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Hezbollah fighters put Lebanese and Hezbollah flags at Juroud Arsal, Syria-Lebanon border, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Future Movement: Hezbollah’s Campaign against Saudi Arabia Harms Lebanon

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

Beirut- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc warned against the campaign launched by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, stressing that such policy would “damage the interests of Lebanon, and distort relations with...

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A Lebanese army soldier mans a checkpoint at the entrance to Arsal in the Bekaa valley on August 3, 2014 (AFP Photo/)

Lebanese Social Affairs Minister: Arsal Battles Are Part of Syria’s War

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs Pierre Bou Assi said on Monday that battles taking place along the borders with Syria were part of Syria’s war. In an interview with LBCI, the minister said: “The battles currently taking place at the border between Lebanon...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil speaks during a press conference in Berlin, on May 6, 2014 (AFP Photo/John MacDougall)

Bassil: Our Alliance with Future Movement Will Be Translated in Elections

by Thaer Abbas | Jun 28, 2017 | Interviews

Beirut – Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil said that the new era, led by President Michel Aoun, was focused on works and achievements. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Bassil noted that his party has put behind all the “bickering” and...

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Prime Minister Saad Hariri gestures as he walks into the parliament building. REUTERS file photo

Revival of ‘Electoral Law’ Talks Expected following Hariri’s Return from Riyadh

by Paula Astih | May 22, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– Lebanon is awaiting the return of Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Riyadh this week to resume discussions over a new parliamentary electoral law, in the wake of a quasi-consensus over “proportionality” as the basis of any new voting system. In recent comments,...

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Hariri with the newly elected members of the Future Movement politburo at Biel, Central Beirut, Sunday/ NNA

Lebanon: Future Renews Hariri’s Leadership at Party’s 2nd General Convention

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s Future Movement chose by acclamation Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri as head of the party and elected 20 members of its politburo at the end of the Second General Convention that kicked off in Central Beirut on Saturday. The convention also saw...