunni Muslim protests. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

"الاخوانيون" العراقيون .. وبساط الربيع العربي

Syrian refugees stand in snow outside their tents during a winter storm in al-Marj, in the Bekaa valley January 9, 2013. The worst winter storm in two decades has hit the eastern Mediterranean this week, bringing destruction and death to Syria and its neighbours who are already dealing with a refugee crisis from the country's civil war. REUTERS/Afif Diab (LEBANON - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

مسؤول في المعارضة السورية لـ"المونيتور": "لا نمتلك قرارنا في النزوح إلى لبنان."

Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki shouts slogans during a demonstration in Basra , 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Baghdad January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

Maliki's Early Elections Calculus

Men count wads of Iraqi dinars using money counting machines at a currency exchange shop in Baghdad October 1, 2012. Many Iraqis have lost faith in their dinar currency but to some foreign speculators, it promises big profits. The contrast underlines the uncertainties of investing in Iraq as the country recovers from years of war and economic sanctions. Picture taken October 1, 2012. To match IRAQ-ECONOMY/DINAR REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

ماذا بعد ارتفاع احتياطات العراق من الذهب؟

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets International peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus December 24, 2012 in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. Brahimi met with Assad in Damascus on Monday to discuss a solution to the country's 21-month-old conflict. Brahimi told journalists after the meeting that he discussed the situation in Syria overall and gave his views on how to solve the crisis. He said conditions in the country were still poor. REUTERS/Sana (S

الأسد قد يطرح مبادرته للتسوية