Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday informed members of the Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc of his decision to endorse MP Michel Aoun’s candidacy for the presidency, ex-Premier Fouad Siniora said. Hariri’s widely expected move will put an end to the uncertainty over the Future bloc’s position on the presidency but it is… اقرأ المزيد
Nazih Osseiran| BEIRUT: Ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri took his initiative to end the presidential stalemate to Paris Thursday, discussing the crisis with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. The meeting is the latest in a series of high-level consultations Hariri has undertaken with local and international actors in a bid to end the two-and-a-half-year-long presidential crisis.… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun sounded upbeat Tuesday that the presidential vacuum might be nearing its end, signaling that his “positive” meeting with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri over the issue might eventually lead the Future Movement to support his bid for the country’s top Christian post. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed his… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri met Wednesday with MP Walid Jumblatt and Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel as part of his wide flurry of consultations to hasten the election of a president, as Speaker Nabih Berri maintained that a full-package deal is the only way to end the power vacuum. In… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Rival political leaders meet Monday in a new round of national dialogue, seen as an omen about the fate a doomed Parliament session to elect a president and a Cabinet meeting later this week. In the meantime, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Sunday rebuffed Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea’s proposal for the… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| BEIRUT: The Cabinet is expected Thursday to set the stage for the launching of key military appointments, a contentious issue that threatens to cast the already divided government into further disarray, as the Free Patriotic Movement warned against the extension of the term of any security or military official. Although military appointments… اقرأ المزيد