Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan indicted Thursday 10 Syrians and a Lebanese over multiple charges including links to Islamist militant groups,  Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State. Sawan charged Mohammad Abdallah and six other Syrian nationals for having links with Al-Nusra Front as well […]

BEIRUT: Lebanese security force have arrested one of the most wanted men involved in “terrorism” and in backing al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Thursday. The suspect, identified as Jalal Mansour, was detained in northern Lebanon after changing his looks and […]

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s major political parties are discussing the adoption of a new parliamentary electoral system that incorporates two rounds of voting, a source familiar with the ongoing negotiations told Annahar. The source said the first round will be based on a plurality voting system in […]

President Michel Aoun assured the Lebanese on Thursday that a new electoral law will be devised as was promised in his oath of office, and praised the reactions following his decision to suspend the parliament for one month, the National News Agency reported. “The Lebanese […]

NNA – Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday evening, at the premiere of the play “Hona Beirut” at Al-Madina Theater in Hamra, that the decision of all Lebanese was final not to return to civil war, for any reason whatsoever. “In my opinion, nothing […]

NNA – President of the Republic Michel Aoun said that the state is concerned with delivering care to patients suffering from chronic diseases, first and foremost those with hemophilia, and providing them with the necessary treatment. President Aoun’s words came during his reception at Baabda […]

NNA – Future Movement bloc member, MP Mohammed Hajjar, said in an interview with the Voice of Lebanon radio station “We as a future movement are making every effort to reach a new electoral law,” highlighting “the political struggle in the country and the catastrophic […]

NNA – National Defense Minister Yacoub Riyad Sarraf received on Thursday at his ministerial office a delegation from the US congress, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard. Talks reportedly touched on most recent developments in Lebanon and the broad region, in […]

NNA – Army Commander General Joseph Aoun received on Thursday at his Yarzeh office a delegation from the US congress, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard. Talks reportedly touched on the overall situation in Lebanon and the broad region, in addition […]