company:al-akhbar

Le niveau monte : J.-P Duthion (@halona) se demande doctement :
▻https://twitter.com/halona/status/612694025330536448

J’aimerai bien savoir sur quels critères @wikileaks a choisi @AlakhbarEnglish pour partager les #SaudiCables ?! Sérieusement...

avant de préciser sa pensée :
▻https://twitter.com/halona/status/612700258066239488

dans le cas présent c’est comme avoir donné les #IranLeaks à l’état islamique.

Oui, le gars vient d’établir une équivalence explicite entre le quotidien libanais Al-Akhbar et… l’État islamique.

Évidemment, soutien de Romain Caillet à la cause :
-▻https://twitter.com/RomainCaillet/status/612696703326625792

Comme le fait remarquer @halona, pourquoi @wikileaks a choisi le journal arabe le plus anti-saoudien pour partager ses #SaudiCables ?

et donc lui aussi de préciser sa pensée :
▻https://twitter.com/RomainCaillet/status/612698931684876288

Pour ceux qui ne connaîtraient pas le Liban, al-Akhbar est un journal ouvertement en guerre avec l’Arabie saoudite
►http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2015/04/06/al-akhbar-un-journal-face-a-un-etat-nous-avons-choisi-la-resistance …

Dans l’article qu’il référence pour expliquer que le Akhbar serait « ouvertement en guerre avec l’Arabie saoudite », on peut lire l’affirmation exactement contraire de la part du Akhbar (donc, si le Akhbar est « en guerre », ce n’est pas du tout « ouvertement ») :

Mais Al Akhbar ne mène-t-il pas une guerre par procuration avec son « allié » le Hezbollah et l’Iran par ricochet ? Faux, répond le directeur de la rédaction adjoint d’Al Akhbar [Pierre Abi-Saab].

Je résume :
– le quotidien libanais Al-Akhbar c’est comme ISIS,
– et ce quotidien est « ouvertement en guerre » (à l’insu de son plein gré) contre l’Arabie séoudite.

« Sérieusement… »

Saudi-sponsored summit to mend ties between #Egypt and #Qatar
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/saudi-sponsored-summit-mend-ties-between-egypt-and-qatar

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Egyptian President #Abdel-Fattah_al-Sisi meets with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz hold a meeting in #Cairo on June 21, 2014. Al-Akhbar Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi meets with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz hold a meeting in Cairo on June 21, 2014. Al-Akhbar

On the surface, it appears that the discord between Cairo and #Doha is over. The Egyptian president will stop in #Riyadh on his way back from China for a Saudi-sponsored meeting with Qatari Emir #Tamim_bin_Hamad_bin_Khalifa_al-Thani. It will be the first official meeting between the two men since the overthrow of the #Muslim_Brotherhood regime more than 18 months ago strained Egyptian-Qatari relations, leading to a “media and financial war.” (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #GCC #Mohammed_Mursi #Saudi_Arabia

« الأجنحة المتكسِّرة » | الأخبار
▻http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/221499

Pas besoin de connaître l’arabe pour voir les belles et aussi terribles photos de Steve McCurry sur la violence dont sont victimes les travailleuses asiatiques. Apparemment, seul Al-Akhbar, journal atrocement pro-iranien, a souhaité les publier dans le monde arabe.

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(Archives) What Abu Salim Taha’ of Fatah al-Islam Confessed (octobre 2007)
▻http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/what-abu-salim-taha-of-fatah-al-islam-confessed

Al-Akhbar, an independent pro-opposition newspaper, wrote on October 3: “The ongoing investigations into members of the Fatah Al-Islam group arrested by the directorate of intelligence of the Lebanese army revealed that this group is part of the global Al-Qa’idah organization and is not merely a group of amateurs that the government security team insists is subordinated to the Syrian intelligence services. According to knowledgeable sources, the detainee Abu Salim Taha, the most prominent leader in Fatah Al-Islam detained by the Lebanese army, gave a number of confessions: One, the groups which constitute Fatah Al-Islam are mostly made of Islamic elements that are strongly linked to Al-Qa’idah and that leaders in it have communicated throughout the past period with leaders of Al-Qa’idah in Iraq and sent several messages professing loyalty to the Amir of Al-Qa’idah in Iraq Abu Ayyoub Al-Masry who succeeded Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi…

“Two, the person called Abu Youssef Al-Jazrawi, a Saudi citizen, is the backbone on whom the group depended to get money and logistical support, as he is directly connected to Al-Qa’idah abroad. This person escaped from the Al-Barid camp with Shehab Al-Qaddour known as Abu Hureireh. He was also a strong link to the fighters moving between Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. It was not ascertained whether one of the prominent leaders in Fatah Al-Islam is a member of Osama Bin Laden’s family. Three, Shaker Al-Absi’s brother in law who was killed by Syrian border guards was carrying a document professing loyalty to Al-Masry plus other documents proving the link between Fatah Al-Islam and Al-Qa’idah. Four, it was confirmed that there were communications between Fatah Al-Islam and Syrian intelligence officers who facilitated movement between the countries as well as communications with Lebanese factions in other camps and cities.

