Read more Rafiq al-Hariri stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22859/rafiq-al-hariri.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:32:50http://www.newser.com/story/46164/syria-eyes-a-new-start-with-america.htmlAfter years of frosty relations with George W Bush, the president of Syria is looking for a new diplomatic start with Barack Obama in 2009. In an interview with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Bashar al-Assad says he is willing to work with the United States to stabilize Iraq, and...http://www.newser.com/story/46164/syria-eyes-a-new-start-with-america.html2008-12-24T16:04:00http://www.newser.com/story/28192/lebanon-pays-high-price-to-avert-civil-war.htmlThe agreement that ended Lebanon's 18-month political crisis is nothing less than a sea change for the country, writes the Washington Post , strengthening Hezbollah and dealing a blow to America and its Middle East allies. The US-backed government in Beirut said that the last-minute deal averted a civil war, but...http://www.newser.com/story/28192/lebanon-pays-high-price-to-avert-civil-war.html2008-05-22T14:15:00http://www.newser.com/story/19045/dueling-memorials-shake-beirut.htmlTension is high and security tight across Beirut today as thousands gathered for two opposing memorials—one marking the third anniversary of the assassination of anti-Syrian PM Rafiq al-Hariri, the other a funeral for top Hezbollah commander Imad Moghniyeh. More than 8,000 army and international troops are trying to...http://www.newser.com/story/19045/dueling-memorials-shake-beirut.html2008-02-14T14:16:00http://www.newser.com/story/7820/car-bomb-kills-lawmaker-in-lebanon.htmlAnti-Syrian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem was one of at least seven people killed by a car bomb in Beirut today, just days before Lebanon’s parliament is set to select a successor to pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud. Ghanem was a member of an anti-Syrian governing coalition, which has been locked in a...http://www.newser.com/story/7820/car-bomb-kills-lawmaker-in-lebanon.html2007-09-19T17:11:55http://www.newser.com/story/3068/lebanese-mourn-mp-slain-by-bomb.htmlLebanon observed a national day of mourning today as a prominent anti-Syrian MP was buried in Beirut. The assassination yesterday of Walid Eido further destabilized the shaky situation in the country. President Bush condemned the "clear pattern of assassinations" of prominent Lebanese critics of Syria; Eido was the sixth murdered...http://www.newser.com/story/3068/lebanese-mourn-mp-slain-by-bomb.html2007-06-14T12:09:45http://www.newser.com/story/2677/un-will-try-accused-assassins-of-ex-lebanese-pm.htmlA UN tribunal will try suspects in the 2005 assassination of the ex-PM of Lebanon, raising fears of worsening unrest in the unstable country. Five members abstained from yesterday's Security Council vote, signaling a serious rift. And Syria, which has been implicated in the suicide truck-bomb attack that killed Rafik...http://www.newser.com/story/2677/un-will-try-accused-assassins-of-ex-lebanese-pm.html2007-05-31T15:15:28