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All sides should try their best not to portray this as a defeat for Lebanon’s Sunnis.Humiliated on Hezbollah TV. (Photo Credit: Yahoo!)As Hezbollah moved into (Sunni) west Beirut and took on the moderate Future Movement, many will be tempted to portray this as a defeat for Lebanon’s Sunnis. That would be bad ideas whose repercussions [...]

It rained, and it rained heavily. Someone on msn told me it was an explosion, I heard one myself, and suddenly it rained… and it rained heavily with winds. It was peace with minor sporadic shootings that were going smaller in size. I felt this serenity emotion, I enjoyed hearing the sound of rain after 13 hours of non-stop of hearing nearby bullets and RPGs.

Sadly, when I woke up, the shooting was there, but we already realized by Midnight that AMAL/Hezbollah militia forces overwhelmed Future Militias. Yes, I did write Hezbollah militias, because for the first time ever since Hassan Nasrallah took over, directed his weaponry not on the Zionists, but towards Lebanon.

Will the real Abu Hamza al-Muhajir please stand up? No, not the one detained Thursday near the northern city of Mosul who convinced Iraqi officials that Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is his name. It's another Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who heads the...

The gun battle I wrote about earlier resulted in Hezbollah taking control of the area around Hariri's palace in Koreitem. They didn't storm the palace, but they control entry and exit.

There are Hezbollah members all over Hamra, and also Amal and SSNP militamen running around all over the place. The SSNP is putting flags up all over the streets of Hamra.

There are shell casings all over, and scars of battles on many buildings: broken windows, holes in walls.

Some people are walking in the streets.

My aplogees for the corny title. Couldn't think of anything more appropriate. After last night’s short but intensive thunderstorm, it is a gorgeous day in West-Beirut today. A little hazy, due to a fire raging in one of the TV studios of Hariri in the neighborhood. There is still sporadic gunfire. But nevertheless, considering the circumstances, a gorgeous day. I say!

If you just heard about the security situation in Beirut and want to know what it’s all about, The Economist’s Intelligence Unit has a decent rundown, check it out here.

From the best source on lebanon, this latest post , and some others...I especially liked this one...Sorry I am not writing these days... I will be returning to normal activity soon.

I live in Ras El-Nabeh, where clashes have been raging for the last 2 days, and thanks god today is relatively calm and under the Lebanese army control. But still, I didn’t go to work in fear of not being able to come back! Yeah feels like being under siege!So far the opposition has defeated [...]

Today morning, the western hemisphere woke up to the news of West Beyrouth being taken over (we’re all Lebanese anyway), by the opposition.Sayyed Nasrallah’s words still echo in my ear…Our Weapons, are not for internal use… will not be used for internal use… Though, I have to admit, he has been patient; till they finally [...]

When the history of the 2008 Democrat presidential primary is written, if Barack Obama is the nominee then two key facts will been seen to explain his victory. First, the North Carolina primary. A red state that went for George...

There is a massive gun battle going on in Koreitem right now.

It seems like Amal and Hezbollah tried to advance on Future, which is protecting the residence of Future Movement head, parliement majority leader, and the primary face of the Sunni community in Lebanon, Saad Hariri.

Hezbollah has taken control of the media in Lebanon, and their propaganda campaign has already begun. They are currently presenting themselves as liberators of Lebanon, and allies of the Lebanese Army against a corrupt government supported by pro-government snipers and brigrands.