Lebanon Conflict & Tragedy News

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt told An-Nahar newspaper on Sunday that the country’s independence will only really be achieved when political sectarianism is eliminated. He also said a strong economy that protects agriculture and industry, and enforces a...

In an interview with NOW on Sunday, Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh said that the Ministerial Statement will not come pre-packaged. “This statement should be a Lebanese product and has to express the internal concerns and balances of the Lebanese...

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun told An-Nahar newspaper on Sunday that the Lebanese have not had independence for a long time, although they partially gained it back in 2005 when Syria withdrew its army from the country. “What...

During a dinner held in the honor of the General Union of the Assembly of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Mediterranean, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he will serve all of Lebanon, adding that “none of the...

Following the Ministerial Statement Committee’s meeting at the Grand Serail on Friday, Information Minister Tarek Mitri said that “no clause is more important than the other” and that a large part of the statement’s economic chapter has been established.

An-Nahar newspaper reported on Saturday that leaders within the March 14 alliance met on Friday night and addressed their expectations that discussions over the Ministerial Statement would take a “long” time, particularly in light of certain parties’ insistence on extending...

In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper published on Saturday, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said that Internal Security Forces’ Director General Ashraf Rifi had undermined the instructions Baroud had given to him, when following a dispute, Rifi accused Police Brigadier Antoine...

Judicial Police Commander General Anwar Yehya told Al-Manar television on Friday that evidence in the death of a mother, Grace Jalkh, and her three daughters in Bhersaf-Metn on Wednesday night points, until now, to a suicide. According to Yehya, the...

Officials from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) tasked with prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri visited Lebanon last week, the court’s Defense Office said Wednesday. François Roux, head of the Defense Office, and his team...