General Manaf Tlass, a key defector from the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, said in a statement sent to AFP Tuesday that he was in Paris and called for a "constructive transition" in his country. "I sincerely hope that the blood stops flowing and that the country emerges from the crisis through a phase of […]

  Russia on Monday blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on mass killings in the Syrian village of Treimsa, diplomats said amid worsening deadlock over international action on the conflict. Russian envoys opposed the statement saying it was not clear what had happened, council diplomats told AFP on condition of anonymity. A draft statement had been […]

  The relatives of the officers detained in the case of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed and a number of army supporters on Monday blocked the Sarba-Jounieh road near an army barracks, declaring that they will not leave before the release of the generals. The military examining magistrate issued on Saturday arrest warrants against three army officers, […]

  أى البطريرك الماروني مار بشاره بطرس الراعي أنه "لن يكون ربيع عربي من دون ربيع مسيحي، ولن يكون ربيع للبشرية من دون الإنجيل" موضحا أننا "في لبنان وصلنا أكثر من مرة إلى شفير الهاوية، وإذ بيد خفية كانت تسند هذا الوطن". الراعي وخلال عظته في القداس الذي أقيم بمناسبة اليوبيل الذهبي لتأسيس كرمل والدة […]

  Lebanese Forces candidate Fadi Karam on Sunday won the Koura by-election by an unofficial margin of 1,300 votes, following a fierce electoral battle with Syrian Social National Party candidate Walid al-Azar. The LF’s campaign said Karam won the election with 12,507 votes as Azar received 11,262 votes. For his part, Hanibaal Karam, media officer of SSNP’s […]

    If you ask the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, there shouldn’t even be an election. Tomorrow the northern, mostly Christian, district of Koura is holding a by-election to fill a parliamentary seat left empty by the May 31 death of Lebanese Forces MP Farid Habib. Traditionally in Lebanese politics, when an MP dies in office, […]

  President Michel Suleiman stated on Thursday that his visit to France is aimed at bolstering Lebanese-French ties and helping it maintain its stability amid the regional changes. He said: “The visit is aimed at supporting and preserving Lebanon’s neutral position on Arab developments.” He made his remarks after holding separate talks in Paris with French Senate […]

  Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi noted on Wednesday that the powers carrying out assassinations in Lebanon enjoy political cover. He said before reporters at his Diman summer residence: “The spread of arms in Lebanon outside the authority of the state is to blame for the return of assassinations.” “The absence of the state and lack of loyalty […]

  Judge Elie Helou issued a verdict in the case of a teacher who was accused of sexually abusing 11 children at St. Joseph School in Aintoura, Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) reported on Wednesday. According to the radio station, Helou considered the case a misdemeanor and not a felony and convicted Pierre Sh. from 6 […]

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