Lebanon

Liberals, including myself and Daily Banter editor Michael Luciano, were taken slightly aback last month by a temporary moment of clarity in which Glenn Beck admitted he was wrong about the Iraq war. Don't worry, though. Whatever produced that fleeting epiphany has since ...read more

• By Tom McKay
  Feb 17, 2016

The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From the Reuters: DUBAI (Reuters) - Western embassies across the Muslim world remained on high alert on Sunday and the United States urged vigilance after days of anti-American violence provoked by a video mocking the Prophet Mohammad. The ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  Nov 9, 2018

Syrian pro-government forces have killed at least 86 people in Hama province, many of them women and children, activists say. The opposition said government-backed militia stabbed and shot their victims in the villages of Qubair and Maarzaf. Syrian state TV said troops found ...read more

• By Guest Contributor
  Feb 18, 2016

A prominent Sunni cleric, well-known as an opponent to Syria’s president Bashar al Assad, was shot by soldiers in Akkar, northern Lebanon ten days ago. The killing has caused some in Lebanon to fear that Syria’s bloody uprising is spilling over into its neighbour. Sheikh ...read more

• By admin
  Nov 9, 2018

Seriously: The notion that a poorly funded nationalist movement in Lebanon whose stated aim is to reclaim land stolen by Israel would attack the world's largest super power through a desperately impoverished island nation is, quite simply, insane. Unfortunately, this is US ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018