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Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Walid Jumblatt: Al-Nusra Front are not terrorists

by Thair Abbas | Feb 26, 2015 | Interviews

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has traditionally played the role of kingmaker in Lebanese politics. However, nine months after the end of the presidential term of Michel Suleiman, there is still no new president in Beirut’s...

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Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Riyadh neutral on rival Lebanese presidential candidates: Saudi ambassador

by Huda Al-Saleh | Dec 30, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following local reports that rival Lebanese presidential hopefuls Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea are set to meet in January to seek a way to resolve the ongoing presidential vacuum in the country, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon affirmed...

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A ballot box sits on a table next to the national flag at the Lebanese Parliament in the capital Beirut on April 22, 2014. (AFP Photo)

France renews efforts to end Lebanese presidnetial deadlock: sources

by Michel Abu Najm | Dec 24, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—France is set to send its top Middle East official on a tour of the region in early January in a fresh round of diplomatic efforts to end the presidential deadlock in Lebanon, French sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The move comes as Lebanese Prime...

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Samir Geagea (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Samir Geagea: Lebanon would be ISIS’s graveyard

by Thair Abbas | Aug 24, 2014 | Interviews

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed that he would not renounce his presidential ambitions, but added that he would not oppose parliamentary elections taking place before a new president is elected. Lebanese lawmakers have been unable...

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A ballot box sits on a table next to the national flag at the Lebanese Parliament in the capital Beirut on April 22, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Lebanon’s Triple Negation

by Amir Taheri | Aug 8, 2014 | Opinion

Having hit an impasse over the election of a president, Lebanon is experiencing one of its periodical crises of identity. Sixty years ago, as Lebanon was trying to shake off the French mandate, the crisis was conjured up by rival visions of the country’s place between...