Month: December 2016

Estados Unidos ha aplaudido este lunes la formación de un nuevo Gobierno en el Líbano, felicitando al primer ministro del país, Saad Hariri, por el fin de las negociaciones. “Estados Unidos anima al Gobierno libanés para que aproveche esta oportunidad para responder a las necesidades […]

Deux héros du Liban Ils n’ont jamais abandonné. Jamais vacillé. Jamais perdu espoir. Malgré une opposition acharnée, plusieurs retards et une résistance coriace de la part de l’administration américaine, de certains membres clés du Congrès et de personnalités politiques libanaises éminentes, Gabriel Issa et Tony […]

Le ministre des Affaires Etrangères et des Emigrés, Gibran Bassil, a affirmé que les Libanais auraient prochainement une nouvelle loi électorale et un parlement constitutionnel qui représente tous les Libanais. M. Bassil a souligné par ailleurs que l’Egypte avait triomphé sur le terrorisme grâce à […]

Le ministre de l’Energie et des ressources hydrauliques, Cesar Abi Khalil, a affirmé qu’il oeuvrerait à mettre en oeuvre le plan de l’électricité et des stratégies approuvé par le gouvernement depuis l’année 2010. “Ma mission consiste à supprimer les obstacles relatifs à la mise en […]

In his first remarks after the formation of the new government, President Michel Aoun said he is keen on the presence of “a harmonious Cabinet,” hoping its members will show “solidarity” among each other. “There is no time to waste, especially that the Lebanese are […]

Lebanon’s new prime minister, Saad Hariri, is promising his new government will do all it can to shield the country from the war and terror in neighboring Syria. After announcing the formation of a new 30-member cabinet Sunday, Hariri told reporters his priority is to […]

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that trilateral Russian, Turkish and Iranian negotiations on Syria won’t be delayed despite the murder of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov. A Turkish foreign ministry official told reporters on Monday, “(The meeting) will be to understand the views […]

In a televised statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara a clear provocation aimed at derailing the Syrian peace negotiations. “This crime is obviously a provocation aimed at hampering the normalization of Russia-Turkey relations, as well as at […]

Andrey Gennadievich Karlov was the Russian ambassador to Turkey. Only a few minutes into a public speech at the Ankara Center for Contemporary Art, Karlov was reportedly shot in the back nine times by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old Turkish police officer. Karlov died of […]