A new video game calling for killing the leaders of Lebanon's March 14 Forces has been launched in Lebanon.

The game also accuses the leaders of collaborating with Israel and of surrendering to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The object of the game is to kill security personnel protecting the Lebanese government palace, to break into the palace, and to assassinate all the ministers present.

Lebanese Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Fatfat called the game "political terrorism that plays a part in the current offensive against the government."

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon; Al-Arabiya website, August 30, 2007

During a ceremony for awarding the highest decoration of honor to Egyptian Ambassador to Damascus Hazem Khairat, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Meqdad called for a tripartite Syrian-Saudi-Egyptian summit conference.

Source: Syria News website, Syria, August 29, 2007

Source: Al-Jarida, Kuwait, August 31, 2007

Tourism sources in Lebanon and the UAE have estimated that over 6,000 Saudi families have cancelled vacations in Syria in the past 10 days, making plans instead to visit Lebanon and the UAE.

Damascus hotels confirmed that the number of Saudi tourists entering the country this summer had been the lowest since 2001.

Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, August 30, 2007

On glass: “Iran.”

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 31, 2007

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mu'alem yesterday informed his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari that the Syrian government had decided to require a visa for Iraqi citizens entering Syria.

The move, which is to take effect September 10, is an attempt to stop the flow of Iraqi refugees into Syria, whose numbers have reached 1.6 million.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 31, 2007

On foot: "Taliban."

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, August 30, 2007

Palestinian Authority Energy Authority deputy head Kana'an 'Ubeid has said that Egypt has agreed to supply electricity to the Gaza Strip.

In the next five years, 150 megawatts will be supplied, and after that there will be an increase to 800 megawatts.

'Ubeid said that this way there will be no need for electricity from Israel.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 31, 2007

The PLO and Fatah in the Gaza Strip have each distributed a communiqué calling on Gaza residents to conduct Friday prayers in town squares and other open areas instead of in the mosques, so as to avoid the incitement by the Hamas imams in the mosques and out of fear of clashes with Hamas members.

In response, Hamas released a communiqué warning those who respond to Fatah's call, and threatening them, "Your participation in worship with Fatah will cost you dearly... You don’t deserve to be beaten, arrested, or killed because of [this] corrupt group."

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Palestinian Authority, August 30, 2007; Al-Ayyam, Palestinian Authority, August 31, 2007

Turkish President-Elect Abdullah Gul: "We're back, Ataturk!"

Source: El-Khaber, Algeria, August 30, 2007