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Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed, both sides say

Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately, Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday. The negotiations were launched in October with delegations convening at a U.N. base...

Lebanese students abroad fall prey to financial crisis at home

Lebanese medical student Lara Mustafa faces eviction from Russia and the end of her dream of becoming a doctor if her parents, hit by Lebanon’s worst financial crisis in decades, cannot send her money to pay for rent and expenses. Another medical student, Wassim Hachem, 24, had to drop...

The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs

From the US civil rights movement's "Freedom Songs" to the Italian partisans' "Bella Ciao", revolutionaries throughout history have always rallied around an anthem. The demonstrators who took to the streets in Tunisia in late 2010 and in other countries since took up that tradition,...

Spirit of revolt lives on in Syria's exiles

They may be scarred, but nothing, not even torture, bombing or exile, could break them. As the Arab Spring revolts swept through the Middle East and North Africa region like a wildfire, thousands of young Syrians joined protests in March 2011 demanding change in a nation ruled by the family...