Tripoli, the capital of North Lebanon, is a city with a rich narrative of discovery and recovery. Its landmarks, souks, ports, boundaries and thresholds speak a language of past and ongoing social and political events, achievements and struggles.
Tripoli in 2016 continues to be a city living on the edge. The risk of battles for political power turning into violent clashes is real. The city’s recent densification with refugees and the continuous presence of opposing clans, not least due to the war in neighboring Syria, has pushed forward the deterioration of social cohesion.
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PARIS - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Saturday the kingdom will keep French military supplies previously intended for Lebanon under a $3 billion aid programme, as Riyadh toughens its stance against Hezbollah.
Last month the oil-rich Gulf state halted the programme in protest against Hezbollah, the Shiite militant group fighting in support of Syria's regime -- which Saudi bitterly opposes.
"We didn't stop the contract. It's just going to Saudi Arabia, not to Hezbollah," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said at a news conference in Paris.
"We have a situation where Lebanon's decisions have been hijacked by Hezbollah. The contracts will be completed but the clients will be the Saudi military."
.- On Sunday Pope Francis lamented the world’s indifference to the recent killing of four Missionaries of Charity, calling them the ‘martyrs of today’ and asking that Bl. Mother Teresa intercede in bringing peace.
“I express my closeness to the Missionaries of Charity for the great loss that affected them two days ago with the killing of four religious in Aden, Yemen, where they assisted the elderly,” the Pope said March 6.
The sisters who were killed “are the martyrs of today…they gave their blood for the Church, (yet) they are not in the papers, they are not news,” he said.
Francis lamented that the sisters are not only the victims of their killers, but “also of the indifference of this globalization of indifference, which doesn't care.”
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.- Pressure is mounting for the U.S. State Department to declare Christians as genocide victims at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS).
On Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a genocide resolution, becoming the latest body to call for a formal recognition of ISIS’ actions as genocide.
“ISIS commits mass murder, beheadings, crucifixions, rape, torture, enslavement, and the kidnaping of children, among other atrocities,” stated Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.).
“So as ISIS destroys churches and other holy sites, they move closer towards eliminating certain communities,” he added. “ISIS is guilty of genocide and it is time we speak the truth about their atrocities. I hope the administration and the world will do the same, before it’s too late.”
An amended version of H. Con. Res. 75 – a bipartisan resolution labeling ISIS’ atrocities committed against “Christians, Yezidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities” as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide – passed unanimously through the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and will be put to a vote in Congress.
Under the omnibus bill passed in December, the State Department has until March 17 to speak on a declaration of genocide.
The debate over whether Christians should be included as genocide victims stems back to reports last fall that a genocide declaration by the State Department was imminent – but only Yazidis would be included as victims.
Tunis — The Declaration issued by the Council of Arab Interior Ministers has not classified Lebanese party "Hezbollah" as terrorist organisation and is not a binding decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday.
Tunisia's position as host country of the Arab institution "stems from its attachment to Arab joint action and is in harmony with the joint position adopted by the council. »
"Tunisia's endorsement of this joint move does not hide the important role of Hezbollah in the liberation of Lebanese occupied territories," the ministry, however, noted.
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