Qifa Nabki
Hariri investigation
Nasrallah to Issue Decisive Word on U.N. Tribunal Indictments?
Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah will deliver a major address tomorrow (Tuesday August 3, 2010) on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the July War. The address will begin at 20:30 Beirut time (17:30 GMT). It is widely expected that Nasrallah will address the issue of STL indictments and that he will reveal the … Continue reading
False Witnesses and the Hariri Investigation
The issue of false witnesses in the Hariri investigation is receiving considerable play in the Lebanese media these days, particularly in outlets close to the parliamentary minority. (See here for al-Akhbar‘s interesting series on the subject.) Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly demanded that the STL investigate the backgrounds of discredited witnesses such as Muhammad … Continue reading
Some Post-Summit Thoughts
The Lebanese media is caught up in a frenzy trying to parse the results of yesterday’s summit in Beirut. A few observations are in order. The little information that has trickled out of the closed-door meetings held in Damascus and Beirut seems to suggest that the point of King Abdullah’s visit was both to instill … Continue reading
What To Read on the Arab Mini-Summit in Beirut
I’ll be updating this thread with links to commentaries on the visit of King Abdullah and President Assad to Beirut. Nick Noe argues that Hizbullah is not afraid of the indictments harming its relations with Syria or leading to a Sunni-Shiite civil war in Lebanon, but rather that it harms the resistance brand. Sami Moubayed … Continue reading
Syrians and Saudis on the Same Page?
Beirut will host a rare summit of regional leaders this weekend–all the more remarkable for having been organized on very short notice. There are reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be joined by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. Erdogan and Ahmadinejad are apparently planning visits as … Continue reading
Qifa Nabki 
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