JERUSALEM -- Three senior Israeli military commanders have threatened to decimate Lebanons infrastructure with disproportionate firepower, wipe out villages in the south from where they believe attacks on Israel originate and to treat both the Lebanese government and the entire country as the enemy not just Hezbollah, in the next war.
AMMAN -- The return of an Arab League mission chief this week to the organizations Baghdad office to fill a position that has been vacant since January 2007 is the latest signal that Arab countries are making a belated diplomatic comeback to the war-torn "brotherly" country.
EDITORIAL
There has been much talk in recent days about Syria and its intentions regarding Israel. One question that keeps regurgitating is whether Syria wants war. The short answer is: No. The long answer is: No, absolutely not.
OPINION
During a recent trip to Armenia, I was once again reminded of mans inhumanity to man. I also found myself face-to-face once again with the power of memory and of hate, and asked myself if there is any way to overcome the lingering and pernicious effects of conflicts among peoples.
DAMASCUS, Syria -- After the end of the Cold War, the West began to perceive Muslim fundamentalism as the new threat to their stability. Recent fighting between Georgia and Russia has brought back specters of that Cold War.
