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 […]

    Democratic Renewal leader Nassib Lahoud passed away at the age of 67 early Thursday morning after a long struggle with a disease.    

  The Islamic Republic fo Iran and Denmark have bother offered to help Lebanon overcome their electricity crisis. Indeed, “Denmark can produce wind power in [the North district of] Akkar and sell it to Lebanon without having us pay a penny for the investment,” the National News Agency quoted Qabbani as saying following his meeting with […]

 After witnessing a live TV fight few months back between Moustapha Alloush and Fayez Chokor on MTV, it was time today for Joseph Abou Fadel to assault a Syrian opposition member on Al Jazeera TV.   You can check the video [Here].

      The Audit Bureau’s general prosecutor, Bassam Wehbe, is expected to review an investigation report on the red diesel scandal and issue his decision within the next two days, An Nahar daily reported Tuesday. Some officials have pointed their fingers at Energy Minister Jebran Bassil, saying he had given preferential treatment to the […]

    Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Sunday that the primary responsibility of Lebanese authorities is to guarantee an economic and social rise, urging the government to abide by the constitution. "The economic and social rise is the basis of the rise of the state and its people and institutions,” al-Rahi said in his sermon. […]