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President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, chaired on Thursday the first meeting of the Higher Defense Council and delivered a word in which he tackled the role of the security services at home and abroad. The President defined those apparatuses’ actions against the Israeli […]

NNA field reporter on Wednesday declared the approval on decrees relevant to oil dossier, during the cabinet session held today under the chairmanship of PM Saad Hariri.

Ministers convened on Wednesday in a cabinet session which is the first for the newly formed government, after having gained confidence votes. The session held at the Baabda Palace under the chairmanship of President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and in the presence of […]

Boushra Doueihy, who was injured in Istanbul terrorist attack, will return to Lebanon tonight coming back from Istanbul, according to NNA correspondent. The injured woman will continue her treatment in one of Beirut’s hospitals.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday warned against “procrastination” in finalizing the new electoral law, stressing that “proportional representation is the most appropriate and essential system for building a modern state in Lebanon.” Proportional representation “ensure fair national representation and meets the aspirations and hopes of […]

State Prosecutor Samir Hammoud on Wednesday sent a memo via the Justice Ministry to a Turkish prosecutor regarding the Istanbul nightclub massacre that left 39 people dead including three Lebanese, state-run National News Agency reported. Hammoud asked the Turkish prosecutor to “provide him with the […]

Turkey warned Wednesday that a new round of Syria peace talks was at risk, accusing President Bashar Assad’s government of violating a fragile truce it brokered with Russia last week. The nationwide ceasefire has brought quiet to large parts of Syria, but has been threatened […]

The Cabinet approved Wednesday the long-awaited oil and gas decrees and appointed two successors to Abdul Menhem Youssef — the controversial director general of the OGERO telecom authority who was also serving as director general of investment and maintenance at the telecom ministry. Foreign Minister […]

The Syrian opposition accused Hizbullah on Wednesday of preventing Russian officials from entering the Wadi Barada area near Damascus to assess water infrastructure damaged by clashes. “A checkpoint belonging to the Hizbullah militia prevented the Russian officers from entering,” Ahmed Ramadan of the National Coalition […]