Syrian influence grows in the new Lebanese government For the first time since the watershed moment in February 2005 when Sunni former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed by a car bomb, Lebanon Read More » June 15, 2011 No Comments
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Iraqi Kurds vote in ‘vibrant’ elections Voters in Kurdistan in northern Iraq go to the polls on Saturday in a double election, to choose a new parliament and a president for Read More » July 24, 2009 No Comments