Headlines I selected from today’s Arab media:
Qatar’s Aljazeera
- “95 killed in gory day in Syria”
- “League set to extend observer mission, opposition primed for internationalization”
- “Islamists control Egyptian parliament”
Lebanese daily as-Safir
- “Tehran: Bringing down Damascus is an illusion and a mirage”
Lebanese daily an-Nahar
- “Islamists sweep Egyptian parliament; ‘Revolution Continues’ party trails at the bottom”
- “Yemen parliament approves immunity for Saleh, names Hadi as consensus candidate for president”
- Columnist Ali Hamadeh: “Zabadani [city in Syria] and the Syrian revolution’s militarization”
Lebanese al-Manar TV
- “Hamas: Leader Meshaal shunning re-election”
Saudi daily Asharq Alawsat
- “Free Syrian Army said controlling north and east Idlib after fierce clashes with regime forces”
- “Hezbollah elements manning Zabadani checkpoints -- activists”
- Chief editor Tariq Alhomayed: “Syria’s Benghazi”
Egyptian daily al-Ahram
- “Parliament: 127 list seats for Freedom and Justice, 96 for Nour, 36 for al-Wafd, 33 for Egyptian Bloc…”
- “Mubarak can only be tried by a special court; constitutionally, he remains president to this day -- chief defense lawyer Farid al-Deeb”
Saudi daily al-Hayat
- Columnist Hazem Saghiyeh: “Don’t execute him (Mubarak)”
Syrian daily Tishreen
- “Real estate transactions at a standstill”
- “Price of gas cylinder shoots up to 400 liras”
- “80 percent of housing applicants now opting for illegal construction sites”