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(Video) Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil to CNN: We want our PM back!

14 November 2017

In what he describes as an “unprecedented” situation, the Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil says the country is waiting for its prime minister return from Saudi Arabia. For the entire interview watch the video below.

(Video) Hariri to appear in His first TV Interview with Yacoubian!

12 November 2017

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri is expected to appear tonight at 8:30, in the first televised interview from Saudi Arabia since announcing his resignation on November 4. The interview will be conducted by the political talk show host at Hariri’s Future TV channel, Paula Yacoubian. Since […]

(Video) MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow asks: “Do the Saudis Hold Hariri Hostage?”

12 November 2017

Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister. Hariri’s resignation read out on television from Saudi Arabia, one week ago, came as a shock even to his aides. Saudi Arabia holds Hariri and all Lebanon demands […]

Senior Saudi figures tortured and beaten in purge

12 November 2017

#SaudiPurge Several detainees taken to hospital with torture injuries, while sources tell MEE scale of crackdown is bigger than authorities have revealed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has overseen arrest of hundreds of people, including senior royals, ministers and tycoons (AFP) […]

Yemen Rebels threaten UAE &Riyadh Ports and Airports

7 November 2017

Yemen’s Huthi rebels on Tuesday threatened retaliation against the ports and airports of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which this week closed the Yemeni land, sea and air borders. “All airports, ports, border crossings and areas of any importance to Saudi Arabia and […]

Electoral Law Committee makes “limited progress”; While President Aoun Signs Budget Law!

3 November 2017

Following the meeting of the ministerial law committee charged with the monitoring of the new electoral law, headed by PM Hariri, Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnouq said that the progress made is limited and that there are many points that still need to be addressed and […]

Saint Charbel Shrine Inaugurated at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York !

29 October 2017

A shrine for Saint Charbel was inaugurated on Saturday the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, whose doors swept open in 1879. The famous Catholic Cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church.It is […]

(Video) President Michel Aoun Inaugurates the Judicial Year

28 October 2017

During the inauguration of the judicial year at the Palace of Justice on Friday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that it was high time the state reconsider the systems by which the Lebanese judicial institutions comply. “it is essential to adopt a new approach that […]

Minister el-Mashnouq: “President Michel Aoun Respects the Constitution and Laws.”

22 October 2017

“Had it not been for President Aoun’s support, Cabinet would not have been able to settle a lot of files this entire year!” Interior minister Nouhad el-Mashnouq said about the Lebanese President Michel Aoun, following the seminar of the Mustaqbal or Future Movement. “President Aoun’s […]

Bashir Gemayel’s Assassins get death Sentence

21 October 2017

A Lebanese top court sentenced in absentia on Friday, Habib Shartouni for the assassination of president-elect Bashir Gemayel, in 1982. The court ruling comes more than 35 years after the president-elect Bashir Gemayel was killed in Ashrafieh by a massive bomb blast. Habib Shartouni, a […]

Picture Gallery October 15, 2017 – UK

16 October 2017

Isis Claims Responsibility for the Deadliest Mass Shooting in American History.

2 October 2017

PRAY FOR LAS VEGAS More than 50 people were killed and 200 injured when a lone gunman opened fire in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police said, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. The Independent News […]