Month: November 2016

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Vladimir Poutine évite une guerre entre la Syrie et la Turquie

29 November 2016
Deux conversations entre Poutine et Erdogan ont permis d’éviter une escalade militaire supplémentaire en Syrie. En filigrane de ces échanges téléphoniques, des bombardements aériens non-identifiés contre les troupes turques au nord d’Alep. Poutine a convaincu Erdogan qu’il ne s’agissait pas de raids syriens. Vladimir Poutine […]
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À la recherche des racines libanaises de Fidel Castro

29 November 2016
La mère du leader cubain récemment décédé était libanaise, de la famille Rousse, originaire de Tripoli. Fidel Castro, l’ancien président cubain décédé vendredi dernier à plus de 90 ans, aurait-il eu des racines libanaises ? L’affaire n’a rien d’un canular, le leader révolutionnaire communiste de […]
English

“Lebanon Collaboration for SDGs” Conference at AUB

29 November 2016
The American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted a conference entitled “Lebanon Collaboration for Sustainable Development Goals” in the Maamari Auditorium in the university’s Olayan School of Business, on AUB’s campus. The opening session started with the Lebanese National Anthem and was attended by Care-taker Minister […]
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Aoun meets with Maronite league

29 November 2016
President Michel Aoun met on Monday with a delegation from the Maronite League headed by Antoine Qolaimous. The delegation told the press that the President asserted that all efforts will be exerted to form a Cabinet. “The formation can only take place under the ceiling […]
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Rahi returns from Europe visit

29 November 2016
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi returned on Monday to Beirut, following a pastoral visit in Rome and France. From Bkerki, Rahi related the meetings he held in Europe, hoping the new government in Lebanon would be formed soon. He also hoped that Lebanon […]
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Geagea stresses solid ties with Future

29 November 2016
Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, praised in a statement issued by the LF press office “the dynamic manifested by the second Future Movement’s general conference, and the election of a new leadership; a step that highlights the national efficiency of this movement.” In his statement, […]