Syria, Lebanon stress to continue consultations
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Syria and Lebanon stressed Tuesday to continue consultations and coordinations in the framework of fraternity, cooperation and agreements signed between the two countries, the official SANA news agency reported.
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Senior Lebanese officials warned Tuesday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
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France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
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France and Germany on Tuesday urged Syria to stop supporting forces that 'want to destabilize Lebanon,' and said Damascus could enjoy warmer relations with Europe if it helps revive stalled Middle East peace ...Comment
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BEIRUT: The UN announcement urging Syria to comply with Resolution 1559 is a further blow to Franco-Syrian relations, which have been rapidly deteriorating since the controversial extension of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term.
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Lebanese PM Hariri hints his government will soon resign, bringing to a head the political crisis over Syria's influence.
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BEIRUT - Lebanon on Monday asked the Arab League to help it counter a UN Security Council resolution, aimed implicitly at its powerful neighbour, Syria, which called for Beirutâs sovereignty to be respected and foreign troops to be withdrawn from the
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This question lingered in the minds of some bankers and financial analysts who observed with deep concern the Security Council debate on the Syrian role in Lebanon Thursday evening in New York.
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Syria said yesterday it would deepen ties with Lebanon, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning against outside interference there. The resolution aimed -- in vain -- to head off a vote in Lebanon's parliament to extend the term of the Syrian-backed president, Emile Lahoud, for three years after his current six-year term expires. Many council members regarded the extension ...
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Issues including the future roles of the Lebanese army, U.N. forces, and Hezbollah guerillas remain unresolved
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Rival Lebanese leaders held discussions on Thursday to defuse rising tension a day after the assassination of an anti-Syrian lawmaker threatened to derail efforts to elect a new president.
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Debate over a presidential extension might turn into a serious crisis in Lebanese-Syrian relations.
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France and Germany turned up the pressure on Syria on Tuesday, telling Damascus to stop destabilising Lebanon as mass protests against Prime Minister Fuad Siniora entered a fifth day.Comment
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Politicians from Lebanon&#39;s divided factions were holding a second day of talks in France on Sunday to try to ease eight months of deadlock that has paralysed the nation.
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Lebanon&#39;s political factions including the pro-Syrian opposition Hezbollah on Saturday began two days of talks in France to try to ease the deadlock paralysing the nation.
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Fears for trapped refugees grow as fighting between army troops and Islamist militants resumes in Lebanon.
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Syria halts co-operation with France on the Lebanese crisis in an escalating row, Syria's foreign minister announces.