by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – A visit to Damascus planned by ministers affiliated with “Hezbollah”, the AMAL Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has sparked internal disputes and a wave of opposition, due to its negative effects on the Lebanese arena. State Minister for the...
by Paula Astih | May 16, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The meetings that have been held in the past 48 hours failed to reach a breakthrough in Lebanon’s crisis over a new parliamentary electoral law. Some circles have even said that discussions have returned to square one after Speaker Nabih Berri’s deadline to...
by Paula Astih | Mar 4, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, and Speaker Nabih Berri’s political advisor Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil have been exerting strong efforts for the past months to make a rapprochement between the two parties....
by Caroline Akoum | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- The Amal Movement that is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri and its ally “Hezbollah” succeeded lately in pushing for the adoption of a draft law that extends the term of Lebanon’s Higher Shi’ite Islamic Council. The law stipulates the extension of the terms of...
by Paula Astih | Dec 18, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut- Hopes on the formation of the Lebanese government before Christmas and the New Year began fading after the emergence of a series of new obstacles. According to informed sources, several problems, which are hard to overcome, emerged in the past few days,...
