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Trump Receives ‘Beautiful’ Letter From Putin Following US Election Victory

13 November 2016

US President-elect Donald Trump said he had received a “beautiful” letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire August 19, 2015 © […]

Hariri congratulates Trump over presidential victory

13 November 2016

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri contacted on Friday the newly-elected US President, Donald Trump, to extend congratulations on his win. During the phone call, the pair dwelt on the Lebanese-US relations and the perspectives of bilateral cooperation between Lebanon and the new US administration. Both agreed […]

Hizbullah Shells Nusra Militants in Arsal Outskirts, Inflicting Casualties

13 November 2016

Hizbullah fighters on Friday bombed militants from al-Nusra Front in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, inflicting casualties, Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV reported. “Islamic Resistance jihadi fighters have targeted a gathering of Nusra Front terrorists in the Dahr al-Hawa area in the outskirts […]

Berri Criticizes ‘Cheap’ Banks Donations to Assist Lebanese Army

13 November 2016

Speaker Nabih Berri picked at the Lebanese banks and what he described as “cheap donations” allocated to buy weapons and assist the Lebanese army, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday. “This is unacceptable. A single investor can alone pay an amount of ten million dollars. This […]

At United Nations, It’s Watch, Wait on Trump

13 November 2016

UNITED NATIONS — The election of Donald Trump has left many U.N. diplomats nervous because of the candidate’s isolationist talk on the campaign trail and his loud disregard for the United Nations. After eight years with an extremely engaged multilateralist Obama administration, many diplomats fear […]

Zahra Hits Back at Gemayel: We’re in 2016 Not 1975

13 November 2016

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra snapped back Friday at Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel, after the latter accused LF leader Samir Geagea of seeking to exclude Kataeb from the new government. “It is not true that we want to exclude the Kataeb Party […]

Gemayel Criticizes Geagea: He Accepts Hizbullah in Cabinet but Rejects Kataeb

13 November 2016

Kataeb party chief Sami Gemayel lashed out at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and accused him of planning to exclude his party from a new cabinet lineup, An Nahar daily reported on Friday. “Geagea does not mind to be with Hizbullah in a single government, […]

Berri: Government Will Be Ready When You See Hariri in Ain el-Tineh

13 November 2016

PM-designate Saad Hariri and Speaker Nabih Berri have agreed to meet when a new government formula is complete and when Hariri has finished the final touches of lining up the new cabinet, media reports said on Friday. “Hariri and I have agreed to meet when […]

Aoun Renews Call for ‘Separating Foreign Political Choices’ from Domestic Situation

13 November 2016

President Michel Aoun on Friday reiterated his call for “separating the foreign political choices” of the Lebanese parties from the domestic situation. “In the last (national) dialogue session that I participated in, and after a political debate erupted over the Middle East issues… I called […]

Rahi, interlocutors take up relevant affairs

13 November 2016

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi met on Friday morning at Bkirki with the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mireille Girard, on a visit to discuss the Syrian refugees’ issue. There was agreement during the meeting on the […]

Will Lebanon follow Morocco’s renewable energy footsteps in light of new political momentum? EIB Vice President: A positive political environment is always good for EIB green investments in Lebanon

13 November 2016

Will Lebanon follow Morocco’s renewable energy footsteps in light of new political momentum? EIB Vice President: A positive political environment is always good for EIB green investments in Lebanon Written by Rana Al-Hajj As Lebanon groans under the heavy weight of power outages and their […]

Kejian on Lebanese Chinese diplomatic relations’ 45th anniversary: China is Lebanon’s main trading partner

13 November 2016

NNA – Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon, Wang Kejian, said on Friday that China was one of the most important trade partners for Lebanon during three consecutive years, adding that trade between the two countries reached 2 billion and 80 million dollars by 2015. The Ambassador’s […]