Al Arabiya News
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team, including a Lebanese academic Walid Phares.
Al Arabiya News
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team, including a Lebanese academic Walid Phares.
The team, meant to counsel Trump on foreign affairs, consists of experts on the Middle East and energy issues. Republican Senator Jeff Sessions leads the team along with: Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Walid Phares and Joseph E. Schmitz, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The appointment of Phares – a Lebanese academic who immigrated to the United States 20 years ago – was announced during the same time he was being interviewed on Al Arabiya’s sister al-Hadath Channel. Phares told Al Arabiya in Washington that he met Trump last December while he was offering consultancy to five candidates from the Republican Party. Trump was one of them.
He also said Trump’s campaign team contacted him last week and asked him to join the advising team, adding that he accepted “because Trump can do what others cannot.”
Phares clarified that he would like to focus on opposing the Iranian nuclear deal, which Trump has previously voiced his opposition to.
The Lebanese academic believes the Iranian deal should be reconsidered, because Iran earned billions of dollars due to the lifting of sanctions.
He added that Trump was committed to challenging this deal and fighting terrorism in the Middle East.
Phares served part of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy team in 2011. He works as an adviser in the US House of Representatives and is also an expert in anti-terrorism affairs.
Khazen History
Historical Feature:
Churches and Monasteries of the Khazen family
St. Anthony of Padua Church in Ballouneh
Mar Abda Church in Bakaatit Kanaan
Saint Michael Church in Bkaatouta
Saint Therese Church in Qolayaat
Saint Simeon Stylites (مار سمعان العامودي) Church In Ajaltoun
Virgin Mary Church (سيدة المعونات) in Sheilé
Assumption of Mary Church in Ballouneh
1 - The sword of the Maronite Prince
2 - LES KHAZEN CONSULS DE FRANCE
3 - LES MARONITES & LES KHAZEN
4 - LES MAAN & LES KHAZEN
5 - ORIGINE DE LA FAMILLE
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
Theme: Illdy.