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Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq. (NNA)

Dispute between Lebanese Interior, Foreign Ministers Contained

by Paula Astih | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – It does not appear that the renewed dispute between Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil over the country’s foreign policy will have repercussions on the ties between President Michel Aoun and the ministers of Prime...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil. (NNA)

Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement Renews Call for ‘Direct Dialogue’ with Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Foreign Minister and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil reiterated on Saturday that there can be no resolution to Lebanon’s Syrian refugee crisis “without dialogue with the Syrian regime.” He therefore urged the Lebanese government to...

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Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in the village of Maarab October 31, 2014. (Reuters)

Lebanese Ministers’ Visit to Damascus Deepens Disputes inside Government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A visit to Damascus planned by ministers affiliated with “Hezbollah”, the AMAL Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has sparked internal disputes and a wave of opposition, due to its negative effects on the Lebanese arena. State Minister for the...

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Lebanese lawmakers meet in the Lebanese Parliament during a session to debate whether to extend their term 17 months, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday May 31, 2013. (AFP)

Lebanon: Christian Demands Take Electoral Law Dispute back to Square One

by Youssef Diab | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Differences over the details of the parliamentary electoral law that Lebanon has toiled over for years are threatening to erase the recent progress that was achieved by President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The latest...

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Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil meet at the former’s resident in Ain el-Tineh in 2016. (NNA)

Lebanon: Berri-Bassil Dispute Deepens Electoral Law Crisis

by Paula Astih | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The meetings that have been held in the past 48 hours failed to reach a breakthrough in Lebanon’s crisis over a new parliamentary electoral law. Some circles have even said that discussions have returned to square one after Speaker Nabih Berri’s deadline to...