New ICG policy briefing on Hizbullah

As it seems that the Arab League mediators has managed to cut a deal between the government and opposition, and optimistic (too optimistic in my view) talk of the parties going to Qatar today(Friday) to try to elect a President (Michael Sulaiman).

As usual the International Crisis Group has provided us with a timely and quick up to date analysis. It´s called Lebanon: Hizbollah’s Weapons Turn Inward and i will only provide you with the link(PDF) tonight, and hopefully later on i¨ll add in my ten cents of thoughts.

Ya sitt ad Dunya , ya Beirut

Majda al Roumi sings Nizar Qabbani´s poem Ya Beirut.

This will be cross-posted on Fustat.