Lebanon News

NNA – The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri chaired this afternoon at the Grand Serail a security meeting attended by the Minister of Interior and Municipalities Nouhad Machnouk, the Minister of Defense Yacoub Sarraf, Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, General Security chief […]

NNA – The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri received this afternoon at the Grand Serail a delegation from the Change and Reform Bloc that included Minister Tarek al-Khatib and MPs Ibrahim Kanaan, Naji Gharios, Gaby Layoun, Salim Aoun, and former Minister Nicolas […]

NNA – Member of Parliament, Talal Arslan, pointed out during a press conference on Wednesday, that “we political components have failed to approve a modern electoral law”, blaming all parties for such a failure. MP Arslan said that he joined the ministerial committee that was […]

NNA – National Defense Minister, Yaacoub Sarraf, met on Wednesday Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, in presence of Intelligence Director brigadier-general, Tony Mansour, over the security situation, notably in Ain el Helweh camp.

NNA – “Change and Reform” bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan categorically rejected on Wednesday the extension option, saying that a new electoral protects us from vacuum rather than extension MP Kanaan, who accompanied a delegation, met with Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Kassem, in presence […]

NNA – A grouping of university students in Lebanon arrived at Martyrs Square, to participate in the sit-in, to voice rejection of extension and supporting proportionality law and women quota, NNA field reporter said.

MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the Free Patriotic Movement announced Wednesday that the FPM and the Lebanese Forces will confront the attempt to extend parliament’s term through all possible means “in defense of the constitution.” “Why is it permissible to vote on extension and not on […]

NNA – “Change and Reform” bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan categorically stressed that “extension is rejected in all its clauses,” saying that the bloc shall face democratically the extension operation if it occurs tomorrow. “If there is political will, we can reach an election law within […]

Around 3,000 Syrian refugees have left their tents in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley after oral eviction orders issued last month by the army, Human Rights Watch told AFP on Tuesday. Lebanon is home to over one million Syrian refugees, many of whom live in informal tented […]