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Bassil tours borderline villages in Bint Jbeil: We shall never be absent from any part of Lebanese territories!

29 August 2016

NNA – Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Free Patriotic Movement Party Head, Gebran Bassil, stressed, on Sunday, his Party’s presence “on all Lebanese territories and at Constitutional institutions.” Bassil’s words came during his tour of borderline towns and villages in the Casa of Bint Jbeil. The […]

Moussawi: To end policy of denial against FPM

29 August 2016

NNA – “Loyalty to Resistance” parliamentary bloc member, MP Nawaf Moussawi, called on Sunday upon the other political party to stop the policy of denial against the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Moussawi’s words came during his patronage of a ceremony for students who passed their […]

Alain Aoun: Our objective is not to bring down cabinet

29 August 2016

NNA – “Change and Reform” parliamentary bloc member , MP Alain Aoun called on Saturday upon Speaker of the parliament Nabih Berri to allocate the upcoming dialogue session to explain the constitutionality concept, adding that FPM’s main objective is not to bring down the cabinet […]

Fadlallah: Political crisis results from regime’s nature, presidential vacuum

29 August 2016

NNA – Member of Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, MP Hassan Fadlallah, said that the current political crisis in the country resulted from the regime’s nature and the presidential vacuum. Fadlallah’s words came during a ceremony held for students who passed their official exams in […]

Pharaon: It would’ve been better if cabinet had been postponed

29 August 2016

NNA – Tourism Minister MP Michel Pharaon considered on Thursday that it would have been better if the cabinet session had been postponed and communications with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) took place instead. “It was supposed to postpone the cabinet session due to the absence […]

Hajj Hassan from Tehran: Neither the US sanctions against Iran nor the pressures on Lebanon prevent money transfers

29 August 2016

NNA – Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan, said on Sunday that “the Central Bank Governor has reassured him that neither the United States sanctions against Iran nor the pressures on Lebanon prevent financial transfers to Lebanese banks.” Hajj Hassan’s words came upon his arrival in […]

Ali Abdel Karim Ali: Countries that conspired against Syria suffer today from terrorism

29 August 2016

NNA – Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, said on Sunday that the countries that conspired against Syria were suffering today from the terrorism which they supported and exported to the country. “Syria has almost defeated terrorist organizations and those who supported them,” […]

Saudi Fueled Global Extremism, Contributed to Terrorism: Report

29 August 2016

A new report raised questions over the Saudi Arabia’s role in fueling the global extremism across the world. Scott Shane wrote in the New York Times that it has become a commonplace to think that “Saudi Arabia’s export of the rigid, bigoted, patriarchal, fundamentalist strain […]

Despite progress, US-Russia fall short on truce for Syria

28 August 2016

GENEVA: The United States and Russia say they have resolved a number of issues standing in the way of restoring a nationwide truce to Syria and opening up aid deliveries, but were unable once again to forge a comprehensive agreement on stepping up cooperation to […]

Biden in Turkey, Turkey in Syria

28 August 2016

Turkish-American relations have a surreal quality. In public the pendulum often seems to swing from one extreme to the other, from friendliness to animosity. However, this swing of the pendulum makes very little difference to the strategic relationship cultivated by the two NATO allies for […]

Hajj Hassan: Oil, gas sectors key solution to economic crisis

28 August 2016

NNA – Minister of Industry, Hussein Hajj Hassan considered that the key solution for the current economic crisis is to invest in oil and gas sectors, adding that the U.S. pressures in this context for Israel’s sake and contributes in delaying this matter. Hussein Hajj […]

Ibrahim on General Security anniversary: Our mission has always been to protect Lebanese entity

28 August 2016

NNA – General Security – General Director, General Brigadier Abbas Ibrahim said on Saturday that the General Security has always been contributing to the progress of the state and to the protection of its democratic parliamentary system, stressing “our main mission was, is and will […]