Tensions were running high Sunday in the northern Metn area of Bourj Hammoud, in the wake of a clash that erupted Saturday between residents and a number of Kurd young men. “Residents staged a sit-in outside the Bourj Hammoud Municipality, demanding that security be imposed in the area,” LBCI television reported. They also called for “protecting […]

  A celebration was held on Saturday in the Shouf region to mark Christian-Druze reconciliation in the village of Brih following a break in ties between the two sides following the 1975-90 Civil War. President Michel Suleiman, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat attended the celebration along with a number […]

  Just outside of Jerusalem’s Old City lies Mount Zion, the site of King David’s Tomb and the Cenacle, where the Last Supper was said to have taken place. Holy to all three Abrahamic religions, the complex is currently at the center of just one of the controversies surrounding Pope Francis’ trip to the Middle East […]

   يوم الاثنين، عندما التقى البابا فرنسيس بطلاب الجامعات الحبرية في روما، كان الأخ إلياس الفرنسيسكاني من المحظوظين بالوصول الى البابا وتبادل بعض الكلمات معه. وإليكم نص الحوار كما رواه لأليتيا مباشرة الأخ إلياس الفرنسيسكاني اللبناني: الأخ الياس: قداسة البابا، صلي من أجل لبنان أجاب البابا بصوت عال: أنا أصلي من أجل لبنان كل يوم، […]

  The Vatican considers the presidential elections in Lebanon as a battle of existence that surpasses the Maronites and focuses on the active Christians role in state posts in the country and the Middle East. Sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Friday that the Vatican is persuading the United States Administration and world powers to safeguard […]

  Outgoing President Michel Suleiman expressed hope on Thursday that officials would meet all constitutional deadlines to safeguard the nation. “The last 10 days of my term should prompt officials to safeguard the state and fortify its presence by implementing democracy,” Suleiman said in a statement. He pointed out that “meeting all constitutional deadlines shall protect the […]

    Lebanon will set a limit on the number of Syrian refugees in the country and establish camps for the population, which already exceeds a million, according to the trade and economy minister. “The [ministerial] committee [on Syrian refugees] agreed on two main topics, [including] setting the maximum limit for the Syrian refugees’ influx that […]

  WILL Jerusalem’s bustling Old City be turned into a ghost town when Pope Francis comes to the Holy Land on May 25th? That is what worries some of his officials. While the Palestinians are opening up the streets of Bethlehem and providing the pope with an open car when he visits their side of […]

  A Lebanese man was kidnapped outside a hotel in Cairo over the weekend and held for ransom, a local news website reported Tuesday. Salah Munir Hassan, 70, was snatched in the Egyptian capital Sunday as he made his way out of the Sheraton Hotel, according to Elnashra news website. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of […]

  President Michel Sleiman said Tuesday that he was happily waiting for his term to end, adding that he was not actively looking to extend his mandate. “For me, May 25 is a different day, one I haven’t seen for 47 years. I am waiting for this day to come with joy and I have nothing […]