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Lebanese members of parliament gather during a presidential elections session on April 23, 2014. (AFP)

Lebanese Electoral Law: A Political Demographic Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2017 | Features

Beirut – The Lebanese political powers are “living on the edge of the abyss” in their efforts to produce a new parliamentary electoral law a month away from the June 20 end date of the term of the current parliament. Despite the almost unanimous agreement on the need...

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Lebanese Forces ministers during a press conference on Lebanon’s electricity file on May 9. (NNA)

Lebanese Forces, FPM Standoff over Electricity Plan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The ministers of the Lebanese Forces (LF) announced on Tuesday that they will take the necessary measures at cabinet in order to put affairs related to the electricity file “back on track in order to preserve public funds and ensure the rise of the state of...

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. (Reuters)

Geagea: Problems Ensue Wherever Iran Goes

by Thaer Abbas | May 6, 2017 | Interviews

Beirut – Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea blamed Iran for several regional conflicts, saying that it acts against the legitimacy of those countries. He told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday: “Where ever Iran puts its finger, problems follow.” In Yemen, he said, there...

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun during an address to the Lebanese people in which he announced the suspension of parliament. (Dalati and Nohra)

Lebanese President Suspends Parliament to Stop it from Extending its own Term

by Paula Astih | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun suspended on Wednesday the country’s parliament in an attempt to prevent it from extending its own term for a third time. Aoun resorted to Article 59 of the constitution that grants the president the power to suspend parliament...

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun and LF chief Samir Geagea. (AFP)

Lebanon: Disputes Shake LF-FPM Alliance, but Don’t Break it

by Youssef Diab | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The main issues that produced the alliance between the Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement have not changed in the year since the two sides signed their “Declaration of Intent,” but their stances on internal and regional affairs have shown the...