Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai stood firm Monday on his decision to go to occupied Jerusalem, a visit that has stirred controversy in Lebanon. “I told Prime Minister [Tammam Salam] that we are going to Jerusalem on a church- and pastoral-related visit,” Rai told reporters at the Grand Serail in Downtown Beirut. “There is no political motive […]

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  Beirut’s Magen Avraham Synagogue is due to reopen its doors after extensive renovations, according to a report by Israel Radio. The current structure was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the Lebanon Wars.Many Jewish residents of Lebanon subsequently emigrated following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 fearing reprisals. Magen Avraham Synagogue is the Lebanese capital’s only […]

  Tensions were running high Sunday in the northern Metn area of Bourj Hammoud, in the wake of a clash that erupted Saturday between residents and a number of Kurd young men. “Residents staged a sit-in outside the Bourj Hammoud Municipality, demanding that security be imposed in the area,” LBCI television reported. They also called for “protecting […]

  A celebration was held on Saturday in the Shouf region to mark Christian-Druze reconciliation in the village of Brih following a break in ties between the two sides following the 1975-90 Civil War. President Michel Suleiman, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat attended the celebration along with a number […]

  Just outside of Jerusalem’s Old City lies Mount Zion, the site of King David’s Tomb and the Cenacle, where the Last Supper was said to have taken place. Holy to all three Abrahamic religions, the complex is currently at the center of just one of the controversies surrounding Pope Francis’ trip to the Middle East […]

   يوم الاثنين، عندما التقى البابا فرنسيس بطلاب الجامعات الحبرية في روما، كان الأخ إلياس الفرنسيسكاني من المحظوظين بالوصول الى البابا وتبادل بعض الكلمات معه. وإليكم نص الحوار كما رواه لأليتيا مباشرة الأخ إلياس الفرنسيسكاني اللبناني: الأخ الياس: قداسة البابا، صلي من أجل لبنان أجاب البابا بصوت عال: أنا أصلي من أجل لبنان كل يوم، […]

  The Vatican considers the presidential elections in Lebanon as a battle of existence that surpasses the Maronites and focuses on the active Christians role in state posts in the country and the Middle East. Sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Friday that the Vatican is persuading the United States Administration and world powers to safeguard […]

  Outgoing President Michel Suleiman expressed hope on Thursday that officials would meet all constitutional deadlines to safeguard the nation. “The last 10 days of my term should prompt officials to safeguard the state and fortify its presence by implementing democracy,” Suleiman said in a statement. He pointed out that “meeting all constitutional deadlines shall protect the […]

    Lebanon will set a limit on the number of Syrian refugees in the country and establish camps for the population, which already exceeds a million, according to the trade and economy minister. “The [ministerial] committee [on Syrian refugees] agreed on two main topics, [including] setting the maximum limit for the Syrian refugees’ influx that […]