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Former Lebanese president Amine Gemayel. (Reuters)

Amine Gemayel: Arab states committing collective suicide

by Regina Youssef | Mar 26, 2015 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Lebanon’s presidential vacuum continues for its 10th month and the country of almost 4.5 million inhabitants continues to reel from the economic and social pressure caused by the influx of an estimated 1.5 million refugees fleeing the...

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Michel Aoun. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanese politicians still split over Presidency

by Paula Astih | Jul 27, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Michel Aoun, one of the contenders for the Lebanese Presidency, offered to withdraw from the race on Saturday, in return for changes to Lebanon’s electoral system. Aoun, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, said he was willing to withdraw...

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Lebanese Druze leader and Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party chairman Walid Jumblatt speaks to the press after a meeting with the French president at the Elysée Palace in Paris in this June 30, 2014, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/DOMINIQUE FAGET)

Jumblatt initiative to break Lebanon’s presidential deadlock fails

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A proposal by the head of the Lebanese parliament’s Democratic Gathering bloc, Walid Jumblatt, to end Lebanon’s presidential deadlock failed on Tuesday. Jumblatt said he was willing to withdraw his party’s presidential candidate if...

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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)

Lebanon: Geagea accuses presidential rivals of “treason”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 8, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lawmakers appear no closer to securing a quorum for a vote to choose Lebanon’s next president as a controversial presidential vacuum continues and rival political leaders exchange accusations. In a speech on Saturday, March 14 Alliance...

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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center top, delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating “Liberation Day,” which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Sunday May 25, 2014. Hezbollah’s leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is warning that hardline foreign fighters in […]

Opinion: Lebanon’s Hijacked Presidency

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 5, 2014 | Opinion

In an atmosphere of illusions, hopes and the calculations of defeat and victory, the presidency of Lebanon remains vacant. The vacancy at the presidential palace can be attributed to a host of factors. First, there are Lebanese who still believe—whether wrongly or...