Your Search Returned 22 tagged news reports
Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Helou said on Thursday during the third parliamentary session on the Ministerial Statement that facing the danger represented by “the multifaceted Israeli attacks” necessitates safeguarding the “elements of strength” in...
Tags: Lebanon Bookmark, Syria, Damascus, Levant, Fertile Crescent, Politics, Western Asia, Lebanon, Taif Agreement, Michel Suleiman, Arab League member states
Development and Liberation bloc MP Anwar al-Khalil addressed the parliament on Thursday saying that the national-unity cabinet presents Lebanon with a “golden opportunity.” He cited clauses from the Ministerial Statement, stressing that his bloc commends...
Tags: Lebanon Bookmark, Khalil, Lebanon, Beirut, Politics, Taif Agreement
Syrian government following the calls by a Syrian judge to arrest several Lebanese public figures for perjuring themselves as witnesses against former General Security Director Jamil as-Sayyed, who had been detained in Lebanon for four years as a witness...
Tags: Syrian, LBCI, Lebanon Nouhad al-Ghadri, Lebanon Bookmark, Lebanon, Beirut, Hassan Sabeh, Politics, Cedar Revolution, Rafic Hariri, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Lebanon¬タモSyria relations
Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh told Future News television on Sunday that consensual democracy marginalizes the parliament’s role and warned against Ministerial Statement deliberations turning into “folklore parties.” Sayegh said he opposes Article...
Tags: Ministerial Statement, Lebanon Bookmark, Selim Sayegh, Lebanon, Beirut, Levant, Fertile Crescent, Politics, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Western Asia, Hezbollah
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...
Tags: South Lebanon, Lebanon Bookmark, Jean Ogassapian, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Beirut, Politics, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Lebanese Civil War, May 17 Agreement, War Conflict
Majdalani said the parliament will “unanimously” give the vote of confidence to the government, warning that “if any coalition wants to refrain from doing so, it should withdraw its ministers from the cabinet.” According to the minister, the government...
Tags: Atef Majdalani, Lebanon Bookmark, Syria, Hezbollah, Aleppo, Fertile Crescent, Lebanese general election, Politics, Israel-Lebanon conflict, International reactions to the 2006 Lebanon War, Lebanon, Hariri
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...
Tags: swine flu, Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh, Lebanon Bookmark, flu vaccine, Lebanon, Beirut
Americans of Lebanese heritage working on reestablishing security, stability and independence in Lebanon—Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel said that the cabinet should have the authority to decide whether Lebanon goes to war or not. Gemayel added that...
Tags: Lebanon Bookmark, Amine Gemayel, Lebanon, Beirut, Gemayel, Politics, Lebanese Civil War, Kataeb Party, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Pierre Gemayel, War Conflict
Development and Liberation bloc MP Hani Qobeissy said during a commemoration ceremony on Sunday that political sectarianism in the country has led many Lebanese to emigrate in pursuit of stability. He stated that abolishing the phenomenon would enable...
Tags: Lebanon Bookmark, Lebanon, Beirut, Social Issues, Sectarianism, Nabih Berri
Hezbollah Official in South Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qawouk said on Saturday that the “majority” of the Lebanese are committed to the Resistance and its mission to defend Lebanon and liberate its lands. “Those who oppose reconciliation are deepening their...
Tags: South Lebanon, Lebanon Bookmark, Nabil Qawouk, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon War, Anti-Zionism, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Islam and antisemitism, Islamic terrorism, Religion Belief, Hezbollah, War Conflict