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France will hold the first round of its presidential election. About 150000 Lebanese-French nationals are eligible to vote in the elections. This report will shed on how the Lebanese-French nationals will vote during the first round of the presidential elections in France.

Lebanese activists have ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation on Saturday along Beirut’s sunny seaside. A proposal to scrap Article 522 of the penal code — which deals with […]

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday reiterated that parliamentary elections under the controversial current law would be better than another extension of parliament’s term or parliamentary “vacuum.” “We are praying and pleading so that the political forces, the parliamentary blocs and the government be able […]

Arab and foreign ambassadors have praised Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s visit to south Lebanon, media reports said. Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, which is affiliated with Hariri’s Mustaqbal Movement, reported Sunday that “Arab and foreign diplomats in Lebanon have informed Lebanese political figures of their relief over PM […]

MP Ali Fayyad of Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc announced Sunday that the controversial tour that his party organized Thursday for reporters on the Lebanese-Israeli border has been “deliberately misinterpreted” by some Lebanese parties. “Some parties trying to stir disputes based on exaggerated interpretations and […]

Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that the security situation in the country is under the army’s full control. Aoun’s comments were made during a visit to the Rangers Regiment mobilized in the Roumieh prison, whereby he warned that “any attempt to […]

The Progressive Socialist Party has said that several political forces have asked for copies of the electoral law format that the PSP has proposed. “The party has started sending these copies to a host of parties and movements, such as the Free Patriotic Movement, al-Mustaqbal […]

Hizbullah central council official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq warned Sunday that Lebanon would face a “disaster” should no new electoral law be approved soon. “Lebanon would be approaching a disaster should no new electoral law be approved before the expiry of the legal deadlines, seeing as […]