by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 3, 2012 | Security, Society
According to Rym Ghazal of The National, some wives are cheering the warnings issued by Gulf Arab states against travelling to Lebanon this year: “This is one of the best summers” in a long time, one of my Emirati friends told me recently. She, like many...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 22, 2012 | Regional News, Security
Not good timing for Dubai92 and the sponsors of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ competition, Bloomingdales Dubai, when you have this playing right before their top-of-the-hour news bulletin about UAE travel warnings and violence in the Lebanese capital. Rock stars...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 19, 2012 | Security
The article by Mitch Smith for the Inside Higher Ed covers the move by American students, interested in studying in the Middle East, to Beirut as regional favorites fall foul to the Arab Spring. However, what is interesting about the article is that Mitch never fails...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 28, 2011 | Security
… as long as they make no stops in Lebanon: A second group of Estonian tourists in Syria and Lebanon can rest assured, according to Germalo Travel. The Estonian tourism operator recently flew a group of 36 holidaymakers to the region. Marianne Kaldas, head of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 3, 2010 | Security
An amazing find from Rami at +961: Believe it or not, I just found out that Haigazian university and the Lebanese army have cooperated back in the 1960?s to produce a series of surface-to-surface missiles called “Arz-1?, “Arz-2?, and “Arz-3?. It all started with a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 18, 2010 | Security
As you’ve probably heard, we have another inmate that has escaped Roumieh prison. Not only does it seem that getting out of the prison is a walk in the park, so is actually getting in: [Fatima Ridha, a Lebanese journalist for the London-based al-Hayat] managed...
