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January 24, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-lebanon-jumblatt-20110122,0,4911703.story

Lebanon Druze Leader Jumblatt Sides with Hizbullah

(Los Angeles Times) Alexandra Sandels and Jeffrey Fleishman - Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt defected Friday to support Hizbullah, a development considered a blow to Washington in the latest Lebanese government crisis. "The party will stand firm in support of Syria and the resistance," Jumblatt said in Beirut.

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