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Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Sunday evening that the candidate fielded by the FPM, Amal Abou Zeid, had won the parliamentary by-election that was held in the southern city of Jezzine to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Change and […]

For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.” Psalms 78:37 Former Miss USA pageant winner Rima Fakih, who became the first Muslim and Arab-American to win the title in 2010, has reportedly converted to Christianity. According to the Middle […]

One hundred years ago on Monday, Britain and France signed a secret agreement carving out “spheres of influence” that ultimately created the modern Middle East. Yet no one was celebrating the anniversary as Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts from Europe, the Arab […]

French ambassador to Lebanon Emmanuel Bonne denied reports on Tuesday that an upcoming conference in France centers on Lebanon’s presidential vacuum. Speaking to LBCI, Bonne said that a misunderstanding had occurred over what the conference will highlight, clarifying that it was not over Lebanon’s current […]

Another day brought another horrible set of headlines out of Baghdad: On Tuesday, four bombings, one after another, killed dozens of people and left streaks of blood and strewn body parts across public markets. As familiar as the last week of violence in Baghdad — […]

A bill that would let the families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the terrorist plot passed the Senate unanimously on Tuesday, bringing Congress closer to a showdown with the White House, which has threatened to […]

In many ways, life is not so bad for Egypt’s deposed ruler, Hosni Mubarak. At the Cairo hospital he calls home, he enjoys regular deliveries of flowers, newspapers and takeout restaurant meals; visits from his wife, two sons and grandchildren; and a sweeping view over […]

Day got the idea of a coalition with Hariri in the municipality of Beirut elections, Michel Aoun to the table, turning the search to what looks like an operating room for a battle of destiny. I attended all the possibilities. Brightest and antibody. Each dimensional […]

A 20-year-old Lebanese man was wounded during a personal dispute in the northeastern border town of Arsal, state media reported Friday. The National News Agency said that a quarrel had erupted between several men over the construction of a wall in the village. The verbal […]