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Lebanese Druze Leader Jumblatt Willing to Visit Iran Soon
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Jumblatt in Beirut on Thursday, Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Qazanfar Roknabadi expressed the hope that Junblatt's visit to Iran would happed in 2012. During their meeting, the two sides discussed the bilateral ties between Iran and Lebanon and conferred on the latest developments in the region, Syria in particular. Iran and Lebanon enjoy cordia… Read all
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Jumblatt, Arslan meet in Choueifat
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt met on Saturday night with the head of the Lebanese Democratic Party (LDP), and fellow Druze leader, Talal Arslan in Choueifat, LBC television reported Sunday.Following the meeting, Jumblatt told reporters that it is in the interest of Lebanon “for Syria to come out of its crisis [and to contain] the specter of civil war in the country.”&… Read all
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جنبلاط: زج دروز سوريا في أعمال القتل خطأ تاريخي ولسنا بحاجة إلى دروس من إيران
دعا رئيس كتلة "جبهة النضال الوطني" النائب وليد جنبلاط دروز سوريا إلى عدم الإنخراط في قمع المظاهرات ضد الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد مؤكدا أن زج الدروز في أعمال القتل "خطأ تاريخي" ومشيرا إلى أن "اللبنانيين ليسوا بحاجة الى دروس م… Read all
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Assad says Syria “able to overcome current events”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday said that Syria “is able to overcome the current events and that it will never give up its stances, principles and sovereignty, whatever the pressures,” Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.Assad also said that Syria “is strong thanks to its people and the support of the brotherly and friendly people”, SANA added.Assad met on Thursday wi… Read all
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“Sarmada”: The Essential Novel of the Syrian Spring
Last summer, as the Arab Spring protests in Libya and Egypt were in full swing, a sector of the literary world was abuzz with hopes about Arabic literature. Words Without Borders, a literary magazine with an international focus, dedicated two issues to the literature coming out of the turbulence. The Moroccan novelist Ben Taher Jelloun, who published a collection of essays about the Arab Spri… Read all
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