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Lebanon indicts 11 suspects over terror links

15 April 2017

BEIRUT: Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawan indicted Thursday 10 Syrians and a Lebanese over multiple charges including links to Islamist militant groups, Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State. Sawan charged Mohammad Abdallah and six other Syrian nationals for having links with Al-Nusra Front as well […]

Lebanon detains Al Qaida operative

15 April 2017

BEIRUT: Lebanese security force have arrested one of the most wanted men involved in “terrorism” and in backing al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Thursday. The suspect, identified as Jalal Mansour, was detained in northern Lebanon after changing his looks and […]

Negotiations ongoing over two-round electoral system

15 April 2017

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s major political parties are discussing the adoption of a new parliamentary electoral system that incorporates two rounds of voting, a source familiar with the ongoing negotiations told Annahar. The source said the first round will be based on a plurality voting system in […]

Aoun: The Lebanese Will Get a New Voting System

14 April 2017

President Michel Aoun assured the Lebanese on Thursday that a new electoral law will be devised as was promised in his oath of office, and praised the reactions following his decision to suspend the parliament for one month, the National News Agency reported. “The Lebanese […]

Hariri: Lebanese have decided never to return to civil war

14 April 2017

NNA – Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday evening, at the premiere of the play “Hona Beirut” at Al-Madina Theater in Hamra, that the decision of all Lebanese was final not to return to civil war, for any reason whatsoever. “In my opinion, nothing […]

Aoun in front of hemophilia patients and health care associations: State is concerned with delivering care to patients with chronic diseases

14 April 2017

NNA – President of the Republic Michel Aoun said that the state is concerned with delivering care to patients suffering from chronic diseases, first and foremost those with hemophilia, and providing them with the necessary treatment. President Aoun’s words came during his reception at Baabda […]

Hajjar: We choose vacuum over extension if left with these two options

14 April 2017

NNA – Future Movement bloc member, MP Mohammed Hajjar, said in an interview with the Voice of Lebanon radio station “We as a future movement are making every effort to reach a new electoral law,” highlighting “the political struggle in the country and the catastrophic […]

Sarraf, US Congress delegation tackle latest developments

14 April 2017

NNA – National Defense Minister Yacoub Riyad Sarraf received on Thursday at his ministerial office a delegation from the US congress, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard. Talks reportedly touched on most recent developments in Lebanon and the broad region, in […]

Army Commander, US Congress delegation tackle military aid program

14 April 2017

NNA – Army Commander General Joseph Aoun received on Thursday at his Yarzeh office a delegation from the US congress, in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard. Talks reportedly touched on the overall situation in Lebanon and the broad region, in addition […]

Hariri receives US Congress delegation and Qatari ambassador

14 April 2017

NNA – The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri received today at the Center House the Qatari Ambassador Ali bin Hamad Al-Marri. The meeting focused on the latest local and regional developments as well as the relations between the two countries. The Qatari […]

Al-Rahi Says Won’t Tolerate Extension, Urges Electoral Law that Preserves Everyone

14 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi warned Thursday that he will not tolerate an extension of parliament’s term, as he called for an electoral law that does not “eliminate” any Lebanese component. “We want an electoral law that preserves all components… We are against exclusion, elimination and […]

ICRC Urges Lebanese Authorities to Pass Law on Missing Persons and Provide Answers to Their Families

14 April 2017

Forty-two years after the civil war began in Lebanon, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on the Lebanese authorities to pass a law that will help clarify the fate of those who have gone missing during armed conflicts in the country since […]

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