Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri’s bloc will back Saad Hariri for the premiership, but Hezbollah’s bloc will not, political sources said Wednesday, as the head of the Future Movement appeared certain to clinch an overwhelming parliamentary majority to be named the next prime minister. The outcome of the first day of President Michel Aoun’s… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is poised to return to the premiership this week after having secured the support of most of the country’s major blocs, including his Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, MP Walid Jumblatt’s bloc, in addition to a number of independent lawmakers. Meanwhile, Saudi… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Michel Aoun Tuesday began his six-year term as Lebanon’s 13th president after gaining an absolute majority in Parliament, gearing up for consultations later this week with various blocs on designating a new prime minister to form a Cabinet to tackle challenges facing the country. Minutes after he was sworn in as head… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: The influential Maronite Catholic Church has apparently given its blessing to the election of Michel Aoun as president as his rival, Sleiman Frangieh, vowed Monday to stay in the presidential race with hopes of winning the country’s top Christian post. A day after meeting with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah to… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday ended a decade-old rivalry and endorsed MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, hoping his move would protect Lebanon and resolve a two-and-half-year-old crisis. “I announce today in front of you my decision to support the candidacy of Gen. Michel Aoun for the presidency,” Hariri said during a televised… اقرأ المزيد
Agence France Presse ALEPPO: A “humanitarian pause” announced by Russia went into effect on Thursday in the Syrian army’s devastating Moscow-backed assault on rebel-held areas of Aleppo to allow civilians and fighters who want to to leave. Russia has said the pause will continue until at least 7 p.m. and could be extended. The Syrian… اقرأ المزيد