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The Lebanese parliament approved a number of new taxes to finance the new wage scale. (NNA)

Lebanese Parliament Approves New Taxes to Fund Salary Hike

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....

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Kataeb Party leader MP Nadim Gemayel during a press conference on June 15, 2017. (NNA)

Lebanon’s Gemayel Criticizes ‘Flawed’ Electoral Law

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...

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Newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun (2nd L), reviews the honour guards upon arrival to the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Fadi al-Haber: Hezbollah Gave Aoun the Presidency and Controlled Lebanon

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...

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President Aoun meets with the Maronite Patriarch in Bkirki. NNA

Lebanon: Political Vetoes Obstruct Birth of Cabinet before Independence Day

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...

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Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel meets with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki on Friday November 11, 2016. NNA

Lebanon: Kataeb Party Heads Towards Participation in New Government

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...