Irans Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran supports political dialog between the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, and Mustaqbal Movement to forge national understanding among all groups in the country. Speaking at a dinner banquet hosted by Lebanons Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on Monday, Larijani hailed efforts ...

The battle lines in Lebanon are drawn sharper and sharper. They are largely sectarian and tied into the bitter civil war in neighbouring Syria. On the one side are Sunni Muslim groups, especially Mustaqbal (Future), allied to Saudi Arabia and sympathetic to Syrias Sunni rebels and the Sunni jihadis from around the region fighting on their side. On ...