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A Lebanese policeman amid new police cars. (AFP Photo/Joseph Barrak)

Lebanon: Rise in Crime Rate Spurs Calls for Death Penalty

by Caroline Akoum | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A rise in cold-blooded murders in Lebanon has been met with demands for re-enacting the death penalty which has been frozen since 2004. The latest crime was the killing of a 23-year-old man by a gunman north of Beirut earlier this week. The gunman...

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A Jordanian soldier carries a Syrian refugee child to help him board a Jordanian army vehicle with his family after they crossed into Jordanian territory, in Al Ruqban border area, September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Disagreements between Geneva Delegation, HNC at Core of Syrian Opposition Talks in Riyadh

by Caroline Akoum | Jun 7, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Disagreements between opposition factions and the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) will occupy the central stage of the meetings between the “Geneva delegation” and the committee in Riyadh on Wednesday. The HNC kicked off its meetings on Monday to discuss...

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President Michel Aoun, left, stands next of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, as he makes a speech after he was elected the new president at the parliament hall, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (Ali Fawaz, Lebanese Parliament media office, via AP)

Lebanon: Efforts to Resolve ‘Rift’ Between Aoun, Berri

by Caroline Akoum | May 31, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – With the end of the Lebanese Parliament’s ordinary cycle on Wednesday, attention is focused on the session scheduled by Speaker Nabih Berri on June 5, which is expected to witness disagreements over “authorities” and the interpretation of the Constitution by...

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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at his campaign headquarters after early results in the second round in the 2017 French presidential election in Paris, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Lionel Bonaventure/Pool – RTS15K72

Macron Discusses Political Transition in Syria with ‘Supreme Committee’

by Caroline Akoum | May 31, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut-The Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC) has convened a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during a visit to Paris where it also met with UN Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura, two weeks after its meetings in...

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President Aoun met on Tuesday with a delegation of the Press Club at the Presidential Palace in Baabda/NNA

Aoun Refers to 1960 Electoral Law, Amal Holds Bassil Responsible for Disrupting Deal

by Caroline Akoum | May 24, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that if parliament failed to agree on a new electoral law before its term expires on June 21, then the Constitution stipulates that electors be called to participate in the polls within 90 days based on the...