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Lebanese President Michel Aoun and LF chief Samir Geagea. (AFP)

Lebanon: Disputes Shake LF-FPM Alliance, but Don’t Break it

by Youssef Diab | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The main issues that produced the alliance between the Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement have not changed in the year since the two sides signed their “Declaration of Intent,” but their stances on internal and regional affairs have shown the...

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Caption:A bombed-out street in Daraa, Reuters

ISIS Advances in Western Daraa, Syria Moving Closer to Rebel Stronghold in Nawa

by Youssef Diab | Mar 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut-Terror group ISIS tightened its grip over swathes of land in rural western Daraa, Syria, recording a sizable advance against rebel-held areas. The progress comes ten days after an ISIS-staged counterattack in south Syria. Last week, ISIS’ offshoot ‘Jaysh Khaled...

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General view shows a deserted street at the beginning of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, Damascus April 29, 2015.REUTERS/Ward Al-Keswani

Counterweighing North Syria Losses, ISIS Attacks 4 Regime Air Bases

by Youssef Diab | Feb 4, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Developments rolling in northern Syria include an exceptional race between the United States and Russia as to which superpower will provide air cover for the operation on liberating ISIS-held al-Bab town, located 40km northeast of Aleppo. The Russian air force...

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Prime Minister Saad Hariri met on Tuesday night at the Grand Serail with a PSP delegation, including Minister Marwan Hamadeh and MP Wael Abou Faour/NNA

Electoral Law Causes Cracks among ‘Allies,’ Jumblat Warns of Coup against Taif

by Youssef Diab | Feb 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Optimism witnessed in Lebanon in the past two days on a near agreement on a new electoral law, vanished on Tuesday when leading political forces refused most geographical divisions listed in a draft law mixing the majority and proportional representation...

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President Michel Aoun (Reuters)

Lebanon: Deepening Disagreements over Electoral Law, Aoun Keen on Fulfilling Youth Aspirations

by Youssef Diab | Jan 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – While disagreements over the new electoral law deepened, a recently established quartet committee, formed of representatives from each of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Future Movement, Amal and Hezbollah, held its first meetings in an attempt to converge...