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Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblat leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris following a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, February 21, 2017. (Reuters)

Jumblat Passes Mantle to his Son Taymour

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Head of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat passed over to his son, Taymour, the “Jumblat leadership” during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of his father, Kamal. During the rally held in Mokhtara...

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Druze Sheikh Aql, Naeem Hassan, on Tuesday welcomed at the Druze House in Verdun Taymour Walid Jumblat (NNA)

Taymour Jumblat: Nobody Can Marginalize Us, With or Without Elections

by Thaer Abbas | Mar 4, 2017 | Interviews

Beirut – Taymour Jumblat, the son of Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat, is preparing to run for the upcoming parliamentary elections, topping a list of “veterans” and new young figures, as he says. The son of the Lebanese Druze leader asserts that he...

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Parliament members give the newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence in Beirut March 20, 2014. Lebanon’s parliament gave a newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence on Thursday, ending almost a year of political deadlock during which the country has been pulled further into the civil war in neighbouring Syria. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON – Tags: POLITICS) – RTR3HXW6

Lebanon: Jumblat Rallies against Proportional Electoral Law

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

Beirut – Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat has maintained steady efforts to hamper any attempt to adopt a parliamentary electoral law that would be based on the proportional system. Jumblat, who had voiced his concern over the fate of the Druze...

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Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblat (2nd R) and Druze Highest Sheikh al-Aql Naim Hassan (2nd L) accept condolences for the death of Druze Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, a leader of the minority Druze community in Syria, at the House of the Druze Community in Beirut, Lebanon, September 10, 2015. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Lebanon: Jumblat Rejects all Electoral Laws that Threaten Druze Representation

by Youssef Diab | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – As the date of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections approaches, chances to agree on a new electoral law are waning, as each political party is seeking to have a law that would be tailored according to its interests. Despite a variety of draft-laws referred to...

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Shorter visits Berri, confirms UK readiness to continue assisting Lebanon (NNA)

Jumblat Advocates 1960 Electoral Law, Berri Warns of Time Constraints

by Paula Astih | Jan 12, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Efforts to draft a parliamentary electoral law have seen new developments, as the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) announced on Wednesday its support to the adoption of the 1960 law, shifting from its previous stance on a hybrid law that combines both the...