BEIRUT: Local parties reacted Wednesday to Russia’s decision  to provide Lebanon with 10 MiG-29 fighter-bombers as the head of Moscow’s defense cooperation body confirmed the planes would be free of charge. "Russia’s Defense Ministry has decided to deliver to Lebanon, as part of defense cooperation, 10 MiG-29s from our existing contingent," the Interfax news agency quoted […]

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday warned against efforts to "politicize" the international tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, set to start operating on March 1.  Speaking at a joint press briefing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Suleiman said, "We are ready to do everything which will be […]

Damascus – Syria and Lebanon can build a "bright future" together, Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Wednesday after talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad. Aoun said Damascus and Beirut were seeking to put aside their past differences and "turn a new page where there is no victor and no loser".  "This is […]