by Youssef Diab | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The Lebanese parliament approved on Monday a series of new taxes to fund the recently announced hike in salaries of public employees. The majority of the taxes are the same ones included in a previous tax law that was rejected by the Constitutional Council....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – Head of Lebanon’s Kataeb Party MP Nadim Gemayel slammed on Thursday the new parliamentary electoral law that was approved by the government, saying that it was flawed and lacked “unified standards.” He declared during a press conference that proportional...
by Wajdi Al-Aridi | May 29, 2017 | Interviews
Beirut – Lebanese MP Fadi al-Haber said that Hezbollah has granted the presidency to General Michel Aoun and tightened its grip over the country through its arms and its interference in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat, the Kataeb Party...
by Youssef Diab | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut-Consultations led by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to form a new government in Lebanon entered a race against time, limiting the possibility to form the cabinet before Independence Day next Tuesday. Optimism that prevailed in the last few hours has...
by Paula Astih | Nov 12, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut-Lebanon’s Kataeb Party will likely become a member of the new government, which Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is working on forming, a position that would secure the participation of the country’s main parties in the new cabinet months before the...
