House Speaker, Nabih Berri, received this Friday at his Ain el Tineh residecne the Italian Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Ministry headed by the Italian Chief of Defense Staff General Enzo Vecciarel…
President Michel Aoun told Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, whom he welcomed at the Baabda Palace this Friday, that Lebanon is willing to strengthen relations with Italy in all fields, especially in the economic field, building on the friendsh…
Lebanese authorities have been increasing their reliance on insult and defamation laws to silence journalists, activists, and others critical of government policies and corruption, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 122-page report…
The media office of the Minister of Interior and Municipalities issued the following statement: “Under the directives of Her Excellency Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya Al-Hassan, a meeting was held between Director General of the Internal …
Private hospitals in the northern district of Akkar and the southern city of Nabatieh held a warning strike on Friday closing to patients with the exception of dire emergencies.Earlier this month, the Syndicate of Private Hospitals in Lebanon had sound…
TRIPOLI, LEBANON � “See this?” said Jalal, 21, emptying the pockets of his pants while his two friends open their wallets. Between them were mobile phones and cigarette lighters, but no money. “This is what it means to be a young man in Lebanon,” he sa…
Thanks, Dean Hellman, for the introduction. It’s a pleasure to be back at Georgetown University, both because of the important topics you are putting on the table; and also because I studied here in 1983. I was a Mid-Career Fellow in the MSFS program a…
French envoy and head of its Middle East and North Africa department, Christophe Farnaud, on Thursday held a press conference at the Pine Palace, where he gave a briefing on his visit to Lebanon and on his meetings with senior Lebanese officials. “I ar…
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Thursday received at his Ain Tineh residence Caretaker National Defense Minister, Elias Bou Saab, with whom he discussed the current political and security situation in the country. On emerging, Minister Bou Saab said he …
“Loyalty to the Resistance” parliamentary bloc on Thursday called on the Lebanese to beware the dangers of the current stage, “which requires adherence to the preservation of unity and civil peace, as well as solutions to the severe financial and econo…
