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Al-Rahi Meets Aoun: We Won’t Accept to Reach Elections without New Law

7 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday visited President Michel Aoun in Baabda and stressed that a new electoral law should be reached as soon as possible. “After 12 years (from the 2005 elections), we cannot accept to reach the electoral juncture without a (new) law,” […]

Aoun Says Judicial Line-Ups Should be Free from Political Affiliations

7 April 2017

President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the necessity to let any judicial line-ups be clean from any sense of political affiliation in order for the judicial authority to be able to carry out its missions with equality and justice, the State-run National News Agency […]

Beary Says UNIFIL Would Evacuate Southern Citizens in Case of Crisis

7 April 2017

After repeated troubles between the United Nations International Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and citizens in south Lebanon over the forces’ military vehicles patrols in some towns, UNIFIL Commander Michael Beary said on Thursday that the forces would use its military vehicles to evacuate the citizens […]

Hariri: Investing in Lebanon Prepares for Massive Reconstruction of Syria

7 April 2017

At the opening of the Silk Road Conference on Thursday, Prime Minister Saad Hariri invited China and other countries to invest in Lebanon as a preparation for the massive reconstruction of Syria, as he called for joint efforts by private and public sectors between the […]

Ibrahim Pledges Effective Policies to Confront Terrorism

7 April 2017

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said on Thursday that the renewal of his term as the agency’s chief is a “great responsibility thrown on my shoulders” that he will seek to safeguard, as he assured that he will seek to make the institution […]

Bassil For Lebanese Expatriates, For Lebanon

6 April 2017

Lebanese expatriates are Lebanon’s most important richness, and its biggest resource if our officials knew how to handle them. This is what Minister Jobran Bassil is trying to accomplish through his foreign tours, where his visits will have a positive effect, and will enforce the […]

UK Says Lebanon Continues to be the Focus of International Attention

6 April 2017

One year on from the London conference for “Supporting Syria and the Region”, Lebanon continues to be the “focus of international attention” in Brussels, the British Embassy in Lebanon said on Wednesday. At the Brussels conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” […]

LAF: Enemy gunboat breaches Lebanese Waters

6 April 2017

LAF: Enemy gunboat breaches Lebanese Waters Tue 04 Apr 2017 at 21:43 Security The Lebanese Armed Forces-Orientation Directorate issued on Tuesday the following statement: “A gunboat belonging to the Israeli army breached at 12.15 on Tuesday Lebanese territorial waters off Rass Naqoura at a distance […]

LF: Unacceptable to Ask Lebanese to Choose between Full Proportional Representation, Extension

6 April 2017

The Lebanese Forces has warned that extending the parliament’s term would pave the way for successive extensions aimed at imposing “the law through which Hizbullah is seeking to realize its objectives.” “Hizbullah is mistaken if it thinks that it can replicate the course of the […]

Report: Terror Group Getting Training in Ain el-Hilweh

5 April 2017

The security situation in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh is worrisome after reports said that groups from the militant organization of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis is receiving military training inside the camp, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday. The daily said there is a […]

Hariri meet with UN Secretary General

5 April 2017

Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, visited on Tuesday Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antَnio Guterres, with talks focusing on most recent developments in Lebanon and the region as well as UN’s role in supporting Lebanon at all levels, notably in facing Syrian displaced crisis as well […]

FPM Says LF Agrees to Bassil Electoral Law: We’ll Reject Extension if No New Law

5 April 2017

The Lebanese Forces has agreed to the electoral law that has been proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and the two parties will “reject a technical extension” of parliament’s term in the absence of a new electoral law, Change and Reform bloc secretary […]

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