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Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in the village of Maarab October 31, 2014. (Reuters)

Lebanese Ministers’ Visit to Damascus Deepens Disputes inside Government

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...

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Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil meet at the former’s resident in Ain el-Tineh in 2016. (NNA)

Lebanon: Berri-Bassil Dispute Deepens Electoral Law Crisis

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...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil speaks during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) in Moscow on November 18, 2015. AFP

Lebanon: FPM Turns Page on ‘Cold War’ with Amal Movement

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....

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President Aoun met on Friday with the Ambassador of South Africa to Lebanon, Sean Edward Benfeldt/ NNA

Hezbollah and Amal Extend Shi’ite Council Term, Opposition Figures Ask Aoun to Act

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...

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PM-designate Saad Hariri meets a delegation from Future Movement politburo. Photo: Dalati and Nohra

Lebanon Government Formation Stymied by more Obstacles

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,...