The last few days saw a further aggravation of the situation in Syria, which forced the US to close its embassy and pull out all its staff to Jordan. Even though US president Barak Obama still thinks crisis can be solved without any military action, the reality on the ground is different as […]

      A Christian-Muslim spiritual summit that will be held at the Maronite Archbishopric of Beirut on Tuesday is aimed at keeping contact between the two religions, Maronite Archbishop of Beirut Boulos Matar said.   Media reports said that all the heads of sects are expected to attend except for Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid […]

    You can check out the NBN website [Here].

  President Michel Sleiman declared that he is optimistic that the cabinet members will resolve their problems among each other soon enough and told local newspaper Assafir that the "rift between the cabinet members is on minor issues".    The cause of those concerns is the "shape debate over the issue of civil service appointments […]

   Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai voiced his disappointment over “the coma that Lebanese politicians are living,” the National News Agency reported on Sunday. Rai also voiced his disappointment over the “political practice that leads to poverty and destruction. [NowLebanon]   Patriarch Rai has indeed been very involved with people’s problems ever since he became Patriarch […]

    A preliminary investigation report cited three possible reasons for last month’s collapse of a building in Beirut which killed 27 people, said Interior Minister Marwan Charbel Friday.   According to Charbel, the preliminary report cited “the removal of an old wall from the ground floor or the first floor for the purpose of […]

    This is not the first time Interior Minister Marwan Charbel comes out with a controversial statement and is critisized for it. While it is one thing to try keep Lebanese calm and safe, it is absurd to downplay assassination plots and act as if the country’s doing great and security is at its […]

    In the eyes of his supporters and many Lebanese across the political divide, former MP and Cabinet Minister Nassib Lahoud, who died at dawn Thursday after a long battle with cancer, will go down in the annals of history as a unique statesman and a moderate politician who fought fiercely for the freedom […]

    Kataeb party leader Amin Gemayel said on Friday that his son, Kataeb bloc MP Sami Gemayel, was targeted by an assassination plot. He told Al-Liwaa Beirut newspaper: “Two days ago, we received information from the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces General Directorate about a plan to assassinate MP Sami Gemayel at […]

    Despite some progress in the UN talks on Syria resolution, the situation in Syria is degrading by the day and a civil war is looming in the dark for the long stable Assad regime.  Meanwhile, deadly clashes and a cstart of a civil war are intensifying with over 800 kills in the last […]