Lebanon News

Head of Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, held talks Wednesday with a visiting delegation from Russia’s senate, or Federation Council. The delegation comprised the head of the council’s foreign relations committee, Konstantin Kosachev, the committee’s deputy head, member of the committee on […]

Minister of Telecommunications, Jamal Jarrah, said on Wednesday that the “workshop” that would begin by the beginning of the new year would focus on Fiber Optics, 4G, wireless networks and power stations. The Minister’s words came during a reception he held earlier today in honour […]

“Kataeb” leader, Deputy Sami Gemayel said on Tuesday “Kataeb will withhold confidence from PM Saad Hariri’s cabinet because its political vision contradicts with his vision”. Gemayel said at parliamentary debate session “A lot of people were martyred, including two MPs from our bloc, Pierre Gemayel […]

Head of Future Parliamentary Bloc, MP Foad Siniora, announced in a statement on Monday that he would not attend the House sessions dedicated to discussing ministerial statement due to travel plans; however, the statement confirmed that he granted the Cabinet his utter vote of confidence. […]

The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government, to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence upcoming week. Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, relayed to the press the on goings of the session after its conclusion. He […]

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gibran Bassil, said during the inauguration of a municipal building in Faraya on Saturday that now that the Christians have regained their power, more work can be done, advising everyone to” get used” to the new shape of government. Bassil promised […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri welcomed, in a tweet on Friday, a fresh resolution by the UN Security Council, hereby demanding that Israel halt settlements building in the occupied Palestinian lands.

General Jean-Pierre Bosser, the Chief of Staff of the French Army, held separate talks Friday in Lebanon with the new defense minister, Yaaqoub al-Sarraf, and Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji. During his meeting with Sarraf, the visiting French general explored means to “support the Lebanese […]

The Syrian army’s recapture of the northern city of Aleppo has put an end to hopes that President Bashar Assad’s regime could be ousted, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday, while noting that his party does not want to “control Lebanon.” “After Aleppo, one […]