by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 26, 2010 | Society
Turkey! Yep, the Lebanese-brewed cliche of skiing in the morning and sun bathing at sunset has been hijacked by the Turks in their latest “Go Turkey” tourism campaign blaring on UAE radio stations. Here’s the clip: Turkey Tourism Ad on UAE Radio...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 21, 2010 | Regional News
Not that I’m keeping my hopes that this would actually last, but it is refreshing to see Turkey moving away from Europe and turning to the Middle East: Last month, Erdogan received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in a groundbreaking visit to Turkey,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 13, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
Basically, the guardian.co.uk has a section where people can write in about their crap holidays, in a section they intuitively called, My Crap Holiday. Phil Snowdon from Wrexham, North Wales has submitted his own entry in reference to his “vacation” to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 3, 2009 | Regional News
Armenia and Turkey seemed to have turned a new page in their relations: Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won’t...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 24, 2009 | Regional News, Security
One of my favorite websites to read, absolutely great story telling I must add: DEBKAfile quotes senior Israeli military circles as staggered by the discovery that US president Barack Obama had approved a large Turkish arms sale to the Lebanese army, including the...
