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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (C) meets with Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (R) and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 18, 2016. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters

New Lebanese Cabinet Approves Ministerial Statement

by Nazeer Rida | Dec 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Saturday the Ministerial Statement for the new government to be presented to the parliament to gain the vote of confidence the upcoming week. Minister Michel Pharaon as well as ministers of the Lebanese Forces objected...

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Newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) takes an oath after he was elected at the Lebanese parliament in downtown Beirut on October 31, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOSEPH EID)

Aoun: Lebanon will not go Backwards, State-Building Needs Economic Stability

by Paula Astih | Nov 9, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut: President Michel Aoun said Tuesday “Lebanon will not go backwards,” and asserted that state-building could not be achieved without the necessary plans and projects. “The country’s local situation witnessed a tangible improvement during the last two...

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam, center, walks at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon, on February 14, 2014. (Reuters)

Lebanese parties fail to agree on Ministerial Statement

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 26, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following the formation of Lebanon’s new Cabinet on February 15, the committee to reach consensus on a final draft of the country’s Ministerial Statement have failed to reach consensus. The current impasse is mainly due to the March 8...