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Newly elected reformist MPs said they would not compromise in their efforts to change the way Lebanon is run. The parliament has re-elected Nabih Berri for a seventh term as Speaker of Parliament, during the first parliamentary session held since Read more
A local journalist is on the verge of facing trial. State Prosecutor has begun legal action against him after the reporter accused Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of succumbing to U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure to cancel oil Read more
Sunni Lebanese political figure Saad Hariri has been re-appointed Prime Minister following this month elections that were largely won by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah and its allies. President Michel Aoun Thursday designated Hariri as Prime Minister following consultation with members of Read more
Lebanon is still battling to reform its Electoral Law before going to the polls to elect parliamentarians as Prime Minister Saad Hariri underlines that a new electoral law will enhance real “stability” in the country. There are still concerns from Read more
Lawmaker Qassem Hashem is optimistic that an agreement for the much awaited electoral law that would lead to the parliamentary elections could be reached on Thursday because “everyone now accepts the necessity to adopt proportionality.” He is convinced that “the Read more
Protests against tax hikes have entered their fifth day in Lebanon as the parliament prepares to approve such plans in the coming weeks. Protesters are claiming that the government should instead focus on fighting corruption as they accuse officials of Read more
During a meeting with a delegation of the Lebanese Communist Party, President Michel Aoun has added his voice to the tense debate over the reform of the electoral law ahead of the parliamentary elections by stating that “verbal bickering does Read more
The leader of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun could be elected as Lebanon’s next president by the parliament on Monday. The presidential vacuum has been going on for almost 30 months but the impasse took a Read more
After he slammed the package deal proposed by Speaker Nabih Berri as unacceptable to any presidential candidate who “has dignity”, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented, in his Sunday sermon, that the “two years and five months of destructive presidential void” Read more
Aspiring Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun of the Free Movement Party edged a step closer to his ambitions after the Lebanese Forces (LF) Party headed by Sami Geagea declared his support to his candidacy. Geagea and Aoun head the two Read more