Politics

Claims about some attempts planning to “weaken” the term of President Michel Aoun by obstructing the formation of the cabinet are not accurate, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday. Free Patriotic Movement sources told the daily that reports circulating about attempts to obstruct the term of […]

The Future parliamentary bloc congratulated on Thursday the Lebanese people on the occasion of the Independence Day, affirming that the military parade organized in the presence of the President and all the leaders left a positive impact, noting that the Lebanese State is determined to […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received this evening at the “Center House” the Regional Director for the Near and Middle East and the Maghreb at the German Federal Foreign Office Philipp Ackermann, in the presence of the German Ambassador to Lebanon Martin Huth. They discussed the […]

Visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani announced Wednesday that his country is “very confident” that a “strong government” will be formed in Lebanon, as Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said the latest visits by Gulf officials reflect the Gulf countries’ “openness” to […]

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Wednesday discussed the issue of equipping the army and cooperation in the oil and gas sector with his visiting Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani. “Our ties with Qatar have always been good and we don’t forget […]

As Qatar apparently prepares to purchase a vast quantity of fourth-generation fighter jets from the US, it remains unclear whether the Middle Eastern nation actually needs all this military hardware. US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile setting off from its hangar at Bagram […]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said Wednesday his country’s support of the Syrian regime against what he called “extremists” is necessary for the stability of the region. “Our priority is to support national armies, for example in Libya to assert control over Libyan territories and […]

Political parties are obliged to agree on the controversial distribution of ministerial portfolios within a week time limit, otherwise they will be compelled to agree on a government line-up set by President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, media reports said on Thursday. Aoun […]

MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the Free Patriotic Movement announced Thursday that the so-called “Christian agreement” between the FPM and the Lebanese Forces “has established a new balance and a new equation” in the country, as LF official Melhem Riachi noted that Christians “have regained their […]