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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman (left) meeting at the Baabda Palace with former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (Dalati and Nohra)
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Lebanese Prime Minister designate Tammam Salam gestures upon his arrival to the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, April 6, 2013. (AP Photo)
Lebanon edges closer to new government
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon has moved a step closer to forming a new government this week after overcoming a number of obstacles that had stood in the way of the more than nine-month process, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The progress comes after the Hezbollah-led...Caption:
Members of the Lebanese army stand guard by a poster of Mohamad Chatah, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during his funeral procession at Martyrs’ Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, December 29, 2013. Angry mourners chanted against Hezbollah as they buried Chatah, who was critical of the Shi’ite militia. The Arabic words on the poster in the background read: “A moderate martyr.” (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanon: Calls to exclude Hezbollah from government
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese politicians called for Hezbollah to be excluded from any future government, ahead of former finance minister Mohamad Chatah’s funeral on Sunday. Chatah had been a staunch critic of both the Syrian government and Hezbollah, with many...Caption:
Lebanese Army commandos sit on the back of a truck in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon, on June 26, 2013, following 24-hours of clashes that ended two days ago between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT.)