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France accuses Saudi Arabia with arming the Lebanese fundamentals

As reported on Al-Akhbar: Western countries intelligence services and particularly France started to accuse Saudi Arabia of arming the fundamentals in Lebanon after they found special guns and arms sold by France at the time of the former President Jacques Chirac to Saudi Arabia.

Liberation: Suspicions that Russia arms Hezbollah

As reported on the French Liberation today: Bulgarian authorities searched a Russian ship headed to Syria uncovered pipes cargo with dual-use (civilian and military) being secretly transferred to Syria. The French Liberation asks: Since Moscow and Damascus signed a military cooperation agreement, then why the secrecy of this cargo? Unless the cargo being transferred later to Hezbollah.

CIA to release new details on the alleged Syrian nuclear reactor

Alqanat news site says that the CIA is preparing to leak more details about new information about the alleged Syrian nuclear site in Al-Khobar if the U.S. notices that the IAEA wants to announce the possible innocence of Syria. The same news site also reported that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner threatened to resign because of his objection to Sarkozy's rapid ...

What is behind Maliki sudden readiness to compromise?

It seems that Al-Maliki decided to impose his grip on Iraq policy, showing his willingness to compromise on the sovereignty of the country intending to sign the U.S. - Iraq security agreement. In his interview with the Associated Press yesterday, Al-Maliki offered to help the United States to emerge from its financial crisis: [Al-Maliki] noted with gratitude the high cost paid by ...

Syria got the green light from Europe to confront the Salafists in North Lebanon

Al-Akhbar says that there are two reasons behind the Syrian military reinforcement on the Northern Lebanese borders. - To provide a geographic defense line for the Russian sea base in Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus. - To confront armed groups oppose the regime in Syria, financed by some regional powers and the Americans. Syrian and Europeans want to act very fast before ...

The U.S. accepted the French advice on SOFA

This is the 12 time Iraq's foreign minister Zebari says "The United States and Iraq are close to reaching a long-delayed security deal". Assafir reporter in France said today that the U.S. adopted an advice of the French diplomat who is in charge with the Iraqi affairs to solve the two obstacles: - Provide a time table for the U.S. forces withdrawal. - ...

Syrian news site indirectly accuses Saudi Arabia

Indirectly and unofficially, in it headline Syrian champress accuses Arabs [Saudi Arabia] participation in this morning car bombing near Shiites district "Sayda Zeinib" saying: Damascus crime....Although they speak Arabic. Something revealed today by Qatari newspaper Al-Rai about Bush and Lebanese president Suleiman which is related: Informed sources said that Suleiman asked Bush to end Syria's isolation just like France did...The source also added ...

Iranian suicide speedboats

French newspaper Le Figaro says that Iran prepared about 20 suicide speedboats to attack American ships in the Gulf. Supervised by the Iranian Revolution Guards, Iran has thousands of speedboats and several hundred can be modified for suicide operations.

Syrian invasion of north Lebanon is understandable

I am not sure about the truth of Debka's report that Syrian troops to invaded part of Northern Lebanon, but what I know is there is a missing link in this report which reported by Al-Akhbar yesterday saying: Hariri speed up the reconciliation in North Lebanon, after receiving information from European sources saying; with the growing power of the extremists Salafi ...

Saudi Foreign Minister in secret visit to France

Al-Qabas said there is no sign of reconciliation between the Syrian side and Egypt - Saudi Arabia side because of the wide differences between the two positions. That explains the secret visit of the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal to France as reported by Al-Akhbar today explains: Cairo and Riyadh irritated from Sarkozy's visit to Syria, which both see as an end ...

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