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Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq. (NNA)

Dispute between Lebanese Interior, Foreign Ministers Contained

by Paula Astih | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – It does not appear that the renewed dispute between Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil over the country’s foreign policy will have repercussions on the ties between President Michel Aoun and the ministers of Prime...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) attend the first meeting of the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Future Bloc: Bassil-Moallem Meeting is an Attempt to Annex Lebanon to Iranian, Syrian Axis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri warned of attempts to trap Lebanon into the Iranian-Syrian alliance. The bloc criticized what it described as “unilateral steps” made by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil through his...

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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil gestures after an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Lebanon: ‘Political Weariness’ due to Normalization with Syrian Regime

by Paula Astih | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government is facing a chain of challenges that are seriously threatening its stability for the first time. Major challenges are the economic file and the obvious push of 8 March alliance towards normalization with the Syrian regime. Days after...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil speaks during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) in Moscow on November 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

Bassil-Muallem Meeting Deepens Lebanese Division on ‘Normalization’

by Paula Astih | Sep 23, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Jebran Bassil’s meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem in New York has deepened divisions among Lebanon’s politicians and driven sharp criticism from some officials. Syrian Arab News Agency reported...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil. (NNA)

Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement Renews Call for ‘Direct Dialogue’ with Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Foreign Minister and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil reiterated on Saturday that there can be no resolution to Lebanon’s Syrian refugee crisis “without dialogue with the Syrian regime.” He therefore urged the Lebanese government to...