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Minister of State Jean Ogassapian told MTV on Saturday that “conditions are suitable to integrate [Hezbollah’s] arsenal into the state,” adding that the issue is being transferred to the National Dialogue. According to him, all “majority” ministers agree the Resistance...

Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told As-Safir newspaper on Saturday that “resolving the traffic problem in Lebanon is a concern for the whole country, not just the the interior minister,” adding that it requires action from “the entire government.”  Baroud said...

In an exclusive interview with NOW Lebanon on Saturday, Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh said that the new swine flu vaccine “will only be administered to pregnant women, cancer patients who use antigens, nurses and hospital employees.” “Non-infected people who...

Friday that a Syrian border guard lured Lebanese national Mouwaffaq Hassan Damaq to the town of Tassal along the border and killed him. The body of Mouwaffaq has not been sent back and authorities are working to uncover the circumstances...

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc leader MP Mohammad Raad said on Saturday that Hezbollah is awaiting the parliamentary sessions on the Ministerial Statement, adding that he considers the sessions a “laboratory in which all intentions will be uncovered.” He also...

In a joint statement issued on Friday, Hezbollah and Amal Movement said that finalizing the Ministerial Statement was a “basic step” to set the country on the “right track,” adding that it cannot be obstructed. Amal and Hezbollah criticized the...

Following his meeting with Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel in Bikfaya, Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said he did not transfer any political message from Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt to Gemayel.  Aridi stressed that the...

Development and Liberation bloc MP Ali Khreiss said on Thursday that discussions about the Ministerial Statement during the general parliamentary sessions on December 8, 9 and 10 would be heated. He said the number of speakers will exceed 60 MPs,...

Following his meeting with the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers and its president, Ghassan Ghosn, on Thursday, Labor Minster Boutros Harb said there is no difference between objecting to and having reservations over Article 6 of the Ministerial Statement, stressing...