NNA – House Speaker Nabih Berri cabled Saudi King Salman ben Abdel Aziz on Saturday, expressing sincere condolences for the loss of his brother, Prince Turki ben Abdel Aziz, who passed away today.
Berri sends condolences cable to Saudi Monarch
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Bassil: Our national interest requires that Syria be democratic
NNA – Caretaker Foreign Minister, Gibran Bassil, said, “Our national interest makes us concerned enough to have a democratic Syria, free from terrorist organizations, whereby Syrians alone decide their fate.” Minister Bassil’s stance came Tuesday in the context of a joint press conference with the […]
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Bassil calls for complaint before UN on Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty
NNA – Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, sent a letter on Friday to the Lebanese delegation at the United Nations in New York, urging them to file a complaint before the international organization on the Israeli attacks in occupied Shebaa and Ghajar. “These […]
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Trump arouses Syrian rebel concern, ‘cautious’ optimism in Damascus
Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president on Wednesday aroused concern among Syrian rebels and a degree of optimism in Damascus, where his victory was seen as a better outcome than a Hillary Clinton win. Syrian rebels have long been fiercely critical of what they perceive […]