يقف الوزير زياد بارود، كما غيره من اللبنانيين، حائرا امام "الالغاز" التي طوّقت قضية المخطوفين اللبنانيين في حلب. يقول وزير الداخلية السابق "كنت اتمنى ان ارى دولة تدير ازمة لا "ازمة ادارة" لملف المخطوفين". وامام السباق القاتل بين الامن والاستقرار، الذي تشكّل الانتخابات احد عناوينه، يرى بارود ان ما يهدّد هذا الاستحقاق "ليس […]

    The Maronite bishops council urged on Wednesday officials to set Lebanon’s interests as a priority above all else, “completely rejecting” attempts to drag the country towards “a new war through fueling sectarian tensions.” It said in a statement after its monthly meeting: “Officials must comply with President Michel Suleiman’s call to resume the […]

    Cabinet criticized on Wednesday the Electricite du Liban contract employees’ recent protests, saying that they have violated the principles of peaceful demonstrations. Information Minister Walid al-Daouq said: “Anyone who will deign to violate the law will be arrested." The minister announced the cabinet’s decisions after a session at the Baabda Palace headed by President Michel […]

    Cabinet criticized on Wednesday the Electricite du Liban contract employees’ recent protests, saying that they have violated the principles of peaceful demonstrations. Information Minister Walid al-Daouq said: “Anyone who will deign to violate the law will be arrested." The minister announced the cabinet’s decisions after a session at the Baabda Palace headed by President Michel […]

  إستقبل البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي قبل ظهر اليوم، في الصرح البطريركي في بكركي، سفير قبرص في لبنان هومر مافروماتيس الذي هنأه بسلامة العودة من جولته الراعوية في المكسيك وكندا وأميركا، وعرض معه لبعض المواضيع المشتركة. والتقى الراعي سفير بولونيا توماس نيغودزيز وجرى عرض للعلاقات بين البلدين والأوضاع العامة. ثم استقبل المونسنيور إميل […]

  An 11-year old boy has described how he smeared himself in the blood of his slain brother and played dead as loyalist gunmen burst into his home and killed six members of his family during the start of a massacre in Houla, central Syria. The young survivor’s chilling account emerged as Russia continued to blame […]

  President Michel Suleiman invited the Lebanese foes for a national dialogue session on June 11 at the Baabda Palace, the National News Agency reported on Monday. The session is scheduled to kick off at 11:00 a.m. According to the NNA, the invitations included an explanation on the importance of dialogue amid the latest regional and domestic […]

  Change and Reform bloc MP Farid al-Khazen voiced concern on Saturday over the security situation in Lebanon, saying that to change the government in such a situation was “dangerous.” “The possibility of changing the current government under such difficult circumstances is very difficult and would risk putting Lebanon under great danger,” Khazen told OTV television […]

  Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s efforts to ensure the release of the Lebanese pilgrims who were abducted earlier this week have not gone unnoticed by the rival political camps in Lebanon, with both sides praising his efforts. Interior Minister Marwan Charbel stated that Hariri “played a very important role” in the release, reported the Kuwaiti […]

  Siham Mahmoud has been waiting for two days to know if her husband is still alive or not. Mahmoud’s husband, Awad Ibrahim, is one of the 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims who were kidnapped in Aleppo four days ago by an unknown group. She says she has no news about Ibrahim other than what she […]