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9739 in English · 268 original-language storiesEl Shark: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam received MP Neamat Efram at the Grand Serail, and discussed the general situation with him. He also received former minister and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Saint Joseph University, Dr. Marie-Claude Najm. In the afternoon, President Salam received the Deputy Speaker of the…
El Shark: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun received yesterday at Baabda Palace, in the presence of Justice Minister Adel Nassar and the Netherlands’ ambassador to Lebanon, Frank Mollen, the secretary-general of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, Christophe Bernasconi, who outlined the conference’s scope of work and the membership of many Arab countries…
El Shark: Prime Minister Nawaf Salam affirmed that “the crisis in Lebanon’s transport sector carries an economic cost that we all pay. The World Bank estimated it about ten years ago at more than two billion dollars a year. The time lost in traffic congestion is time taken away from work and production, not to mention the comfort of citizens.” He said…
El Shark: A source in one of the Palestinian resistance factions said that several messages had been sent to the mediators, influential regional countries, and officials in the “Board of Peace,” warning of the possibility that the Israeli ruling coalition might resort to a serious escalation in Gaza before the parliamentary elections scheduled for the 27th of this month,…
Tayyar: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the terrorist crime that struck those attending the funeral ceremony on the grounds of the Church of Saint George in Karak Governorate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, claiming the lives of a number of innocent, peaceful people. President Berri said: “The attack that targeted a funeral procession on the grounds of…”
Tayyar: President Joseph Aoun received with profound sorrow and condemnation the news of the heinous terrorist attack that targeted worshippers at Karak Church in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, leaving innocent people dead and injured. While President Aoun condemned the crime, he said that this criminal act, which targeted places of worship and the sanctity of…
Tayyar: President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun said in a congratulatory message addressed to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres…
Tayyar: The prominent Jaafari Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan delivered the Friday sermon at the Imam Hussein Mosque in Burj al-Barajneh, in which he addressed…
Tayyar: The Les Toits de Beyrouth association elects its new Board of Directors in Paris as part of an institutional process based on transparency and democracy. The Les Toits de Beyrouth association, the twin association of the «سطوح Beirut» association in Lebanon, elected a new Board of Directors made up of ten members during the assembly…
Tayyar: Samir Geagea appeared before his supporters last night to cover up the failure of his ministers in the government, and the failure and corruption of the energy minister, and to divert attention from the conference held by MPs from the Movement, at which they filed a complaint alleging waste and corruption against Energy Minister al-Sadi. It was as though this conference had struck at the heart of his credibility, which is now at stake before public opinion…
Tayyar: In response to Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea’s remarks against the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, and the Free Patriotic Movement, where…
Tayyar: Fears of war have returned to trouble the Lebanese amid growing concerns that the confrontation could spread across the region. Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said there are “serious fears of a comprehensive war in the region, with Lebanon as one of its arenas,” but stressed that “things are still in the realm of analysis and possibilities... so that…”
Tayyar: The referral of the Dahar al-Baidar shipment case to the Judicial Council passed without incident under Salam at the cabinet meeting, after a decision on the referral was postponed to other sessions, despite Lebanese Forces ministers leaving the meeting in protest over the case not being referred. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Adel Nassar, who represents the Kataeb Party, did not follow the Lebanese Forces’ lead and remained in the meeting…
Tayyar: The Israeli army has raised its alert level and readiness ahead of the elections scheduled for October 27, amid security concerns over attempts to disrupt the voting process, while Israeli media reported military preparations for a new round of fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Diyar’s headline: Despite the high bar set by a written statement read by the prime minister at the session toward Hezbollah, through his emphasis on the state’s exclusive possession of weapons, its monopoly over decisions of war and peace, and his insistence that there are no limits on the judicial investigations, he nevertheless abided by the agreement with the two presidencies…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in the Al-Liwaa headline: Regarding the Lebanese-Israeli negotiations, according to an American source, the «Tampa» meetings in Florida between Lebanon and Israel, under American auspices, ended without agreement on a new date, and no agreement was reached on the countries that would oversee the pilot areas, in addition…
Tayyar: Some of what appeared in Al-Liwaa’s headline: Local and cross-border contacts succeeded in containing the tension and strain that had prevailed until the Cabinet session, which did not refer the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case to the Judicial Council, and in proceeding with the investigations before a possible referral at another session, which angered ministers…
Tayyar: Al-Binaa: Behind the scenes and secrets. A political source believes that the successive steps taken by the Lebanese Forces—from Energy Minister Joe Saddi’s withdrawal from duties under the slogan “They didn’t let us,” to withdrawing from government sessions and finally proposing early elections—reveal an escalating crisis in its relationship with Nawaf Salam’s government, going beyond…