“Taha also pointed out that after the opposition forces started their protest in downtown Beirut, Abu Hureireh suggested the principle of “defending the Sunnis” and meetings were arranged between him and clerics and local activists including cadres in the Future movement. As for the terrorist operations for which the group was responsible, Taha’s confessions included the following: one, Fatah Al-Islam was responsible for the bombing of the buses in Ain-Alaq on 13/2/2007 which caused the death of three citizens and wounded 20 more. He justified this attack as coming in the context of a plan aimed at shaking the situation in Lebanon and that they chose to target a Christian area to cause anarchy there and to spark strife while also creating an opportunity for accusing the members of the Syrian Socialist National party of being responsible.

The fig leaf and the justice of the strong
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/fig-leaf-and-justice-strong

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Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief #Ibrahim_al-Amin speaks to the #STL via videolink. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) #al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin speaks to the #STL via videolink. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

After all the scandals, mistakes, resignations, leaks, suspicions and laws passed in accordance with the political winds, after compromising civil peace and manipulating the stability of the region, after wasting all this time, energy and money, the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) finally found a real, tangible, “defendant” in flesh and blood who appeared before it via videolink. Alas, it did not know how to keep him.

Pierre Abisaab

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#Opinion #Al-Jadeed_TV #Articles #Judge_Nicola_Lettieri #Special_Tribunal_for_Lebanon

#al-Akhbar chief: The #STL refused to clarify the charges against us
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-akhbar-chief-stl-refused-clarify-charges-against-us

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Ibrahim al-Amin (right) gives a press conference regarding his decision to boycott the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on May 29, 2014. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) #Ibrahim_al-Amin (right) gives a press conference regarding his decision to boycott the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on May 29, 2014. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)

Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin criticized the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) contempt judge for refusing to clarify the charges brought against him and the newspaper at a press conference Thursday following Amin’s first hearing before the international court. “We realized that there was a lot of ambiguity regarding the charges against me and in the trial procedures,” Amin said. "We demanded (...)

#STLP

#Ibrahim_al-Amin's full speech before the #STL
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ibrahim-al-amins-full-speech-stl

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Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin speaks to Al-Jadeed from his office after walking out of his #STL hearing. (Photo: #al-Akhbar) Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin speaks to Al-Jadeed from his office after walking out of his STL hearing. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)

Editor’s note: The following statement is the full version of a speech prepared by Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin to be delivered to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Thursday during a preliminary session into the charges leveled against him and the newspaper. The court’s contempt judge Nicola Lettieri interrupted Amin during his statement, drawing a rebuke from Amin who has called on the judge to publicly apologize. (...)

#Opinion #Articles #STLP

#al-Akhbar chief to appear before #STL in “contempt” case
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-akhbar-chief-appear-stl-contempt-case

Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief #Ibrahim_al-Amin is to appear before the International Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) by video-link Thursday for a preliminary hearing into charges related to the publication of a secret witness list. The Hague-based court, ostensibly set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri, has come under fire by media rights groups after announcing last month that it charged Amin, deputy director of #Al-Jadeed TV Kharma Khayat, and their news organizations with two counts of obstruction of justice and contempt. read more

#STL #STLP

Al-Akhbar concerned with security conditions, requirements for fair trial
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-akhbar-concerned-security-conditions-requirements-fair-trial

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Prosecutor Norman Farrell of Canada takes notes on the first day of the delayed trial into the murder of former Lebanese Lebanese premier Rafiq Haririo at the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon in The Hague on January 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Toussaint Kluiters) Prosecutor Norman Farrell of Canada takes notes on the first day of the delayed trial into the murder of former Lebanese Lebanese premier Rafiq Haririo at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague on January 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Toussaint Kluiters)

Dear Judge #Nicola_Lettieri, I am writing to you in my personal capacity and in my capacity as Chairman of Al-Akhbar #Beirut S.A.L..

#Ibrahim_al-Amin

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#Opinion #Al_Akhbar #Articles #Rafik_Hariri #STL

The battle for freedom: Al-Akhbar vs. the authorities
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/battle-freedom-al-akhbar-vs-authorities

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Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin in front of a poster calling for solidarity amongst the Lebanese press to confront the #STL. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin in front of a poster calling for solidarity amongst the Lebanese press to confront the #STL. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)

#Karma_Khayat has said lucidly and clearly everything that the Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) needed to hear. What the STL will choose to listen to instead will serve to clarify the true nature of the STL’s work. But let’s go back to our country, where the main problem lies – where we need to restate things, quite frankly and clearly, and where the STL’s work has its own sordid story. (...)

