Nazih Osseiran| BEIRUT: Parliament will fail yet again to elect a president Thursday, as talks over a new electoral law has made little to no progress with opposing sides refusing to yield and find middle ground. Parliament’s joint committees continued their deliberations aimed at replacing the controversial 1960 system Wednesday. Parliament’s deputy speaker said he… اقرأ المزيد
Ghinwa Obeid| BEIRUT: Hezbollah and the Future Movement Tuesday called for the swift approval of a new law for parliamentary elections following the successful holding of local polls. A statement issued after the 29th dialogue session between both groups at Speaker Nabih Berri’s Ain al-Tineh residence highlighted “the urgent need to rush to pass a… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: An electoral alliance among Tripoli’s main parties appeared to have scored a victory in Tripoli’s municipal elections, preliminary results showed early Monday, as Lebanon wrapped up the fourth and final round of local council polls in the Northern and Akkar districts in generally peaceful voting. By capturing most if not all of… اقرأ المزيد
Nazih Osseiran| BEIRUT: Lebanon’s final round of polling will open Sunday for the 849,305 registered voters across the north and Akkar, in a race that has blurred party lines and crossed establishment politics. Tripoli exemplifies shifting political allegiances, if nothing else, and the country’s second-largest city has three complete lists vying for the 24-member municipal… اقرأ المزيد
| The Daily Star Two years or so since Daesh (ISIS) declared itself and its caliphate in parts of northern Syria and Iraq, we are now finally approaching the moment when decisive, coordinated, pervasive and sustained military force will be used against it to destroy its territorial enclaves in several countries. This will bring to… اقرأ المزيد
| The Daily Star The raw Sunni recruits in crisp camouflage uniforms, popping off rounds at the firing range at a U.S. training camp here, illustrate the dilemma for the U.S. as it seeks to form a strong military force to drive Daesh (ISIS) from its capital, Raqqa. The U.S. could try to build the… اقرأ المزيد