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Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (Reuters/ Mohammed Azakir)

Lebanon’s Future Movement Holds 2nd General Conference

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 27, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that his national initiative, which led to the election of President Michel Aoun, ended the political vacuum and moved the country towards the phase of legitimacy and institutional work. Hariri chaired on...

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Lebanese lawmakers meet in the Lebanese Parliament during a session in 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon: Race between Aoun’s Movement and Attempts to Reach Agreement among Rivals

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Sep 12, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has placed a plan for “gradual escalatory” measures in the streets of Lebanon, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper learned on Sunday. The FPM, which is founded by MP Michel Aoun and led by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, is currently...

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Hassan Nasrallah/ Reuters

Nasrallah’s Escalatory Speech Dashes Hopes of Near Presidential Election in Lebanon

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 31, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The escalatory speech of the so-called Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was capable to blow all hopes that were lately seen in Lebanon concerning the possibility of registering a certain breach in the presidential file during the next national...

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Future Movement leader and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri at an Iftar in Sama Chtaura restaurant in the eastern Bekaa Valley. NNA

Hariri: Lebanon Suffering from Hezbollah Involvement in Wars that Bring in Sanctions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 18, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Future Movement leader and Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said that Lebanon is suffering from the involvement of the so-called Hezbollah, and not of Lebanon’s Shi’ites, “in wars from which we only reap boycott and sanctions, and which make us lose...

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Ashraf Rifi shows his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during Tripoli’s municipal elections, Lebanon, May 29, 2016. Reuters

Lebanon: After Municipal Setback, Future Movement in Limbo

by Paula Astih and Youssef Diab | Jun 4, 2016 | Features

Beirut-Future Movement is still confounded by the severe loss it suffered in the municipal elections in Tripoli, the capital of the North and Lebanon’s second largest city. Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, who fought the elections alone against a coalition of...