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Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C), Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam (L) and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) attend a graduation parade for Lebanese officer cadets at a military academy in Fayadyeh, near Beirut, marking the 68th Army Day, August 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Sharif Karim.)

Lebanon: Parliament speaker calls for dialogue

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 1, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The speaker of Lebanon’s parliament, Nabih Berri, presented a six-point road map based on reviving “open dialogue” in Lebanon on Saturday, adding that ownership of military weapons outside the army and resistance within...

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File photo—Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C) meets with members of “March 14” coalition at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut on June 18, 2013. (Reuters/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon government negotiations still deadlocked

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 14, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes of a breakthrough in Lebanon’s fraught attempts to form a new government have been dashed, with several issues remaining unresolved, according to observers. Prime minister-designate Tammam Salam and his opponents have reportedly failed to...

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Lebanese army soldiers point their weapons during clashes with gunmen of hardline Sunni Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, in Abra near Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Sharif Karim

Lebanese troops killed in Sidon clashes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clashes erupted in Sidon between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Ahmad Al-Asir on Sunday. The army said Asir supporters opened fire on a checkpoint in Abra, near Sidon, without provocation, killing a number of soldiers....

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Lebanese former minister Tammam Salam gestures to his supporters in front of his house while going to the presidential palace in Baabda, Beirut April 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Tammam Salam: The Man of the Hour

by Hussein Shobokshi | Apr 12, 2013 | Opinion

The Lebanese people breathed a huge sigh of relief after Tammam Salam was named Lebanon’s prime minister designate, tasked with forming a new government. Tammam Salam’s appointment as prime minister was approved by President Michel Suleiman. He was appointed thanks to...

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File photo of Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam. (REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi)

Tammam Salam: After the Honeymoon

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 11, 2013 | Opinion

Numbers do not lie. Lebanon’s prime minister designate, Tammam Salam, who is tasked with forming the country’s next government, obtained a record number of votes—124 out of a total of 128—from MPs during the constitutionally mandated consultations carried out by...