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Book on UNRWA Brings Palestinian Refugee Problem into Focus
Sunday, 9 November 2014, 10:08 am | Franklin Lamb
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established by a UN mandate on December 8, 1949—specifically to deal with the humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees following the Nakba, or the establishment of the state of Israel. More >>
Sunni-Shia Bellum Sacrum Fault Lines Deepen in Lebanon
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 1:52 pm | Franklin Lamb
Historically, the term “religious war” (Bellum Sacrum) was used to describe various European wars among Christian denominations spanning mainly the 16th to the 18th century such as the Seven Year’s War (1756-1763) which spread widely throughout ... More >>
Will Seif al Islam Expel the ISIS Affiliate, Al Fajr Libya?
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 12:07 pm | Franklin Lamb
A second interview by this observer with Seif al Islam Gadhafi, formerly the heir apparent to his father Moammar, was sought and finally arranged as a follow up to an earlier one focusing of my interest in the Imam Musa Sadr case. More >>
Gloves Come Off in Lebanon
Sunday, 2 November 2014, 12:15 pm | Franklin Lamb
Historically, the term "religious war" (Bellum Sacrum) was used to describe various European wars among Christian denominations spanning mainly the 16th to the 18th centuries, bloodlettings such as the Seven Year’s War (1756-1763), a conflict ... More >>
Avoidable Humanitarian Crisis at Lebanon Border Crossing
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 4:41 pm | Franklin Lamb
Chest high metal crowd control barriers manned by armed guards—since late September they have stood outside the Arrivals Hall on the Lebanon side of the Masnaa border crossing with Syria. For Syrian and Palestinian refugees fleeing the continuing violence ... More >>
The Twice Betrayed Christians of Ma’ loula
Sunday, 5 October 2014, 1:29 pm | Franklin Lamb
It is a truly unique cultural heritage site, the hamlet of Ma’aloula, with Christian sanctuaries and monuments stretching back for more than 16 centuries into the past, yet it has been scarred, traumatized, desecrated and deeply wounded by the war in ... More >>
Adra is Liberated: Update from Syria
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 9:58 am | Franklin Lamb
291 Days of ‘Islamic Justice’ Shell-Shocked Syrian Town Freed After Savage Massacre By Franklin Lamb 2 October 2014 More >>
Syria: Engaging the Opposition with More than Weapons
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:43 pm | Franklin Lamb
To my knowledge this observer has never been-nor likely ever will be-accused of being particularly astute and certainly not the least bit prescient. Yet, the more Syrians I meet in Damascus neighborhoods –seemingly from a fairly broad spectrum of political ... More >>
Syria: Engaging the Opposition with More than Weapons
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 11:02 am | Franklin Lamb
To my knowledge this observer has never been-nor likely ever will be-accused of being particularly astute and certainly not the least bit prescient. Yet, the more Syrians I meet in Damascus neighborhoods –seemingly from a fairly broad spectrum of political ... More >>
Street Scenes from a Damascus Neighborhood
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 10:58 am | Franklin Lamb
Changes are underway in Damascus’s suburban neighborhoods. In some of these neighborhoods there are few families’ left—only fighters. But in others, residents are trickling back in (or in some cases never even left) despite the danger. Here in these areas, ... More >>
Street Scenes from a Damascus Neighborhood
Friday, 26 September 2014, 1:31 pm | Franklin Lamb
Changes are underway in Damascus’s suburban neighborhoods. In some of these neighborhoods there are few families’ left—only fighters. But in others, residents are trickling back in (or in some cases never even left) despite the danger. Here in these areas, ... More >>
Street Scenes from a Damascus Neighborhood
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 3:55 pm | Franklin Lamb
Changes are underway in Damascus’s suburban neighborhoods. In some of these neighborhoods there are few families’ left—only fighters. But in others, residents are trickling back in (or in some cases never even left) despite the danger. Here in these areas, ... More >>
32 Years after the Sabra-Shatila Massacre..tensions rising
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 1:58 pm | Franklin Lamb
32 Years after the Sabra-Shatila Massacre Tension mounts in Lebanon’s teeming camps…. By Franklin Lamb 16 September 2014 More >>
Did Israel Offer ISIS $10 Million to Free Steven Sotloff?
Saturday, 6 September 2014, 8:36 am | Franklin Lamb
Though details are not yet fully known to this observer, reliable sources who have contact with DAASH report that the Islamic State rejected frantic Mossad efforts to buy the release of American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff. More >>
Did Israel Offer ISIS $10 Million to Free Steven Sotloff?
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 4:32 pm | Franklin Lamb
Did Israel Offer ISIS $10 Million to Free Steven Sotloff? By Franklin Lamb 4 September 2014 More >>
Is Lebanon the next target for IS (Daash)?
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 9:42 am | Franklin Lamb
No American Arms for Lebanon until Civil Rights for Palestinians By Franklin Lamb 3 September 2014 More >>
SOS: Hospital Ships Needed to Save Gaza’s Children
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 9:54 am | Franklin Lamb
SOS: Hospital Ships Needed to Save Gaza’s Children By Franklin Lamb 28 August, 2014 More >>
A Nail in Zionism’s Coffin?
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:16 pm | Franklin Lamb
The 72-hour ceasefire was supposed to get under way on 8/1/14 starting at 8 a.m. local time—but no sooner had it begun than it appeared to collapse. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 30 Palestinians were killed, and dozens more ... More >>
Solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza begins
Sunday, 27 July 2014, 3:00 pm | Franklin Lamb
As the latest Zionist aggression continues unabated in its slaughter of the defenseless population of Gaza (for the fourth time in ten years, no less!) one of course might simply sit back and hope for the improbable—that the global community will act ... More >>
ISIS (DAASH) Now Recruiting in Palestinian Camps in Lebanon
Monday, 30 June 2014, 2:21 pm | Franklin Lamb
With Washington and London affirming over the past few days their intentions to continue arming “moderate rebel factions” in Syria, Tel Aviv has now stepped up and announced it would like to be helpful as well…by joining with “moderate Arab nations” ... More >>
