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Lebanese Forces ministers during a press conference on Lebanon’s electricity file on May 9. (NNA)

Lebanese Forces, FPM Standoff over Electricity Plan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The ministers of the Lebanese Forces (LF) announced on Tuesday that they will take the necessary measures at cabinet in order to put affairs related to the electricity file “back on track in order to preserve public funds and ensure the rise of the state of...

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun during an address to the Lebanese people in which he announced the suspension of parliament. (Dalati and Nohra)

Lebanese President Suspends Parliament to Stop it from Extending its own Term

by Paula Astih | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun suspended on Wednesday the country’s parliament in an attempt to prevent it from extending its own term for a third time. Aoun resorted to Article 59 of the constitution that grants the president the power to suspend parliament...

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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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: Lebanon’s newly elected President Michel Aoun, center, meets newly-assigned Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Lebanon’s Political Blocs Compete Over ‘Sovereign’ Ministerial Portfolios

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Ongoing consultations to form the new Lebanese government have highlighted local competition between the different political blocs over the sovereign portfolios, which include the ministries of interior, finance, defense and foreign affairs. Those key...

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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil speaks during a joint news conference with Iraq?s acting Foreign Minister Hussein Shahristani (not pictured) in Baghdad, August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ali Abbas/Pool (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS) – RTR42T54

Increasing Divisions inside Aoun’s FPM in wake of Internal Vote

by Paula Astih | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Internal divisions inside Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement – led by General Michel Aoun and presided over by his son-in-law, Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil – have drastically increased in the wake of party elections aimed at choosing...