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Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel spoke Saturday after the mass commemorating his late son, Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel—whose death on November 21, 2006 at the hands of gunmen identifying themselves as “Fighter for the Unity and Liberty of Greater Syria”...

In an interview with Al-Hayat newspaper’s Saturday edition, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Lebanon’s cabinet was formed “domestically,” stressing that according to him, all regional and western countries tried to provide the adequate...

In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper published on Saturday, Free Patriotic Movement official and former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra reiterated his call for FPM leader MP Michel Aoun to return to the party’s bylaws and urge the party’s...

Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh told the Voice of Lebanon radio station on Saturday that only the issue of Hezbollah’s arms remains in dispute between the parties drafting the Ministerial Statement. “We do not want to legislate the arms of...

October and November have been bloody months for Lebanon's migrant domestic workers - over the last five weeks nine women have died...The body of 20-year old Anget R. of Madagascar was found hanging from a rope at her employer's bedroom...

A source told An-Nahar ’s Saturday edition that the opposition, particularly Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, refused three of the formulas pertaining to the clause on the Resistance put forward by Christian parties within the March 14 alliance for the...

Lebanon First bloc MP Mohammad Qabbani issued a statement on Saturday on the occasion of Independence Day, calling for Parliament to form a national body to eliminate political sectarianism. He also urged Speaker Nabih Berri to pursue the implementation of...

Defense Minister Ehud Barak reiterated on Saturday his pledge to crack down on Israel Defense Forces soldiers who refuse to carry out orders, saying Israel should not hesitate to act forcefully to crush the phenomenon. "A country that wishes to...