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President Michel Aoun underlined on Monday that his visit to Saudi Arabia aims to end ambiguities regarding the Kingdom’s ties with Lebanon, adding that he is carrying “friendship and love” for the Saudi people. “The Lebanese-Saudi relations have been affected by the events that took […]

The ministerial delegation accompanying President Michel Aoun to Saudi Arabi shall hold tomorrow (Tuesday) a series of meetings with Saudi officials. Minister of Education Marwan Hamade is scheduled to hold morning talks with his counterpart Ahmad al-Issa, while Minister of Finance Ali Hassan Khalil will […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Monday that President Michel Aoun’s trip to Saudi Arabia is an important step on the right Arab track in order to rebuild the bilateral relations between Lebanon and the Gulf. Hariri welcomed at the Grand Serail today Beirut Families […]

Global auto executives at the Detroit auto show are highlighting their investments in the United States, mindful of President-elect Donald Trump’s attacks on automakers for building vehicles in Mexico. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI)(FCAU.N) Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Monday that uncertainty over Trump’s trade […]

Vice Minister of Japan’s Foreign Affairs, Kentaro Sonoura, left Beirut on Monday, winding up a state visit where he met with President Michel Aoun, House Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali bin Hamad al-Marri, deemed the forthcoming visit by Lebanese President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, to the State of Qatar upcoming Wednesday as “historic” embodying the depth of the brotherly ties between the two leaderships and reflecting Qatar’s unyielding […]

Donald Trump has named his son-in-law to a top White House job. Jared Kushner will serve as a senior adviser to the president, and the transition team says he will work with incoming Chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen Bannon “to execute […]

Donald Trump called Meryl Streep an “overrated actress” on Monday after the three-time Oscar winner publicly criticized him for having belittled a disabled journalist. Without naming the president-elect, Streep, the most admired U.S. actress of her generation, assailed him while giving a lifetime achievement acceptance […]

WASHINGTON — U.S.-backed forces in Syria are closing in on a strategic dam on the Euphrates River occupied by Islamic State fighters as part of their offensive to free Raqqa, IS’s de facto capital. Commanders of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance, say their […]