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A delegation from the European Union arrived on Wednesday afternoon in Beirut for talks with President of the Republic Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The delegation will also meet with Minister of Social Affairs Pierre Abu Assi. The delegation will also visit Maronite […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri assured on Wednesday that he will deliver a statement during the Arab League Summit in March that reflects the view points of all the Lebanese. The PM, who spoke from Cairo, said he will travel with President Michel Aoun to Jordan […]

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said from Washington, there is a Lebanese consensus on the role of the Resistance and Hizbullah in fighting the Israeli enemy and defending Lebanon, but stressed that preserving stability and fighting terrorism are the responsibility of the Lebanese Army, the National […]

In light of the political parties failure to agree on a new electoral law before the due date, President Michel Aoun said that a compulsory technical postponement of the parliamentary elections must not exceed a period of five months. Aoun stressed, during separate meetings he […]

Speaker Nabih Berri warned on Wednesday of an Israeli pretext to trigger a new war against Lebanon after the latest reports about decisions made by the Israeli government and the Knesset to approve the demarcation of the maritime-economic border with Lebanon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on […]

Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, arrived on Tuesday at 5.p.m. in Cairo on a two-day official visit to meet with Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Sisi, Prime Minister, Sharif Ismail and senior Egyptian officials. Hariri will chair the Lebanese delegation in a meeting for the Higher Lebanese-Egyptian […]

President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, met on Tuesday afternoon at Baabda Presidential Palace with Minister of State for Combating Corruption, Nicolas Tweini. The latter briefed Aoun on the work of his office in the fight against corruption in the state’s institutions. Tweini said that […]

BEIRUT: Lebanese passport holders only gain admission to 37 nations without restriction, according to the recently released Henley & Partners rating of countries based on the degree of international travel afforded to their respective citizens. This places Lebanon as 97th down the list alongside Ethiopia, […]

WASHINGTON: The U.S. and British governments, citing unspecified threats, are barring passengers on some international flights from mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games and other devices on board in carry-on bags. While the U.S. ban excludes Beirut airport, […]