Search results for

Nawar Sahili is a member of Hezbollah who also sits on the Lebanese Parliament. He shares his views on the U.N. resolution that calls for disarmament of his organization in the south of the country, the potential source of funds for rebuilding after the war, and Israel's right to exist.

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of World War II's end. The shrine honors many who participated in the war, including a number of convicted war criminals. Koizumi's visits to the shrine have been greeted by protests from Korea and China, countries invaded by Japan.

President Bush met Monday with his secretaries of Defense and State to talk about the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. The president described Hezbollah as the loser in the Lebanon cease-fire.

The Japanese prime minister's annual visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto memorial that honors Japan’s war dead raises protests from China and South Korea. But supporters of the central Tokyo shrine say a revision of Japan's wartime past is long overdue.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits to shortcomings in the war but defends his efforts as well as the decision to accept a cease-fire. But support for Olmert has plummeted, and opposition parties are calling for his resignation.

Author Richard Haass talks about his op-ed that appeared in Saturday's edition of Lebanon's The Daily Star. He says that to effectively fight terrorists, the United States must first abandon the metaphor of a "war on terrorism."

After more than a month, fighting in the Middle East stopped Monday. Still, questions remain about whether the ceasefire can hold until an international force arrives.

Eleven people die in an Israeli attack on a bridge linking Lebanon to Syria in the country's north. Meanwhile, fierce fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israeli soldiers centered on the town of Marjayoun in Lebanon's south.

Israeli commanders say it could take weeks or even months to eliminate the threat from Hezbollah's rockets, and they acknowledge that the Shiite militia will never be defeated. Civilians in northern Israel, meanwhile, are growing desperate under the Hezbollah barrage.

Diplomats at the United Nations seek to narrow the differences and craft a resolution to end fighting in southern Lebanon. The United States and France are working with all parties to come up with acceptable wording, including a call for a progressive Israeli withdrawal. A Friday vote is possible, but there is still a great deal of uncertainty.