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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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Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri strikes his gavel at the end of a parliamentary session in parliament in Beirut, May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Berri Proposes Holding Early Elections for Fears of Parliament Term Extension

by Caroline Akoum | Sep 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– Lebanon’s parliamentary Development and Liberation Bloc, which is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri, submitted on Monday an urgent draft law to end Parliament’s term this year and to hold early elections before the end of 2017. In a news conference, Berri said...

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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri meets with Saudi Minister Thamer al-Sabhan in Beirut (Dalati & Nohra)

Sabhan in Beirut to Discuss Saudi-Lebanese Relations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Saudi Minister of State for Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer Al-Sabhan has met with a number of Lebanese officials during a visit to Beirut that he kicked off on Wednesday. The Saudi official reviewed with Prime Minister Saad Hariri latest developments in Lebanon and...

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. (NNA)

Geagea Supports Expanding UNIFIL Mission to Lebanese-Syrian Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea voiced on Friday his support for expanding the mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to the Lebanese-Syrian border in the east and north. He said that he “sees no problem in this issue. On the...

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Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea speaks during an interview with Reuters at his home in the village of Maarab October 31, 2014. (Reuters)

Lebanese Ministers’ Visit to Damascus Deepens Disputes inside Government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A visit to Damascus planned by ministers affiliated with “Hezbollah”, the AMAL Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), has sparked internal disputes and a wave of opposition, due to its negative effects on the Lebanese arena. State Minister for the...