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Fayyad: Approving Aoun candidacy not concession

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 […]

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Fneish : Lebanon plunged into political crisis

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 […]

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RNC Chair Embraces Trump, Who Backs Off ISIS Comments

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 […]

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Syria: Another Pipeline War

The fossil fuel industry’s business model is to externalize its costs by clawing in obscene subsidies and tax deductions—causing grave environmental costs, including toxic pollution and global warming. Among the other unassessed prices of the world’s addiction to oil are social chaos, war, terror, the […]

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Bou Saab from Ain Tineh: Harmony between Berri and Bassil

NNA – Education and Higher Learning Minister, Elias Bou Saab, said that harmony prevailed over yesterday’s meting between Foreign Affairs Minister Gibran Bassil and House Speaker Nabih Berri, warning that “if pending matters, especially political ones, are not resolved, we will reach a bigger crisis.” […]

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Bassil: We support appointment of new commander

NNA – Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said that Free Patriotic Movement’s position was permanent and consistent; “we oppose the extension and we support the appointment of a new commander of the army.” Minister Bassil’s words came Tuesday in the context of the regular […]