Lebanon News

“Free Patriotic Movement” head, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Jebran Bassil, categorically emphasized that Christian-Shiite row shall neither occur today nor tomorrow, calling for the representation of all sides in the government. “We call for the representation of everyone in the government including Kataeb, Marada, SSNP, […]

Unknown gunmen opened fire on Sunday overnight at an army position in in the Bekaa Sifrin town in Dinnieh. Two soldiers were initially wounded in the shooting, but one of the soldiers had succumbed to his wounds. The Lebanese army is heavily deploying now in […]

A war boat belonging to the Israeli enemy violated, at 3:33 pm today, the Lebanese territorial waters off Naqoura, and infiltrated some 240 meters into the sea for two minutes, a communiqué by the Lebanese army indicated on Monday. The Lebanese Armed Forces and the […]

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received this afternoon at the “Center House” China’s special envoy to Syria, Xie Xiaoyan, at the head of a delegation, accompanied by the Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Wang Kejian, a statement by Hariri’s office indicated on Monday. After the meeting, the […]

President Michel Aoun held a meeting at the Presidential Palace with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion where discussions touched on the Syrian refugees in Lebanon and highlighted the need for a political solution in Syria, the National News Agency reported Monday. The issue of the […]

All political parties want the new government to be formed soon and a visit by Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh to the Baabda Palace is expected to facilitate the formation process, a media report said on Sunday. Franjieh’s visit to the Baabda Palace will […]

The Lebanese Forces urged the political parties, without naming them, which it blames for delaying the cabinet formation, to stop their endeavors because “they will be proven futile,” al-Joumhouria daily reported Friday. LF sources called on the political parties reportedly hampering the formation of the […]

Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister, Gibran Bassil, said, “True that we elected a new President who is purely made in Lebanon, yet that isn’t enough but should find a complete term by forming a government which is an obligatory channel to approving a new electoral law […]

Free Patriotic Movement chief and caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil stressed Wednesday that “no one can eliminate anyone in Lebanon,” as he called for a “fair” law for parliamentary elections. “We must leave behind the policies of the past and the policies of elimination,” said […]