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(The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Minister Gebran Bassil expressed his thoughts and concerns about his beloved country and the struggle (of the new era led by President Aoun) to revive it after years of corruption. In an article published in the daily “Al-Nahar” […]

As clashes at the southern Palestinian Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon aggravate, the Lebanese army assured that it won’t allow the tension to spill over into Sidon and neighboring areas, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday. “The army’s decision is clear and firm. It will […]

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Cabinet formed Monday a ministerial committee tasked with the formulation of a new parliamentary electoral system proposal in the hope of breaking a months-long political deadlock that threatens to plunge the country into a constitutional vacuum. The committee, which will be headed by […]

NNA – Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, met, at Maarab on Monday, with Future bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat, over latest political developments, especially the election law. Geagea has earlier met with a delegation of Sidon-Zahrani municipalities’ union, headed by Mohammad al-Saudi. “We discussed an array […]

Within the framework of the High Level Steering Committee, British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard met Monday with the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces General Joseph Aoun for their first meeting on the Land Border Security Project. […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday at the Grand Serail with the U.S. congressman of Lebanese origin Darrell Issa, the PM’s office said. Issa is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and of its Foreign Affairs Committee. He was accompanied by a […]

The Cabinet met at 11:00 am. this Monday at Baabda Palace where a committee, led by PM Hariri to discuss the electoral law, was formed. The session was preceded by a meeting between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hariri during which they discussed the […]

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on politicians to “reconcile with people” through a new electoral law that gives them the right to hold their representatives accountable. “This reconciliation requires them to pull the people out of the state of poverty which has started […]