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Cabinet met at the Grand Serail on Friday/NNA

Lebanon Overpasses Tests of Taxes, Repercussions of Bassil-Moallem Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government overpassed on Friday the test of a tax law and the repercussions of a meeting held last week in New York between its Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and his Syrian counterpart Walid Moallem. On Friday, the cabinet convened at the Grand...

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Mashnouq speaks on Sunday/NNA

Bassil-Moallem Meeting Disturbs Lebanon’s Ruling Coalition

by Thaer Abbas and Caroline Akoum | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- A meeting held between the son-in-law of Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun and Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in New York last week sparked dismay in the team of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, shaking the ruling alliance that would also deal on Monday with...

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Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris July 14, 2012. Bertrand Guay/AFP

Syrian Regime Confiscates Lebanese Prime Minister’s Properties

by Thaer Abbas | Sep 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- Syrian opposition sources uncovered to Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday that the authorities in Damascus issued a decision to confiscate all the properties of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Syria and transfer them to the ownership of the state,...

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Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Lebanese FM: A Political Agreement Has Been Reached Concerning Electoral Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 13, 2017 | Middle East

Lebanon’s rival parties reached agreement on Tuesday on an electoral law, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said, staving off a political crisis and paving the way for a parliamentary election. The agreement still needs the approval of the cabinet in a meeting...

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President Aoun and First Lady lights the Christmas Tree at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Tuesday/ Dalati & Nohra

Lebanon’s Aoun: No Fears from Delayed Government Formation…Battle Continues with Provokers of Political Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun saw on Tuesday there is no fear from a delay in the cabinet formation, hoping the government will soon see the light to achieve the already set goals, on top of which is fighting corruption. Speaking during his meeting...