Palestinian official: Lebanon to send aid ship to Gaza (People’s Daily)
Lebanon decided to send a ship laden of aid to Gaza Strip to help reliving people in the territory where Israel has been imposing a tight blockade, a Palestinian activist said on Saturday. Jamal al-Khodary, a lawmaker heading a popular committee against the siege, said Lebanese officials told him the ship will be carrying medical supplies for the Palestinians. He did not disclose the date of the …
Lebanese Druze leader accuses Syria of supporting terrorism (People’s Daily)
Lebanese pro-government Druze leader Walid Joumblat Saturday accused Syria of supporting terrorism and allowing arms flow into Lebanon, local New TV reported. In a press conference at his hometown Mouktara in the Lebanese Chouf mountain area, Joumblat resumed his verbal attack against Syria, accusing it of using Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as “bases for terrorism.” “Syria must stop …
Jordan, Lebanon Urge Implementing Israel-Hezbollah Resolution (Nasdaq)
AMMAN (AFP)–Jordan and Lebanon Sunday called for “full implementation” of the U.N. Security Council resolution which ended the 2006 war between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.
Jordan, Lebanon urge full implementation of resolution 1701 – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Amman The leaders of Jordan and Lebanon on Sunday called for the full implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, according to a statement by the Jordanian royal court. The statem…
Lebanese women wed to foreigners want equality (Las Vegas Sun)
Sun, Dec 14, 2008 (8:42 a.m.) Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland.
Lebanese women wed to foreigners want equality (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)—Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland….
Lebanese women wed to foreigners want equality (The State)
Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland. Solh is Lebanese but her husband is Pakistani, and under Lebanese law she cannot pass her citizenship on to her children. They are Pakistanis in the law’s eyes and need expensive annual residency visas, even though they were born and raised here …
45,000 Filipinas trafficked to Lebanon (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines–Illegal recruiters have trafficked an estimated 45,000 Filipina household service workers (HSWs) to Lebanon since the Philippines imposed the deployment ban to the Middle East country in August 2006, the honorary consul of Lebanon to the Philippines said Sunday.
