Beirut Conflict & Tragedy News

Democratic Gathering bloc MP Elie Aoun told Kuwaiti newspaper An-Nahar in an interview published Saturday that Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s demand to break the link between religion and political position comes as a result of the “injustices”...

Friday that the role of the Resistance should be clearly defined so as to set the political balance within the country and enable the state to impose authority throughout its territory. Sakr added that March 14 is on a “national...

Minister of Energy Gebran Bassil said in a press conference on Friday that all ministers expressing reservations on Article 6 of the Ministerial Statement—which pertains to Hezbollah’s arms—are doing so for political purposes and added that they should resign from...

Following his meeting with Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor General Daniel Bellemare on Thursday, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the two men discussed the tribunal’s work. He added that the prosecutor’s visit reinforced the previously agreed-upon legal measures...

As-Safir newspaper reported on Thursday that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun and Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir’s Wednesday meeting was held following Aoun’s request two months earlier. The sit-down, reportedly planned by Change and Reform bloc MPs Ibrahim...

The Loyalty to the Resistance bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting on Wednesday that it was surprised by the ruckus caused by Nabih Berri’s suggestion to “fully implement the Taif Accord” and form a national committee...

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....

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...

Following its weekly meeting on Wednesday, the March 14 General Secretariat issued a statement criticizing Hezbollah’s political platform announced on Monday— which calls for eliminating political sectarianism and a national defense strategy of the Resistance defending Lebanon alongside...