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  Riyad (Fides) – Der libanesische Präsident Michel Aoun, ein maronitischen Christ, versuchte im Rahmen seiner ersten Auslandsreise auf der arabischen Halbinsel um bessere Beziehungen zu Saudi Arabien. Die in der jüngsten Vergangenheit äußerst angespannte Lage hatte zur Aussetzung von Militärhilfen in Höhe von 3 […]

The Lebanese-Saudi Summit has winded up with both sides voicing eagerness to bolster bilateral ties in an attempt to “bring back relations to their normal course,” NNA field reporter said on Tuesday. The Saudi King confirmed his country’s refusal to meddle in internal Lebanese affairs, […]

Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, currently on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, met on Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart, Dr. Adel Al-Tarifi. Talks between the pair reportedly focused on the media sector in both countries, and on […]

President Michel Aoun confirmed that “the upcoming days will prove the return of strong Saudi- Lebanese ties”. Aoun’s remarks came during a meeting with the Lebanese community at the Lebanese Embassy in Saudi Arabia and in the presence of the Ambassador of Lebanon to Saudi […]

President Michel Aoun held on Tuesday the long anticipated meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Aziz in Riyadh, where talks focused on improving ties between the two countries. An official welcoming ceremony was organized at al-Yamama Palace, greeting the President and the accompanying delegation. Discussions […]

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary held talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, the U.N. force said in a statement. “I was extremely encouraged by this first meeting with Prime Minister Hariri. I was pleased to have […]

Saudi Arabia and Lebanon have agreed to hold talks on restoring a $3-billion military aid package that Riyadh froze last year, a Lebanese source told AFP on Tuesday. “The blockage is lifted,” said an official in the delegation of President Michel Aoun, who held talks […]

President Barack Obama has called on Americans to defend their democracy in his farewell speech in Chicago. “By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place” than it was eight years ago when he took office, he told thousands of supporters. But he warned […]

A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes, after opening fire on a Bible study group in 2015. […]