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Maronite Archbishop Roland Abu Jaoude said in a speech during the Lebanese Forces martyrs memorial mass on Saturday in Fouad Chehab Sports Facility in Jounieh that Lebanon “is in a critical situation,” adding that the Maronite church is “ringing the warning...
Tags: Lebanon, Marwan Hamadeh, Roland Abu Jaoude, mountain reconciliation, democratic gathering, Mountain, Beirut
Following a meeting with Lebanonâs Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabalan, Lebanon First bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat said that certain parties are obstructing Prime Minister-designate Saad Haririâs efforts to form the new cabinet. On Haririâs departure...
Tags: Democratic Gathering, Saad Hariri
Democratic Gathering bloc leader MP Walid Jumblatt announced in a press conference on Tuesday the candidacy of Minister of Transport and Public Works Ghazi al-Aridi in the Beirut III district, Minister of State Wael Abu Faour and MP Antoine Saad in the...
Lebanonâs parliament has unanimously approved the reduction of voting age from 21 to 18 starting in the year 2013. Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursdayâs legislative session, which he chaired, would not be the last of its kind. Speculation that the House...
Tags: Michel Aoun, Marwan Hamadeh, FPM, voting age, Lebanese Parliament, democratic gathering, Hassan Hobballah, House of Parliament, Achrafieh, Lebanonâ
Lebanon's rival political parties are in the final stages of agreeing on the makeup of a new unity government. Significant progress was reportedly made between the two rival political camps after a meeting between Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Michel...
Tags: prime minister, unity government, final stages, Lebanon, minister fouad, Fouad Siniora, MP Michel Aoun, national unity, democratic gathering, leaders mp