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Wissam al-Hassan’s casket. Reuters file photo

Lebanon: More Should be Done in Wissam al-Hassan’s Murder Case

by Youssef Diab | Oct 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Five years have passed since the assassination of the head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, and judicial and security investigations still have no evidence on the identity of the perpetrators and...

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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary. UNIFIL photo

UNIFIL Welcomes Deployment of Additional Lebanese Soldiers in South

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- UNIFIL Commander Major General Michael Beary has welcomed the deployment of additional Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon, saying it “will allow more joint patrolling and strengthen the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701.” During a Town...

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with the ambassadors of the five permanent members to the UN Security Council, and representatives of the European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League, October 16, 2017 (Dalati & Nohra)

Aoun Pushes for a Plan that Guarantees Return of Syrian Refugees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese President Michel Aoun met on Monday with the ambassadors of the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members, in presence of the UN, EU and Arab League ambassadors, to discuss Lebanon’s stance on the file of Syrian refugees. Aoun sounded the...

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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 Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil. (Reuters)

Tender Closed on First Round of Offshore Energy Blocks in Lebanon

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | Business

Lebanese Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil announced on Thursday that a tender on the first round of offshore energy blocks has been ended. “The first licensing round for oil exploration closed,” he said during a press conference He said that two consortiums had made...