#Opinion #Articles #Ashraf_Rifi #Chakib_Cortbawi #Ibrahim_Najjar #united_nations

Première audition aujourd’hui du TSL à l’encontre du Akhbar et de Jadeed TV. Ibrahim al-Amine ne participe pas.

Diffusion en direct (en anglais) sur le site officiel du #TSL :
▻http://www.stl-tsl.org/fr/Streaming/watch-the-hearing
(avec versions en anglais, en français et en arabe)

Diffusion en direct avec traduction simultanée en arabe sur Al Jadeed :
▻http://www.aljadeed.tv/livetv.html?Id=1007

La dépêche de ce matin :
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/stl-begin-hearing-al-jadeed-al-akhbar-contempt-cases

An international court set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri opened hearings Tuesday in cases against the editors of Al-Jadeed TV and Al-Akhbar newspaper over charges related to the publication of witness names.

The Hague-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) last month announced that it had summoned Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin and Al-Jadeed’s deputy director Karma Khayat for publishing a list of the prosecution’s witnesses.

According to the charges, Amin and Khayat “knowingly and willfully interfer[ed] with the administration of justice by broadcasting and/or publishing information on purported confidential witnesses.”

The court set May 13 as a date for the two to appear before it. Khayat traveled with her legal team to The Hague to attend the hearing.

Amin chose not to participate in Tuesday’s session after the STL failed to respond to the paper’s request to postpone the session.

#STLP

#STL to begin hearing in #Al-Jadeed, #al-Akhbar “contempt” cases
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/stl-begin-hearing-al-jadeed-al-akhbar-contempt-cases

An international court set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was to begin proceedings Tuesday against the editors of Al-Jadeed TV and Al-Akhbar newspaper over charges related to the publication of witness names. The Hague-based Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) last month announced that it had summoned Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin and Al-Jadeed’s deputy director Karma Khayat for publishing a list of the prosecution’s witnesses. read more

#Top_News

Together for the sake of freedom
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/together-sake-freedom

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From left to right: MP Hassan Fadlallah, Assafir Editor-in-Chief #Talal_Salman, Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief #Ibrahim_al-Amin, and owner of #Al-Jadeed TV Tahseen Khayat. They were part of the gathering at the #press_syndicate building on April 28, 2014 to denounce the #STL's charges against Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief, Ibrahim al-Amin, and #Karma_Khayat of Al-Jadeed TV. From left to right: MP Hassan Fadlallah, Assafir Editor-in-Chief Talal Salman, Al-Akhbar Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim al-Amin, and owner of Al-Jadeed TV Tahseen Khayat. They were part of the gathering at the Press Syndicate building on April 28, 2014 to denounce the STL’s charges against Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief, Ibrahim al-Amin, and Karma Khayat of Al-Jadeed TV. (...)

#Opinion #Articles #Beirut #Lebanon #Ministry_of_Information #Pierre_al-Daher #Ramzi_Jreij

Hariri tribunal charges #al-Akhbar chief with “obstruction of justice”
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hariri-tribunal-charges-al-akhbar-chief-obstruction-justice

An international court set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minsiter Rafik Hariri has summoned Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief and a journalist for #Al-Jadeed Television over two counts of Obstruction of Justice, the body announced Thursday. read more

#STL #Top_News

#Ashraf_Rifi takes on Al-Akhbar
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ashraf-rifi-takes-al-akhbar

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Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi (R). (Photo: Marwan Bou Haidar) Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi (R). (Photo: Marwan Bou Haidar)

An opinion piece published by Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief #Ibrahim_al-Amin Monday chastising #Lebanon's president for standing against Hezbollah has triggered a row with Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi.

Dania Hawat Rana Harbi

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#Articles #Court_of_Publications #Lebanon #Michel_Sleiman

STL could take action against Al-Akhbar | News , Politics | THE DAILY STAR
▻http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2013/Jan-19/202891-stl-could-take-action-against-al-akhbar.ashx#axzz2IQ43WJBN

Le tribunal spécial pour le #Liban menace le journal Al-Akhbar pour avoir publié des informations confidentielles. Et la liberté de la presse ?

WikiLeaks, Al-Akhbar collaborate on “embarrassing” Syria Files
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/wikileaks-al-akhbar-collaborate-embarrassing-syria-files

Al-Akhbar will work with WikiLeaks over coming weeks to release a large number of emails detailing the inner workings of Syria’s political and business elite, the two organizations confirmed on Thursday.

WikiLeaks announced in a statement on Thursday it will publish more than 2 million emails “from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012.”

The Syria Files are set to reveal the intimate workings of the country’s ruling elite, as well as its opponents. Among the government departments included are the Ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture.

“The material is embarrassing to Syria, but it is also embarrassing to Syria’s opponents,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said.

#wikileaks #syria_files