Geagea from Bayt al Wassat: There will be new president on October 31 and Hariri is next PM

22 October 2016 English

NNA – There will be a president of the Lebanese republic on October 31, and the new Prime Minister is Saad Hariri, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea indicated following talks with the former premier at Bayt-al-Wasssat on Friday.

“I hope an agreement would be reached over MP Michel Aoun before October 31; otherwise, everybody must remember that these are polls and this how we must handle the presidency,” he said.

Geagea also confirmed that ties with Future Movement had returned to their former terms. “Everything we do is to accomplish the project of Wissam Hasssan and March 14. Do not be deceived by appearances, because all what matters to us is March 14 project.”

The meeting was attended by former lawmaker Ghattas Khoury, and Head of LF Media and Communication Department Melhem Riachi.

Related Articles

English

US to hit Obama’s target of 10,000 Syrian refugees – Islamic State ‘likely to continue’ threatening US

6 August 2016 English

WASHINGTON: After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department figures show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United […]

English

CIA Chief: IS Likely to Remain in Iraq, Syria for Years

10 September 2016 English

Despite the shrinking of Islamic State-held territory in Iraq and Syria, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency is stressing that the group’s influence is not going away anytime soon. “I think ISIL [Islamic State] will remain a presence inside Iraq and Syria for quite […]

English

Iraqi units clear Mosul buildings after advances, IS attacks

6 November 2016 English

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi special forces cleared buildings on Saturday in neighborhoods they entered in eastern Mosul a day earlier, after pushing out Islamic State militants in their drive to take back the city, as new images emerged of the barriers the extremist group […]