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Cabinet met at the Grand Serail on Friday/NNA

Lebanon Overpasses Tests of Taxes, Repercussions of Bassil-Moallem Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government overpassed on Friday the test of a tax law and the repercussions of a meeting held last week in New York between its Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and his Syrian counterpart Walid Moallem. On Friday, the cabinet convened at the Grand...

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In this March 4, 2011, file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a Lebanese anti-Syrian regime leader, addresses his supporters during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP photo/Hussein Malla,File)

Assir Sentenced to Death Over Clashes with Lebanese Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s permanent military tribunal sentenced hardline cleric Ahmad al-Assir to death and Lebanese retired singer Fadel Shaker to 15 years in prison in absentia ending the so-called case of the Abra clashes that erupted in 2013 in the southern city of Sidon...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with LF Leader Samir Geagea in Jeddah (SPA)

Geagea Visits Saudi Arabia as First Stop in Foreign Tour

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Beirut– Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Thursday with the leader of Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea. Geagea landed in Jeddah on his first stop in a foreign tour that would also take him to a number of Arab and western states. A...

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US House of Representative – AFP 2017/ SAUL LOEB

US House Committee to Vote on Hezbollah Sanctions Bill

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 28, 2017 | Middle East

Washington– US House of Representative Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on Thursday on legislation that tightens sanctions against Hezbollah, which is highly supported by both the Republican and the Democratic parties, according to informed sources. Two bills were...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) attend the first meeting of the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Future Bloc: Bassil-Moallem Meeting is an Attempt to Annex Lebanon to Iranian, Syrian Axis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri warned of attempts to trap Lebanon into the Iranian-Syrian alliance. The bloc criticized what it described as “unilateral steps” made by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil through his...