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Najjar refused to disclose the name of the dismissed judge, but Al-Liwaa identified the judge as Tanios Ghantous.  Sleiman added that reforms must be taken only by the administration of the judiciary, without outside interference. He said that he discussed...

In an interview with As-Safir newspaper published on Thursday, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt agreed with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun during their Wednesday meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda “to develop a mechanism that...

Following its routine meeting on Thursday, the National Bloc issued a statement saying that abolishing political sectarianism starts by “disarming sectarian militias” and by cancelling religious parties that have political affiliations with external actors.

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 As-Safir newspaper published on Tuesday, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said that UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which he described as “ominous, was issued under circumstances that will be revealed when Lebanon’s history is...

Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said on Thursday that the Kataeb Party and the Lebanese Forces have the right to express reservations on the Resistance clause in the Ministerial Statement, adding that communications between all parties are ongoing to...

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) moved to consolidate ties with Lebanon’s citizens by promoting its Arabic-language website, launched in August, in a press briefing held in the southern coastal city of Tyre. UNIFIL was the first UN peacekeeping...

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...