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Lahoud would resign if I am chosen
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BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun said President Emile Lahoud would only resign if the former general was chosen as the next president. Speaking in an interview aired by the BBC on Friday, Aoun said persons close to Lahoud told him "if Lahoud was forced to resign he would only do so if I am the next president."

Aoun attributed Lahoud’s stance to "his faith in my fairness, because if there is nothing against the president of the republic there won’t be a future lawsuit against him." 

According to Free Patriotic Movement spokesperson Tony Nasrallah, Aoun meant Lahoud was reassured that as a president Aoun would not allow the parliamentary majority to unfairly file law suits against him once he is out of office and loses his immunity.

Asked about the opposition of the parliamentary majority to his candidacy, Aoun said the issue of presidency was not open for discussion adding "If the parliamentary majority is capable of deciding without Michel Aoun, let them forge ahead."

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Assad says Lebanon a launchpad for Syria
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DAMASCUS, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a scathing attack against Lebanon’s leaders on Thursday, accusing them of turning their country into a hotbed of conspiracy against Damascus. In an unprecedented attack on the Beirut government, Assad said Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had allowed Lebanon to become a base for Syria’s enemies.

"The truth we see today is that Lebanon has become a passageway, a factory and a financier of these conspiracies," he said in a televised speech.Syria, long the main power-broker in Lebanon, ended its three-decade military presence in its neighbour in April amid an international outcry and mass protests over the February killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.Assad accused Hariri’s supporters of exploiting his death for political ends, saying the late Hariri had been Syria’s main ally in Lebanon."The truth is those people, or most of them, are blood merchants. They created a market out of Hariri’s blood … Everything has a price," Assad said.

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MEN OF VISION
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Crossia: By Pierre el Khazen, Crossia is a hypothetical state that is geographically located in Africa. The population of this country descends from different countries in the Middle East and Europe. Arabs, Armenians, Greek, Italians, Phoenicians. The official religion in this country is Christianity and the official language is English and Italian. The system is […]

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MEN OF VISION
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Fiction to Mirror Reality Crossia By Pierre Khazen Crossia is a hypothetical state geographically located in Africa. The population of this country descend from different countries in the Middle East and Europe. The official religion in this country is Christianity and the official language is English and Italian. The system is a democratic system that is based upon […]

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From Damascus to Beirut
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Massoud A. Derhally takes a taxi from Damascus to Beirut, in the process getting a first-hand view of real life and politics in Syria.

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Lebanese FM says Hezbollah is security-keeping force
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said Friday that Hezbollah (Party of God) is a security-keeping force in the south of the country. "Hezbollah is not a militia group but a military force against foreign occupation," the minister told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV channel.

It is a force that joins the government troops in safeguarding Lebanon and maintaining the country’s security, so it is supplementary to the government forces, he said. As for UN Security Council Resolution 1559 which urges Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah and Palestinian militant groups in the country, Salloukh said it is necessary to hold an inter-Lebanese dialogue among various factions on the issue so as to reach consensus about the implementation of the resolution.

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Dibble addresses Lebanese preparations
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 BEIRUT, Nov 7 (KUNA) — US Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Elizabeth Dibble held talks here with Lebanese officials Monday regarding preparations of the upcoming international conference to support Lebanon.

Diplomatic sources told KUNA that Dibble is to hold talks with Prime Minister Fouad Al-Siniora and Minister of Finance Jihad Azour, in addition to Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh. Dibble is to discuss current developments with Lebanese officials in light of Security Council resolution 1636 and the extension of the mission of the UN Independent Investigation Commission probing the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Al-Hariri to December 15.

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Lebanese figure warns on report
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 Editor-In-Chief of Lebanese Al-Diyar newspaper Charles Ayoub has warned against exploiting the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri for serving the interests of the major powers.

In an editorial, Ayoub said that the event brought great dangers to the region, calling for unifying stances to save Syria and Lebanon of the pre-meditated schemes which aim at destabilizing and partitioning the region.He also warned against the repercussions of the event on the region’s stability, pointing out to the promises that the international investigation team gave to the Iraqi people when they inspected Iraq in searching for the weapons of mass destructions.

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Syria mulls UN request to question 6 officials
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria is considering a formal U.N. request to question six Syrian officials in Lebanon in connection with the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, a Syrian official said on Monday.In Beirut, a Lebanese political source said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, head of military intelligence, is among the six.

The request by chief U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis appeared designed to test Syria’s willingness to comply with a Security Council resolution demanding full cooperation with the probe into the February 14 assassination of Hariri."We have received a request and we are considering it," the Syrian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara, making no specific reference to the questioning request, said Damascus was keen to cooperate with the probe.He "affirmed that Syria is keen on cooperating fully with the international investigation committee and installing the appropriate mechanisms to do so", the official Syrian news agency SANA reported.

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