Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

BEIRUT: Negotiations over the adoption of a two-round parliamentary electoral system that combines plurality voting and proportional representation as proposed by Free Patriotic Movement President and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil have hit a dead end, a source familiar with the talks told Annahar Wednesday. The […]

NNA – Minister of Public Health, Ghassan Hasbani, started his meeting on Thursday at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. He met with World Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Hafez Ghanem. Minister Hasbani then met with a delegation of […]

NNA – The Press Office of Interior and Municipalities Minister, Nohad Machnouk, said on Thursday in a statement that the Minister decided to suspend the work of stone quarries and crushers for one month in all Lebanese regions. Minister Machnouk announced that he consulted Environment […]

NNA – Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, received today at the Grand Serail the President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee Hassan Mneimne and the Director General of the Central Administration of Statistics in Lebanon Maral Tutelian. The meeting focused on the Comprehensive Census of Population and […]

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 The Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun received in his office in Yarzeh MP Samir el-Jisr, then MP Ziad el-Kaderi as well as the Assistant to the Secretary General of the Arab League Ambassador Abdul Rahman el-Soleh and discussions during these […]

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 Lebanese navy units conducted a tactical drill with the participation of the Brazilian warship “BRS UNIAO” that is operating under the UNIFIL Command. The drill was conducted facing the village of Amchit and simulated detecting and intercepting a suspicious ship and […]

The Senate was established in Lebanon and lasted one year and a half with the start of the French mandate in Lebanon between 1926 and 1927, before it was abolished.   The National Pact document reached in Taef, and which turned into the constitution, singled […]

An Israeli enemy drone violated on Tuesday at 12:00 noon the Lebanese skies from above Alma Al-Shaab village, executed a circular flight over Baabda and Beirut and its suburbs, and then left at 11:10 p.m. from above Nakoura village, a communiqué issued by the Army […]

The international community has notified the Lebanese government of the necessity to agree on a new law for the upcoming parliamentary polls in order for the country to be able to restore its “democratic rhythm,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday. “Prominent international community sources have […]