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Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote to elect the new Lebanese president in the parliament building in downtown Beirut on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Joesph Eid, Pool)

Berri: Lebanese presidential crisis worsening by day

by Thair Abbas | Aug 27, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri admitted he was holding talks with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt to break the country’s presidential deadlock on Tuesday, but refused to give details of the initiative. Jumblatt has traditionally played...

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Lebanese Member of Parliament Michel Aoun, right, seals the envelope in which he wrote his vote to elect new Lebanese president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on April 23, 2014. (EPA/Joseph Eid/Pool)

Aoun’s call for direct presidential election’s creates controversy

by Layal Abu Rahal | Jul 3, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s March 14 Alliance presidential candidate Samir Geagea on Wednesday accused presidential rival Michel Aoun of blocking the much-delayed election of a successor to Michel Suleiman by suggesting controversial amendments to the...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Germany, on May 6, 2014. (EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI)

Lebanon FM: Syrian presidential elections not enough, but better than nothing

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Jun 20, 2014 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues its lightning advance in Iraq and consolidates its strongholds in Syria, sparking fears of sectarian war across the region, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil spoke with Asharq...

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Lebanese members of parliament gather to elect a new president in downtown Beirut on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Joseph Eid, Pool)

Lebanese presidential vote rescheduled again

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 19, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese MPs failed for the seventh time on Wednesday to elect a new president, after members of the March 8 Alliance continued their boycott of parliamentary sessions to select a new head of state. The speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih...

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File photo of senior members of the March 14 Alliance pose for a group photograph during a news conference. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanese politicians to consider public-sector workers’ demands

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese politicians are preparing for a parliamentary session on Tuesday to consider demands by public-sector workers for better pay and conditions, despite continued wrangling among Lebanese parties over the failure to elect a new president....