CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON™

LebLink: Weblinks to sites with information on Lebanon

Lebanese Government:
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Lebanese Embassies:
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Lebanese Commercial Groups:
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Lebanese Political Groups:

• The Free Patriotic Movement (www.tayyar.org): The FPM defines itself as a movement for liberation and change.
  Its national objectives are: to recover sovereignty, independence, and national freedom of decision in Lebanon; to spread a democratic system of government that is founded on justice, has integrity and transparency, separates all branches of government, and rests on the transfer of power, free elections, and a free media; to respect human rights according to norms stipulated by international law and treaties; and to establish a nation of rights that is committed to the responsibilities that a modern state owes its citizens and the international community.

• The Future Movement (www.rhariri.com): a non-governmental movement founded around Mr. Saad Hariri, the son of former PM Rafic Hariri killed in a car bomb in Beirut on February 14, 2005. The movement runs an online forum at (www.futuremovement.org).

• The Lebanese Forces (www.lebanese-forces.org): A Christian group founded initially by Bashir Gemayel to fight the PLO in Lebanon and later the Syrian occupation. Dismantled in 1994 by the Lebanese government. Led currently by Samir Geagea.

• Reform Lebanon (www.reformlebanon.com): [OFFLINE SINCE DEC 2005] Reform Lebanon is a team of young Lebanese that addresses the concerns of the Lebanese people and tries to reach out to other reformist-like organizations. They are lobbyists and campaigners aimed at enforcing the notion of reform within the establishment in Lebanon and the parties within it.

• 7iwar (www.7iwarforum.org): [OFFLINE SINCE SEP 2006] 7iwar is an internet forum trying to bring together Lebanese people interested in discussing the future of Lebanon and the best ways to rebuild it.

Lebanese News Sites:

In Arabic:

• Al-Anwar (www.alanwar.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Independent)
• Annahar (www.annaharonline.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Independent)
• Addiyar (www.journaladdiyar.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Pro-Syria)
• Assafir (www.assafir.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Pro-Syria)
• Al-Akhbar (www.al-akhbar.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Pro-Hezbollah)
• Al-Mustaqbal (www.almustaqbal.com): Daily Newspaper in Arabic (Pro-Hariri)

In French:

• L'orient le Jour (www.lorient-lejour.com.lb): Daily Newspaper in French (Independent)

In English:

• The Daily Star (www.dailystar.com.lb): Daily Newspaper in English (Pro-Hezbollah)
• Naharnet (www.naharnet.com): A commercial site, owned by Dar Annahar, with news updated daily and forum pages (Pro - Independence)

Lebanese Television Sites:

• Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) (www.lbcgroup.tv):(Pro - Independence)
• Future TV (www.future.com.lb) (Pro-Hariri)
• Al-Manar TV (www.almanar.com.lb) (Pro-Hezbollah)