Articles by Jeryes S. Khalil

The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government, to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence upcoming week. Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, relayed to the press the on goings of the session after its conclusion. He […]

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gibran Bassil, said during the inauguration of a municipal building in Faraya on Saturday that now that the Christians have regained their power, more work can be done, advising everyone to” get used” to the new shape of government. Bassil promised […]

This Christmas season, churches across the country will tell the story of one refugee child. The toddler and his parents made a late-night escape from their home country in the Middle East. Not long after, all boys his age, 2 and under, were ordered killed by the […]

President-elect Trump tweeted Saturday afternoon that the United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements will make Middle East peace “much harder” to achieve, but vowed to get it done regardless. “The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will make it much […]

President Michel Aoun held talks Friday with visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Jaber Ansari. Ansari relayed to Aoun a verbal message from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Lebanon’s National News Agency said. The message reiterated “the importance of the Iranian-Lebanese ties and the need to […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri welcomed, in a tweet on Friday, a fresh resolution by the UN Security Council, hereby demanding that Israel halt settlements building in the occupied Palestinian lands.

General Jean-Pierre Bosser, the Chief of Staff of the French Army, held separate talks Friday in Lebanon with the new defense minister, Yaaqoub al-Sarraf, and Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji. During his meeting with Sarraf, the visiting French general explored means to “support the Lebanese […]

The Lebanese Forces has “strongly rejected” a clause in the government’s policy statement related to the “role of the Resistance” and has therefore demanded a replacement and for some time to study the policy before the cabinet convenes, al-Joumhouria daily reported Saturday. “The Lebanese Forces […]

The Syrian army’s recapture of the northern city of Aleppo has put an end to hopes that President Bashar Assad’s regime could be ousted, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday, while noting that his party does not want to “control Lebanon.” “After Aleppo, one […]