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Sectarianism in Lebanon has reached a dangerous level, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt said on Monday in the party’s newspaper Al-Anbaa. Jumblatt said sectarianism in the country was gravely dangerous and it should be tackled seriously and calmly.

A source close to the Ministerial Statement Committee told Al-Liwaa newspaper on Tuesday that there will be no amendments made to the Ministerial Statement draft in the cabinet’s session on Wednesday, despite reservations voiced by the Lebanese Forces and the...

Tashnaq party leader MP Hagop Pakradounian in an interview with Al-Manar television on Monday said the Ministerial Statement results from agreements dating from before the cabinet formation. He stressed that the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party are the only...

Following a Monday meeting of its political bureau, the Kataeb Party issued a statement stating that it refusing to accept Hezbollah’s weapons as an alternative to the Lebanese army and added that Lebanese sovereignty must not be compromised. It also...

In an interview with Al-Mustaqbal newspaper published on Sunday, Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh said the sixth clause of the Ministerial Statement, regarding the Resistance, “meets Lebanon’s political situation.” Mneimneh further described the Resistance clause as a “reasonable...

Al-Hayat newspaper on Sunday quoted an anonymous diplomatic source who said that President Michel Sleiman will head to Washington on December 10th, and he will meet with US President Barack Obama and other high-ranking officials before returning to Lebanon on...

The ministerial committee tasked with formulating the Cabinet’s policy statement concluded on Thursday its discussions with another compromise granting the state monopoly over matters which relate to the country’s political policy while also highlighting Leba­non’s right to liberate...