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Aoun attends a mass service at “Our Lady of the Hill” Church in Mount Lebanon’s Deir al-Qamar on Sunday/Dalati&Nohra
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Kataeb Party and National Liberal Party organized a demonstration on Saturday in front of the municipality of Beirut, protesting against extending the Parliament’s mandate/NNA
Electoral Law Crisis Deepens as Mashnouq Signs Electoral Decree Based on 1960 Law
Beirut- Lebanon has practically entered an open political crisis after Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouq signed a decree on Saturday calling on voters to participate in the next parliamentary elections based on the 1960 law, which President Michel Aoun rejects. The...Caption:
British soldiers speak to migrants on a beach at Royal Air Force (RAF) Akrotiri in Cyprus, October 21, 2015, in this handout courtesy of the RAF. REUTERS/RAF/Handout via Reuters
Cyprus Talks Stumble over Turkish-Greek Dispute
Geneva- Hopes for a peace deal on Cyprus stalled Friday over controversial Greek and Turkish statements. A number of officials earlier expressed optimism regarding reaching a deal and solving the issue after five days of negotiations in Geneva between Cypriot...Caption:
Opinion: Hajj Amidst the Saudi – Iranian Dispute
During almost every Hajj season, there is an Iranian war of words with Saudi Arabia and this year’s pilgrimage is no exception. The latest statements are worse than any made over the last thirty years and honestly reflect the state of relations between Riyadh and...Caption:
This reproduction of a handout photo released by the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) on September 3, 2013 shows what the Philippine government says is an aerial image taken on August 31, 2013 of alleged concrete blocks on Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, about 220 kilometres (some 135 miles) off the main Philippine island of Luzon. (AFP PHOTO/Philippine Department of National Defense)