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US Airstrike Rounds Out Brutal Anniversary Week in Syria War

18 March 2017

A U.S. Marines Harrier AV-8B makes its way to a fueling boom suspended from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender during mid-air refueling support to Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria air space, March 15, 2017. A U.S. airstrike is being blamed for having […]

Aoun ante la comunidad libanesa de Roma: El Líbano estará mejor que ahora

18 March 2017

El presidente Michel Aoun, acompañado de la primera dama y su delegación, asistieron anoche a una recepción en su honor celebrada por el encargado de negocios del Líbano en el Vaticano, Albert Samaha, en la sede la escuela maronita de Roma. La ceremonia tuvo lugar […]

Papst berät mit Libanons Präsidenten über Lage in Nahost

17 March 2017

Libanons Präsident Michel Aoun war an diesem Donnerstag in Audienz bei Papst Franziskus. Für den Präsidenten war es der erste Besuch in Europa nach seinem Amtsantritt im vergangenen November, die eine zweieinhalbjährige Vakanz im wichtigsten Amt des Staates beendet hatte. Thema des zwanzigminütigen Gesprächs war […]

Schweizer Germania schaltet ihren Winterflugplan 2017/2018 frei

17 March 2017

Die Schweizer Fluggesellschaft Germania hat soeben ihren Flugplan für den Winter 2017/18 aufgeschaltet und gibt damit erste Nonstop-Flüge ab Zürich auf die Kanaren und die Balearen, nach Ägypten sowie in den Libanon zur Buchung frei. Die beiden ägyptischen Sonnenziele Hurghada und Marsa Alam am Roten […]

Kanaan asks of those rebuffing taxes to suggest alternative plan to fund salary scale

17 March 2017

NNA – Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Kanaan, on Thursday could not help but wonder how some sides were depicting the endorsement of the salary scale as a “huge crime” at the time that the matter had been thoroughly discussed by the joint parliamentary committees that […]

Mass at St Maroun Church in Rome in honor of President Aoun

17 March 2017

A Mass was held at St Maroun Church at the headquarters of the Maronite Patriarchal Agency in Rome, in honor of President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, Lebanese First Lady Nadia Shami Aoun and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of dignitaries and Lebanese […]

Pope, Aoun shed light on excellent relations between Holy See, Lebanon

17 March 2017

Pope Francis received in audience this Thursday the Lebanese President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun. According to a press release by the Holy See, during this “cordial” discussion, the Lebanese President and the Holy Father pointed to the “excellent relations between the Holy See […]

Proposal to impose tax on crossing Lebanese-Syrian borders by land

17 March 2017

A new debate erupted at the legislative session regarding the proposal to impose a fee of LBP 5 thousand on those who travel by land between Lebanon and Syria. The debate included the political position concerning the issue of the bilateral agreements related to […]

Lycee Ashrafieh students meet with politicians

17 March 2017

Students from the Lycee Franco-Libanais School in Ashrafieh met with a number of politicians to ask them questions. When they were unable to access the parliament, MP Hady Hbeish met them outside the building and answered their questions. Afterwards, they moved to the Grand […]

Makari Blames Gemayel for Failure to Pass Wage Scale as Hariri Slams ‘Lies’

17 March 2017

Deputy Speaker Farid Makari on Thursday adjourned a legislative session due to a lack of quorum and accused “those practicing obstruction” and Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel of jeopardizing the fate of the long-stalled new wage scale. Makari said he adjourned the session to […]

Parliament shelves public wage hike, enacts new taxes

17 March 2017

protester holds up an Arabic placard that reads: “I only will pay the travel tax because I will leave and won’t come back,” as other wave Lebanese flags during a protest against the newly approved taxes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 16, 2017. BEIRUT: Lebanon’s […]

U.S. Military Power in Syria May Increase by 1000 Troops as Russia Bombs ISIS

17 March 2017

The Pentagon has considered increasing the U.S. military presence in Syria by up to 1,000 troops as the international battle to oust the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, from their de facto capital of Raqqa heats up. The U.S. has already deployed about 500 […]