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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chairing a cabinet session. SPA

Saudi Arabia Terms Aleppo Massacre ‘War Crime’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-The Saudi Cabinet renewed on Monday the Kingdom’s stance, taken at the emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), that the massacres committed in Syria’s Aleppo are “a war crime against...

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Parliament on Wednesday/NNA

Hariri Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote, Arms File Avoided

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- With an easy majority, the new cabinet of Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Wednesday the confidence vote of 87 out of 92 deputies who attended a parliament session to discuss the ministerial statement. Four MPs withheld their vote of confidence,...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (C) meets with Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (R) and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 18, 2016. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters

New Lebanese Cabinet Approves Ministerial Statement

by Nazeer Rida | Dec 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence the upcoming week. Minister Michel Pharaon as well as ministers of the Lebanese Forces objected...

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The newly formed Lebanese Government Ministers posing for a photo at the Lebanon presidential palace of Baabda east of Beirut with President Michel Aoun. /NNA

Lebanon: Government Paves Way to Ministerial Statement before Moving to Electoral Law

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 22, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s cabinet kicked off its first session on Wednesday headed by President Michel Aoun in the presence of Prime Minister Saadi Hariri and all ministers after posing for the official memorial photo. All political forces delivered positive statements on...

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Hariri sitting with President Aoun in Baabda ahead of announcing his new cabinet on Sunday/NNA

Lebanon: A Government to Boost Security, Revive Economy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon announced on Sunday the first government operating under the era of President Michel Aoun although Prime Minister Saad Hariri refused to pin much hopes by describing it as a “cabinet of elections,” in reference to the upcoming parliamentary...