Politics

NNA – Lebanse Forces Leader, Samir Geagea, met in Meerab on Wednesday with MP Ibrahim Kanaan, delegated by Change and Reform Parliamentary bloc leader, Deputy General Michel Aoun. In the wake of an hour and a half long meeting, Kanaan gave an address in which […]

NNA – Egyptian Ambassador, Mohammad Badreddine Zayed, stressed the necessity to end the presidential vacuum in Lebanon through supporting and boosting national consensus in this regard. Zayed on Thursday visited head of Lebanese Forces in Maarab and discussed with him local and regional developments. Geagea […]

Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan urged on Tuesday the Lebanese leaders to resort to the Constitution and the apt representation while drafting a new electoral law. Kanaan’s comments were made following the bloc’s weekly meeting in Rabieh whereby he noted that the ongoing […]

In November 2015, a cartoon in Al-Ahram, an Egyptian state-owned newspaper, depicted an Islamic State ogre with “Made in America” emblazoned on his back. It wasn’t unusual. A look at Middle Eastern news media shows that this idea is startlingly common. Even prominent officials in […]

Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat that the United States might not meet its obligations to the Western military alliance. In a policy […]

It appears that Pentagon has publicly acknowledged that private intelligence contractors are now battling on the ground in Syria along with the US troops, providing “intelligence analysis services”; a fact noticed by the US-based news website The Daily Beast. Pentagon fence © Flickr/ Kevin Harber […]

NNA – MP Ali Fayyad said that approving the candidacy of General Michel Aoun was not a concession but a response to the national interest. His stance came Sunday during an honorary ceremony held by Hezbollah at the Huseiniyya of Talousa Village. “If General Aoun […]

NNA – Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Mohammad Fneish, said on Sunday that Lebanon was plunged into a deep political crisis, ranging from presidential crisis to other files. Fneich reminded that his party was clear in supporting Aoun for Presidency. “To ensure order in […]

Republican Donald Trump on Friday backed away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the militant group Islamic State (ISIS), while the Republican Party sought to project unity behind their candidate. A new poll showed Trump, whose unfiltered […]