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Mashnouq speaks on Sunday/NNA

Bassil-Moallem Meeting Disturbs Lebanon’s Ruling Coalition

by Thaer Abbas and Caroline Akoum | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- A meeting held between the son-in-law of Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun and Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in New York last week sparked dismay in the team of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, shaking the ruling alliance that would also deal on Monday with...

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A Lebanese woman casts her vote at a polling station during the municipal elections in Beirut, Lebanon, May 8, 2016. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon: Political Disputes Might Bring Parliamentary Elections Date Closer

by Youssef Diab | Sep 22, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections currently constitute the biggest challenge for political forces whose majority fear the outcome of the vote in light of a new law that forecasts uncertain victories. Amid those fears, worries re-emerged lately...

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Hariri meets Putin in May 2015/NNA

Supporting Lebanese Army is Main Item in Upcoming Putin-Hariri Talks

by Youssef Diab | Sep 5, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The visit of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Moscow and his meeting with President Vladimir Putin next Monday carries several revealed titles, such as supporting the Lebanese Army to face terrorism and discuss the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon. The...

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (right), and his Senior Special Advisor Jan Egeland, brief the press in Geneva. UN Photo

International Invitation for Syrian Deal to Prevent Reemergence of Extremism

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, London, Paris- Syrians went out on Friday to celebrate the Adha Eid for the first time in the four de-escalation zones at a time when international calls were made to strike a “comprehensive deal” that allows the return of refugees and prevents the...

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Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris July 14, 2012. Bertrand Guay/AFP

Syrian Regime Confiscates Lebanese Prime Minister’s Properties

by Thaer Abbas | Sep 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- Syrian opposition sources uncovered to Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday that the authorities in Damascus issued a decision to confiscate all the properties of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Syria and transfer them to the ownership of the state,...