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Hammoud Asks Turkey to Brief Lebanon on Istanbul Attack Probe

5 January 2017

State Prosecutor Samir Hammoud on Wednesday sent a memo via the Justice Ministry to a Turkish prosecutor regarding the Istanbul nightclub massacre that left 39 people dead including three Lebanese, state-run National News Agency reported. Hammoud asked the Turkish prosecutor to “provide him with the […]

Cabinet Passes Oil and Gas Decrees, Replaces Abdul Menhem Youssef

5 January 2017

The Cabinet approved Wednesday the long-awaited oil and gas decrees and appointed two successors to Abdul Menhem Youssef — the controversial director general of the OGERO telecom authority who was also serving as director general of investment and maintenance at the telecom ministry. Foreign Minister […]

President Assad to Boroujerdi: Iran and all states that support Syrian people are partners in achievements against terrorists

5 January 2017

President Bashar al-Assad received on Wednesday Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Iranian Shura Council, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, and the accompanying delegation. The meeting touched on the historical relations between the two countries and means to bolster and develop them […]

Presidential popularity, and how Trump stacks up

5 January 2017

After winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating rose. (In Gallup polling, it jumped to 42 percent from 34 percent the week before Nov. 8). But on Monday, Gallup data indicates Mr. Trump may not be gaining ground yet when it comes to voter […]

Tillerson leaves Exxon with $180 million retirement package

5 January 2017

NEW YORK — Rex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package one week before his Senate confirmation hearing begins. RELATED LINKS Senate Democrats want more info from Trump’s Cabinet […]

In Toledo, Syrian Refugees Are Welcomed Amid A Difficult Immigration Climate

5 January 2017

Last year, NPR’s Ari Shapiro visited Toledo, Ohio, to talk to refugees settling there from Syria’s civil war. Recently, he returned to Toledo to check in on the community. When we first met Omar Al-Awad and his family in the fall of 2015, they were […]

Hariri: Aoun’s visit to Saudi Arabia will reflect positively on the bilateral relations

4 January 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received this evening at the Grand Serail a delegation of Lebanese businessmen in Jeddah, in the presence of the Consul General of Lebanon in Jeddah Ziad Atallah and the head of the Lebanese Saudi Business Council Raouf Abu Zaki. At the […]

REPORT: Oil and gas file to be discussed during Wednesday’s cabinet session

4 January 2017

As soon as the oil file returned to the cabinet’s agenda, Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil called on the committee managing the petroleum sector in Lebanon for a meeting to recount the measures that had been already taken. The meeting also aimed at setting […]

Greece-Turkey relations under pressure amid Erdogan’s extradition calls

4 January 2017

ALISON STEWART: But first: In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing NATO allies to return hundreds of officers and soldiers who’ve sought asylum in other countries following the coup attempt last July aimed at toppling his government. In Greece, eight wanted Turkish military personnel […]

Trump Slams General Motors for Making Cars in Mexico

4 January 2017

Melania Trump, right, looks on as her husband President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters during a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 31, 2016, in Palm Beach, Florida. On Tuesday, Trump criticized the largest U.S. automaker for sending its Mexican-made Chevrolet Cruze compact models […]

Rahi receives Ukrainian Ambassador

4 January 2017

The Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi received on Tuesday the Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ihor Ostas heading a delegation. On another note, Rahi met with a delegation from the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik (USEK), chaired by the Rector of the University, Father […]

Brooks and Corn on Obama’s active final weeks and the Trump-Putin ‘bromance’

2 January 2017

In foreign affairs, it was not a quiet few days leading up to the New Year’s weekend — from Secretary of State John Kerry’s blunt parting speech about Israel to President Obama’s announcement of retaliation against the Kremlin for election hacking. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with […]