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Lebanese anti-government protesters wave national flags and placards during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis and government corruption, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on August 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

“Sisi scenario” for Lebanon “almost certain” as head of army poised to fill presidential vacuum: source

by Caroline Akoum | Aug 31, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s army chief Jean Kahwaji will be appointed by lawmakers as the country’s president, in order to quell widespread public anger over a dysfunctional political system and a presidential vacuum that has now lasted for over a year. A source...

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Lebanese army soldiers on military vehicles and armored carriers advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Beqaa Valley in Lebanon on August 4, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Lebanese army continue manhunt for fleeing Islamist militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon deployed military units to the south of the country on Wednesday as part of operations to pursue Islamist militants fleeing the port city of Tripoli and after receiving intelligence of planned terrorist attacks in the region. According...

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A handout picture distributed by the Lebanese Forces on April 4, 2014 shows Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea (C) attending a press conference in Maarab, northeast of Beirut. (AFP Photo/Lebanese Forces)

Lebanese parliament fails to elect new president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese MPs failed to select a new president on Wednesday, in what my herald the beginning of a fierce and divisive competition to elect a new head of state. The president of Lebanon, traditionally a Maronite Christian, is elected by a secret...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C), Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam (L) and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) attend a graduation parade for Lebanese officer cadets at a military academy in Fayadyeh, near Beirut, marking the 68th Army Day, August 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Sharif Karim.)

Lebanese president slams Hezbollah for role in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese president Michel Suleiman criticized Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian crisis during the celebrations of Army Day in Beirut on Thursday. In the speech to new military academy graduates at the Shukri Ghanem barracks in Fayadieh, the...

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Lebanese Army commandos sit on the back of a truck in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon, on June 26, 2013, following 24-hours of clashes that ended two days ago between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT.)

Carrying the burden of the Syrian crisis

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 9, 2013 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Worried about the possible fallout from Syria, the Lebanese military spared no efforts to crush the armed insurgency led by Sunni Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir; however, it remained heedless to the risks of Hezbollah’s growing embroilment in civil-war...