Beirut Car Bomb: Sunni Payback For Hezbollah's Help To Assad? -- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor
The bombing follows Lebanon's arrest of a Saudi member of an Al Qaeda-linked group that bombed the Iranian embassy in Beirut in November.
A car bomb ripped through the southern suburbs of Beirut today, killing at least five people in what appeared to be the latest blowback from the civil war in neighboring Syria.
The blast occurred amid reports that the Lebanese authorities have arrested a Saudi member of an Al Qaeda-affiliated organization which claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bomb attack in November against the Iranian embassy in Beirut. The explosion occurred about 200 yards from the political office of Lebanon's Shiite militant organization Hezbollah, although it was unclear whether the building, which sustained no damage, was the target of the attack.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Most Underreported Foreign News Stories of 2013 -- PJ Media
Pluralism Key to Real Change in Arab World -- Barbara Slavin, Voice of America
Egypt’s Counterrevolution -- Sara Korshid, New York Times
Turkey’s power struggles threaten the nation -- Washington Post editorial
China may face a revolution of rising expectations -- Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
New Political Faces in India -- New York Times editorial
Pakistan’s leadership deficit -- Talat Masood, Express Tribune
Putin’s (un)happy new year -- William E. Pomeranz, Reuters
France's Obligation to Africa -- Robert Zaretsky, Los Angeles Times
France Surrenders Its Wealth And Talent To High Taxes -- IBD Editorial
Britain at a Crossroads -- Mark Bostridge, Daily Telegraph
Mining in Greenland - a country divided -- James Fletcher, BBC
Today is the anniversary of the fall of Moorish Spain. Was it really such a wonderful place? -- Dominic Selwood, The Telegraph
Long Delayed, Mexico’s Revolution Begins at Last -- Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
How al-Qaeda Made a Comeback in 2013 -- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Politico
Five predictions for financial markets in 2014 -- Anatole Kaletsky, Reuters
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