Month: February 2017

El subsecretario general de Hezbolá, Sheij Naim Qassem, ha señalado que todas las apuestas sobre las disputas entre Irán, Hezbolá, Siria y Rusia han fracasado, agregando que las declaraciones turcas sobre la retirada de la Resistencia de Siria sólo apuntan a tranquilizar a los grupos […]

EU-Mitgliedstaaten seien verpflichtet, humanitäre Visa zu erteilen, wenn ernsthafte Gründe dafür sprächen, dass Betroffenen ansonsten «Folter» oder eine andere unmenschliche Behandlung drohten, argumentiert Generalanwalt Paolo Mengozzi in einer am Dienstag in Luxemburg veröffentlichten Stellungnahme (Rechtssache C-638/16). Ein Urteil in diesem Eilverfahren fällt erst in einigen […]

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday tasked Minister of Justice, Salim Jreissati, with communicating with the families of Istanbul New Year’s nightclub attack, with the purpose of pressing charges against perpetrators in preservation of the victims’ rights. Contacts will be held with the Turkish competent authorities […]

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel met on Wednesday at his residence in Sil El Fil with Saudi State for the Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer Al Sabhan, in the presence of former President Amin Gemayel. Talks reportedly touched on the current situation and bilateral relations […]

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend (center right) speaks with an Iraqi officer during a visit to an area north of Baghdad, Feb. 8, 2017. Share See comments PENTAGON — The top U.S. commander on the ground in Iraq says that he expects counter-Islamic State forces […]

The Ambassadors of the European Union and EU Member States held talks Wednesday with Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq to discuss “the advancement of preparations for the forthcoming elections,” an EU Delegation statement said. The EU Ambassadors stressed that after the election of a president and […]

Saudi Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan stressed that Saudi Arabia is keen on Lebanon’s unity and seeks “distinctive” political relations between the two countries, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday. “Lebanon is one of the important countries for the kingdom which is keen on having […]

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri told ministers during Wednesday’s Cabinet session that “the new electoral law will be finalized before the end of February,” Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said. “There is no choice but to hold the parliamentary elections and I don’t […]