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Lebanese leader MP Walid Jumblat. (Reuters)

Detainee Reveals ISIS Plot to Assassinate Lebanon’s Jumblat

by Youssef Diab | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A Palestinian detainee in Lebanon, held on terrorism charges, revealed that the ISIS terrorist group had plotted to assassinate Druze leader MP Walid Jumblat, as well as carry out a number of attacks in the country. Imad Yassine told a court where he was...

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Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq. (NNA)

Officials Warn of Strife between Lebanese Army, Syrian Refugees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Stances in support of the Lebanese army continued to pour in amid warning against the eruption of internal strife in Lebanon in wake of calls for two opposing protests. The first demonstration was aimed at voicing support for the military and the other was...

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Lebanese members of parliament gather during a presidential elections session on April 23, 2014. (AFP)

Lebanese Electoral Law: A Political Demographic Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2017 | Features

Beirut – The Lebanese political powers are “living on the edge of the abyss” in their efforts to produce a new parliamentary electoral law a month away from the June 20 end date of the term of the current parliament. Despite the almost unanimous agreement on the need...

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Lebanese soldiers secure the area outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon April 12, 2017. (Reuters)

Lebanon: Jumblat Proposes New Hybrid Electoral Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Head of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat presented on Saturday a new parliamentary electoral law in a bid to end the ongoing crisis over the issue. The new hybrid law is a combination of the proportional representation and...

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Taymour Jumblat receives popular delegations in Mokhtara in Mount Lebanon. (NNA)

Taymour Succeeds Walid Jumblat in Leading Family Legacy

by Thaer Abbas | Mar 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Druze leader MP Walid Jumblat hesitated a lot before announcing that he is passing the family mantle to his son, Taymour. Walid Jumblat had to quash many rumors surrounding his intention to pass the “Jumblat leadership” to his successor, perhaps out...