Tayyar: Al-Diyar: Hanna Ayoub, Abdul Moneim Ali Issa. What does it mean for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to come out and congratulate the Turkish and Syrian intelligence services on the arrest of Meraaj Ural, known as Ali Kyali, while Agence France-Presse reports, citing a Lebanese security source, that the man was abducted from Mansourieh, without the knowledge…
Tayyar: Al-Akhbar: Following the political and media escalation surrounding the Dhahr al-Baydar truck case, the political contacts led by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri succeeded in containing the confrontation that was threatening the cabinet session held yesterday afternoon in Baabda, over the seventh item on the agenda…
Tayyar: Asharq Al-Awsat Saudi Arabia: Beirut: The specter of war has returned to haunt the Lebanese amid growing fears that the confrontation in the region could spread. Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said there are “serious fears of an all-out war in the region, with Lebanon one of its arenas,” but stressed that “things are still in…”
El Shark: By Dr. Ibrahim Al-Arab. The strength of institutions lies not in their ability to cling to their decisions, whatever objections may be raised about them, but in their ability to correct course whenever necessity calls for it, and to return to the legal foundations that give their actions legitimacy and resilience. From this perspective, the call to issue…
El Shark: At the entrance to the Grand Serail in Beirut, an inscription sums up the philosophy of governance and confronts every official with an unchanging truth: “If it had lasted for someone else, it would not have come to you.” The martyred President Rafik Hariri placed this inscription in 1998, after the restoration and expansion of the Serail were completed, as a reminder that power…
El Shark: Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam said at a Cabinet session: “On the first issue, regarding the Dahr al-Baidar truck and the events that followed and preceded it involving the transport and seizure of weapons, and independently of the item on the agenda concerning the draft referral of the Dahr al-Baidar truck issue to the Judicial Council, I believe…”
El Shark: We address you with this appeal out of concern for the office of the Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, the standing of Dar al-Fatwa, the unity of the Sunni community, and respect for the state and the law, at a delicate stage when it is no longer permissible to let the crisis worsen or to be content with differing positions, while one of the most important religious authorities…
El Shark: At the start of the Cabinet session, President General Joseph Aoun praised “the steps being taken by the health minister regarding the issue of combating counterfeit and smuggled medicines,” and congratulated him on “his election as president of the seventy-third session of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office ( EMRO ),”…
El Shark: The Cabinet did not settle the referral of the Dhahr al-Baidar explosives file to the Judicial Council, following arguments among ministers over this decision, which prompted the Lebanese Forces ministers to walk out. According to information, the president was not opposed to the idea of referring the explosives file to the Judicial Council; rather, he was…
El Shark: Yesterday, attention was drawn to the dispute between the interpretations of the Constitutional Council and the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation regarding the general amnesty law. The day after issuing a circular to the appellate public prosecutors’ offices and the Financial Public Prosecution, in which he specified the procedures and documents required before ruling on requests to have sentences or prosecutions dropped…
El Shark: ندد اتحاد جمعيات العائلات البيروتية في بيان، بـ»مظاهر الاستفزاز والاستعراضات المسلحة التي تشهدها شوارع العاصمة»، رافضا «تحويل التهديدات السياسية إلى تحركات ميدانية لترهيب المواطنين والضغط على مؤسسات الدولة»، مشددا على أن «هذه الممارسات تمسّ بالسلم الأهلي،…
El Shark: In striking remarks that sparked widespread reaction, former US President Bill Clinton expressed his dismay at the mistreatment of Muslims simply because of their affiliation with Islam. Clinton revealed that his daughter Chelsea read the Holy Quran from beginning to end when she was fifteen years old, then encouraged him to…
An-Nahar: The president’s praise of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri during the session was merely an indication of an implicit understanding reached to defer referring the explosives case to the Council…
Ad-Diyar: Political and legal disputes continue over the Constitutional Council’s decision concerning the general amnesty law, after the head of the “Constitutional Council,” Judge Tannous Meshleb, issued decision No. 12 more than 10 days ago regarding the challenge filed against the aforementioned law. He refused to annul the law in its entirety, but struck down phrases…
Ad-Diyar: For the first time in nearly six years, “Beit al-Wasat,” where President Saad Hariri resides, opened its doors to an Arab and foreign figure: Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who visited the residence and met there with former MP Bahia Hariri and her son Nader, who had withdrawn from work…
Ad-Diyar: As with every issue and headline open to the domestic arena, political and sectarian considerations become intertwined, adding various complications that prevent the facts from being made clear, regardless of whether the broad headline being put forward serves the public interest of citizens first and foremost, especially those on low incomes…
Ad-Diyar: The great late artist Philemon Wehbe was not wrong when he criticized people with vested interests who change their convictions when their interests change. He said: “We stand by the principle. However the principle turns, we turn with it.” People with vested interests consider gaining benefits and profit, and seeking power, more important than conviction. So you see them moving from one side to another…
MTV Lebanon: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told MTV that a Lebanese security apparatus sends its daily security reports to the president and prime minister, as well as to Hezbollah.Watch the attached video for…
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