by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – Lebanon’s Amal Movement, which is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri, has described the ongoing failure to agree on a parliamentary electoral law as “the most dangerous crisis that is currently hitting the country.” Allowing for a parliamentary vacuum would lead...
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...
by Youssef Diab | Nov 11, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut-There are signs that Lebanon’s cabinet line-up is imminent after major obstacles were removed following a near consensus to keep the Finance Ministry as part of the share of Speaker Nabih Berri’s Amal Movement. Sources close to Berri said that the ministry,...
by Nasib Hatit | Sep 22, 2013 | Debate
It has been repeatedly asked whether Hezbollah and the Amal Movement will allow the Lebanese government to enter their areas following the explosions that hit the Dahieh district of Beirut. Asking this question amounts to questioning the resistant groups’ sense of...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 22, 2013 | Opinion
If an observer were to take a look at our region, he would find that we are face to face with mounting evidence of the “Shi’a Al-Qaeda”—otherwise known as Hezbollah—in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, as well as in the Gulf States, most notably Bahrain, and even in Libya...
