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Hariri speaks on Friday after meeting Berri at Ain Al Tineh in Beirut/ NNA

Lebanon: Cabinet Between ‘Positive Allusions’ and Absence of Practical Solutions

by Paula Astih | Dec 11, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The positive positions launched by each of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretary General of the so-called Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah on Friday and which alluded that a new cabinet could possibly be formed in the next hours did not meet...

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) chats with Lebanese Christian politician and leader of the Marada movement Suleiman Franjieh (L) as Head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad (2nd L), MP Assaad Hardan (C) and Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri listen to them during a new session of the national dialogue between political leaders at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, near Beirut April 15, 2010. (Photo: REUTERS/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon: Disagreements between Political Parties Threaten Government Birth

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese political parties have issued conflicting statements about the expected date of the new government’s formation, as major obstacles are still hindering Prime Minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri’s mission, with the insistence of some blocs of having...

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President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri meet at Baabda Palace. NNA

Michel Aoun in Iranian Media: from Warlord to Man of Peace

by Amir Taheri | Nov 7, 2016 | Features

“A warlord allied to Saddam Hussein and the Zionist enemy”. “A man of peace who can save Lebanon from great dangers ahead.” Are we talking of the same man? Yes, we are. The man is retried general Michel Aoun who has been sworn in as the new President of Lebanon. The...

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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri meets with former PM Fouad Saniora. NNA

Differences on Lebanese Cabinet Portfolios Begin to Emerge

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 5, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri launched his non-binding consultations with parliamentary blocs on Friday, signs began emerging on differences among different parties on their shares in the new government. President Michel Aoun, who was elected on...

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Opinion: Lebanon – Electoral Escapism From Politics

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 25, 2016 | Opinion

The Lebanese are surely entitled to celebrate exercising one form of “democracy” provided to them by the municipal and mayoral elections. Of course they are, given that foreign dictates have for almost two years prevented the election of a new president; and that they...