Lebanon Conflict & Tragedy News

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...

After arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport on Tuesday following a visit to the Vatican, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir responded to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s suggestion to swap the presidency, premiership and speakership between the sects,...

In an interview with NBN television on Tuesday, Information Minister Tarek Mitri said that he does not expect any fundamental changes to be made to the Ministerial Statement during the cabinet session scheduled to be held on Wednesday to discuss...

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....

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun said on Wednesday following his meeting with the Maronite Bishops Council– which was headed by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir – that the sit-down was necessary “to clarify political positions and motives and...

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...