By: english.aawsat.com
Beirut-The families of nine Lebanese soldiers taken captive by ISIS have hinted that they would take escalatory measures and resume protests, which have led to road closures in the past, if the Lebanese government did not reveal any new information on the fate of their loved ones. “It is prohibited for the state from now on to say we have nothing new” on the case, the families said Sunday.
Prime Minister Tammam Salam saluted the servicemen taken hostage by terrorist organizations on the occasion of Army Day. He stressed that the Lebanese state, with all its institutions, will exert all efforts to end the tragedy, the same way it succeeded in setting free the first batch of soldiers, who had been taken captive by terrorists.The troops were held by ISIS in August 2, 2014 when the group and al-Nusra Front launched an attack on the town of Arsal that lies on the eastern border with Syria.
Daily Star Lebanon
BEIRUT: Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Tuesday accused Sweden of preparing to deport around 70 Lebanese families. In a message to his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrom, Bassil called for "international solidarity" with Lebanon in light of the Syrian refugee crisis. Reports circulated earlier this year that Sweden and Finland had decided to deport up to 100,000 migrant workers who had been living there for many years to make room for Syrian refugees. However, Swedish Ambassador to Lebanon Peter Semneby in June denied there was any truth to that allegation.
"Sweden has not deported anyone for the purpose of making room for new Syrian refugees, and will not do so," Semneby said in a letter to The Daily Star at that time. "Every asylum case is considered on an individual basis by the Migration Agency, and, if necessary, by the judicial system," he added. Lebanon hosts more than 1 million Syrian refugees, the highest figure in the world when measured per capita.
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By Sam Bourgi - .economiccalendar.com/
Sluggish economic conditions are expected to weigh on the Lebanese economy for the foreseeable future, as political instability and spillovers from the war in Syria drag on the fragile Mediterranean country.
Lebanon’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1% in 2015. Real GDP growth has weakened in each of the past four years to only a fraction of the post-2006 boom period, where growth averaged more than 9% annually.
The Lebanese economy faces a myriad of challenges that mostly stem from political instability and the ongoing war in neighbouring Syria. This uncertainty has become a drag on foreign direct investment and tourism, two key pillars of the economy.
Business conditions deteriorated sharply at the end of the second quarter, according to the Markit/BLOM Lebanon purchasing managers’ index (PMI). A sluggish tourism sector was cited by businesses as one of the main factors undermining the economic outlook.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen