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In this photo released by Lebanon’s official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, meets with the U.N, humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, amid a snow storm hitting the region and troubling some of the tens of thousands of […]

Opinion: Lebanon’s “Three Majorities”

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Feb 28, 2014 | Opinion

When listening to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and UN representative Bashar Al-Jaafari, one can only feel surprise at their extensive use of the term “sovereignty” in their speeches. In fact, they consider...

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Lebanese former minister Tammam Salam gestures to his supporters in front of his house while going to the presidential palace in Baabda, Beirut April 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Tammam Salam: The Man of the Hour

by Hussein Shobokshi | Apr 12, 2013 | Opinion

The Lebanese people breathed a huge sigh of relief after Tammam Salam was named Lebanon’s prime minister designate, tasked with forming a new government. Tammam Salam’s appointment as prime minister was approved by President Michel Suleiman. He was appointed thanks to...