Politics

Clashes broke out between Palestinians and young Lebanese from the Jaafar family in Burj al- Barajneh on Friday afternoon and were interrupted in the early evening. Heavy shots were heard throughout the region. One Palestinian was killed and seven were injured, while an MTV correspondant […]

Maronite Bishops held their monthly meeting at the Patriarchal See in Bkirki, chaired by Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, with talks touching on church affairs and local issues. “His Beatitude has briefed us on the importance of the conference organized by Al-Azhar and the […]

British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, welcomed in a press statement the security appointments by the Lebanese cabinet today. In his statement, Ambassador Shorter said: “I welcome the Cabinet’s decision today to make new appointments to the positions of Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces […]

How would the American Health Care Act affect cost and access? March 7, 2017 at 6:40 PM EST The House bill that Republicans plan to pass to replace the Affordable Care Act keeps some of the most popular provisions of the law, but it does […]

“Change and Reform” bloc held on Tuesday its weekly meeting at Rabieh. Deputy Ibrahim Kanaan confirmed following the meeting that “extension of the parliament’s mandate and the 1960 law are both worse than vacuum.” The MP said that his bloc is keen on reaching understanding […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Tuesday at the Oil and Gas Forum that the government plans to successfully transform Lebanon’s natural resources wealth into sustained economic growth. “The oil and gas sector is one of the most important files on Lebanon’s economic agenda. My […]

The Information Office of the State Minister for the Fight against Corruption, Nicola Tueni, said in a statement , “that during the episode of “Kalam-El-Nas” presented by Mr. Marcel Ghanem on March 2, 2017 and broadcast on LBC, Ghanem stated that the State Minister Tueni […]

“Lebanese Forces” leader Samir Geagea stressed the paramount importance of state budget to run public affairs, saying that rectifying the electricity predicament in the country is essential for state budget. “Our suggestion does not entail interfering in the powers of Water and Energy Minister [Cesar […]

Minister of Information Melhem Riachi on Thursday launched the new electronic site of the Ministry of Information at the third conference of the Directorate of Studies and Publications of the Ministry, titled “The Culture of Dialogue and Social Media” held under his patronage at the […]