Beirut News

A military prosecutor in Beirut is pushing for a Lebanese man who was found guilty of spying for Israel to be given the death sentence, Israel Radio reported Wednesday. Ali Hussein Mantish was found guilty of passing information to Israel...

Lebanese Parliament and various non-governmental organizations outlined their agenda on Tuesday for Lebanon’s environmental goals for the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change summit on December 7 and came up with the following recommendations dubbed “Beirut’s call to Copenhagen.” ...

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra told New TV on Wednesday that it is ridiculous to think Hezbollah is not a militia, adding that its new political platform indicates that Lebanon is not heading toward state-building, although he did not...

President Michel Sleiman commended the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s work following his meeting with STL Prosecutor General Daniel Bellemare in Baabda on Wednesday, saying that he “trusts its verdicts that are based exclusively on evidence and are not affected by...

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, along with Hezbollah official Hassan Hadraj, met with a Hamas delegation which included Mohammad Nasr, Osama Hamdan and Mounir Said. The men discussed regional and international developments, said a statement released by Hezbollah’s press...

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh told LBC television on Tuesday that Lebanon is unaffected by the financial crisis in the Arab and international markets, stressing that Dubai’s crisis will never affect Beirut. According to him, there is a $6 billion...

After arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport on Tuesday following a visit to the Vatican, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir responded to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s suggestion to swap the presidency, premiership and speakership between the sects,...

In an interview with NBN television on Tuesday, Information Minister Tarek Mitri said that he does not expect any fundamental changes to be made to the Ministerial Statement during the cabinet session scheduled to be held on Wednesday to discuss...

President Michel Sleiman said that he does not oppose adopting the concept of one electoral district throughout Lebanon in an interview with Ad-Diyar newspaper, but, he added, on condition there is an equal distribution of power between Christians and Muslims....

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun said on Wednesday following his meeting with the Maronite Bishops Council– which was headed by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir – that the sit-down was necessary “to clarify political positions and motives and...