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Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, contacted on Sunday President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, to inform him about the situation of the Lebanese who were targeted by the terrorist attack in Istanbul. Hariri’s press office indicated that the President of the Republic stressed the necessity to […]

Three Lebanese citizens were killed and four others were injured in the New Year’s Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub, Lebanon’s consul general in the Turkish city said on Sunday. “After visiting Istanbul’s forensic department and after inspecting the bodies, Lebanon’s Consul General in Istanbul […]

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, signed on Friday afternoon the decrees of promoting officers of the army, Internal Security Forces, Public Security, State Security and Customs of various ranks. President Aoun also signed decrees for potential officers on the promotion agenda during the […]

Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, welcomed, at his Maarab residence on Friday, Maronite Bishop of Baalback and Deir-al-Ahmar, Hanna Rahme, with whom he discussed the current general situation. Geagea later met with a delegation of the family of child Ella Tannous.

National Defense Minister, Yacoub Sarraf, visited on Friday Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji at his office, for talks over the military institution’s present situation and its various needs. Minister Sarraf and General Kahwaji then moved together to the Command Operations Room, whereby Director of Operations […]

The Lebanese Forces welcomed Hizbullah’s willingness for dialogue between the two parties and described the latest statement of a Hizbullah official in that regard as “positive and worth to be taken into consideration,” al-Joumhouria daily reported Friday. “The latest statement of Hizbullah political council chief […]

December 30, 201612:25 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered NPR Staff NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Russia expert Kimberly Marten of Barnard College about U.S. actions against Russia for allegedly interfering in the 2016 election. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Professor Kimberly Marten of Barnard College […]

There is a new cease-fire agreement in Syria, but this time without the U.S. at the negotiating table. Will it last when so many others have failed? William Brangham speaks with Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Joshua Landis of […]

The Russian president has rejected a suggestion of the foreign ministry to expel 35 American diplomats in response to a similar move by the US. He said Obama’s act was designed to provoke a reaction, but Russia would not take the bait. “We reserve the […]