Politics

MP Elie Marouni of the Kataeb bloc has stressed that his party will stand by newly-elected President Michel Aoun in order to “rebuild Lebanon.” “We in Kataeb will stand hand in hand by the president of the Lebanese republic, General Michel Aoun, in order to […]

Beirut’s lone communist inspired bar toasts the life of Fidel Castro. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Fidel Castro is being remembered all over the world, as far afield as the Lebanese capital Beirut. There, NPR’s Alison Meuse found a shrine to the heyday of Lebanon’s Communist Party. […]

The Press Office of Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri issued on Sunday the following press release: “Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri met this afternoon, on the sidelines of the Second General Convention of the “Future Movement” in Biel, with a delegation of coordinators of the […]

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has praised U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, saying that his inflammatory statements from the campaign trail do not necessarily reflect the actions he will take as president. El-Sissi, in an interview with Portuguese news agency LUSA released on […]

US President-Elect Donald Trump has unveiled his policy plans for the first 100 days in office. Russian political analysts have discussed the outlined plans and what impact the plan to “make America great again” will have on global markets. Donald Trump has recently unveiled his […]

A senior official of Speaker Nabih Berri’s AMAL Movement stressed Sunday that no one can “eliminate” his movement from the political equation and that it is not to blame for the delay in the cabinet formation process. “We are not the ones who are obstructing […]

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Sunday noted that “the entire world has acknowledged Hizbullah’s role” in the election of Michel Aoun as Lebanon’s president. “When the entire world acknowledges Hizbullah’s role in electing a president, claims of heroism and taking credit by some […]

Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won Sunday’s run-off with nearly 67% of the vote. Mr Fillon promised to build a fairer […]

Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, patronized, on Saturday, the inauguration of the Future Movement’s 2nd General Conference at “Biel” in Central Beirut, with the participation of 2400 voting members and 400 monitoring members, in presence of senior political officials and prominent figures. Following a minute of […]