The Syrian President Bashar Assad said that the Syrian government cannot predict the actions of the US President-elect Donald Trump, but will welcome him if he intends to fight terrorism. Russian military aviation at Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Sputnik/ Dmitriy Vinogradov Trump: US to […]
The State Department has opened up a transition office, but that ground-floor corner office in Washington’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood is quiet for now as diplomats await news of their new boss. Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state could tell a lot about the direction […]
NNA – Free Patriotic Movement chief, Caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, met on Monday with Head of the Liberal Democrat Party, Tracy Chamoun, who extended felicitations on the election of President Michel Aoun. Talks also touched on the necessity to assume partnership in the upcoming […]
After reports that the cabinet could be formed of 30 ministers instead of the original 24, reports said Monday that the 24-minister cabinet has surfaced again and that President Michel Aoun is “enthusiastic” about the latter for what he sees as better “productivity.” Parties closely […]
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai called for forming a cabinet that respects the National Pact and the Constitution, with competent technocrat ministers representing all the factions of the Lebanese society. During the opening of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops on Monday, Rai […]
NNA – Lebanese Forces chief, Samir Geagea, met, at his Maarab residence on Monday, with Ghattas Khoury and Nader Hariri, advisors of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, over the latest developments concerning the formation of the next government. Separately, Geagea met with a delegation of Akkar […]
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to “normalise US-Russia ties”, the Kremlin has said, following a phone conversation between the two. Mr Putin wished Mr Trump “success in implementing the election programme”. Mr Trump, who had praised Mr Putin in […]
Contacts over the past two days have indicated that the political parties are willing to show flexibility in order to reach a settlement in the cabinet formation process, especially regarding the distribution of the so-called sovereign portfolios and some important and service-related portfolios, a media […]
Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel stressed Sunday that his party has no “hostile” stances towards anyone in Lebanon, while noting that President Michel Aoun “is known to be a man of surprises.” “We hope President Aoun will surprise us with heroic stances, including not […]
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for the formation of an “inclusive government” before Independence Day, which will be marked on November 22. “The Lebanese want the anticipated new government to be an inclusive, consensual and effective government. A government that unites rather than […]
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