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Change and Reform bloc MP Farid Al-Khazen told New TV on Saturday that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun will meet with Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan on Saturday in Khaldeh so that Aoun can reconcile with...

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir said on Monday that for him to visit Syria is “out of the question.” He also said that Hezbollah “is an armed party with known motives.” Sfeir said that he is against Palestinian naturalization, highlighting...

Syrian President’s political advisor Bouthaina Shaaban told Syrian newspaper Al-Watan on Tuesday that Damascus is pleased to see a cabinet formed in Lebanon, stating, “Lebanon is a friend; its security and stability are our security and stability.” Shaaban stressed that...

A Lebanese security source told Al-Akhbar newspaper that Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil, along with former Minister Michel Samaha, travelled to Syria on Thursday. “Bassil went to offer his condolences to the Syrian president’s political advisor, Bouthaina Shaaban, following...

Emerging from international isolation with a flurry of high-level Western visitors and ties boosted with Turkey, Syria has gained in confidence to the point of holding out on an EU partnership. The European Union hoped to sign a partnership accord on...

A source close to Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh told Al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday that Franjieh stopped his mediation efforts to reach an agreement between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun after Aoun...

In an interview with As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper published on Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said that King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz’s visit to Syria earlier during the month “is the only reason for optimism in the region.” Kouchner said...

Saudi newspaper Al-Watan reported on Monday that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is to visit with President Michel Sleiman on Monday in order to inform him of the recent developments on the cabinet formation. The daily added that the visit will...