Soldiers, Hariri And Banned Newspapers

Three articles to print and enjoy.

-Is all this fighting in the Bared camp demoralizing the Lebanese Army? Quite the contrary reports the Christian Science Monitor, the Army is in fact gaining cult status.

-So what is Saad Hariri up to? Is he staying away from it all and taking a break from politics? Euh, actually, he’s secretly trying to solve the political crisis in… Pakistan- Malaysia Sun.

-Finally, whenever I think of the newspaper Alhayat, I also think of Alsharq Al Awsat and Al-Arabiya, all being part of a gigantic Saudi media network. So why would the kingdom ban one of its own? The LA Times tries to find out.