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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam. Reuters

Salam: We Reject Iran’s Meddling, We Expressed Reservations to Describing Hezbollah Terrorist

by Paula Astih | Jul 27, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has stressed that Lebanon was and still is an integral part of the Arab nation which has always stood by it and embraced it over the years. Any doubt over Lebanon’s Arab belonging and its solidarity with its brethren is...

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Prime Minister Tammam Salam meets Information Minister Ramzi Jreij at the Grand Serail in Beirut. NNA

Lebanon’s Kataeb Party Joins Opposition, its Ministers Act as Caretakers

by Paula Astih | Jun 16, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Kataeb Party has decided to pull its ministers out of the Lebanese government at a time when the country’s security is shaken following a bomb attack on a bank located in Beirut. Kataeb leader MP Sami Gemayel said the resignations are intended to create “a...

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Photo provided by Lebanon’s National News Agency shows a cabinet session chaired by PM Tammam Salam

Hezbollah Threatens Lebanon Banks after Closure of Accounts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The so-called Hezbollah group has threatened Lebanon’s Central Bank and mainly Lebanese banks after they began implementing special measures in accordance with the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act adopted in the United States. The threats came...

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Lebanese members of parliament gather to elect a new president in downtown Beirut. AFP

Jreij Rules out Lebanon Presidential Polls before Situation in Syria ‘Clarifies’

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | May 9, 2016 | Interviews

Beirut-Lebanon’s Information Minister Ramzi Jreij hoped that the municipal elections that kicked off on Sunday would contribute to the rotation of power and lead to presidential polls. Jreij told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Monday that “Lebanon’s presidential...