Middle East Conflict & Tragedy News

An-Nahar newspaper reported on Sunday that 60 members of parliament have demanded to speak at Tuesday’s parliament session – which is expected to grant a vote of confidence to the new cabinet - according to parliament Secretary General Adnan Daher....

Ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Saturday that a “warm welcome” awaits Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Syria. The daily said Hariri will most likely visit Syria after President Michel Sleiman returns from his mid-December visit to Washington, adding that “all arrangements...

EU could bring peace to Middle East The union must stop free-riding on US policy on the Israel-Palestine conflict – offering both sides membership could be key William Nitze and Leon Hadar With much of his time and energy being...

Friday that the role of the Resistance should be clearly defined so as to set the political balance within the country and enable the state to impose authority throughout its territory. Sakr added that March 14 is on a “national...

Minister of Energy Gebran Bassil said in a press conference on Friday that all ministers expressing reservations on Article 6 of the Ministerial Statement—which pertains to Hezbollah’s arms—are doing so for political purposes and added that they should resign from...

Following his meeting with Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor General Daniel Bellemare on Thursday, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the two men discussed the tribunal’s work. He added that the prosecutor’s visit reinforced the previously agreed-upon legal measures...

As-Safir newspaper reported on Thursday that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun and Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir’s Wednesday meeting was held following Aoun’s request two months earlier. The sit-down, reportedly planned by Change and Reform bloc MPs Ibrahim...