BEIRUT: Former lawmaker Hasan Yaacoub, whose father went missing in Libya along with influential Imam Musa Sadr, said Wednesday that an official Lebanese...
BEIRUT: Awni al-Kaaki, the editor-in-chief and publisher of Ash-Sharq newspaper, will be elected the new head of the Press Federation Thursday, after members...
BEIRUT: The Press Federation is preparing for the election of a new board next week and a new head replacing Mohammad Baalbaki, who has served in the post for...
BEIRUT: Social justice is a permanent goal, which most Lebanese leaders have promised to achieve in the past decades. One thing the country’s rival...
BEIRUT: Omar Karami, who died Thursday at the age of 80, headed two of Lebanon’s governments and resigned from borth under popular pressure amid dramatic...
BEIRUT: The presidential vacuum and Cabinet’s resulting low productivity threaten to paralyze the Internal Security Forces early next year at a time...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah and the Future Movement agreed during an ice-breaking meeting Tuesday to start a “serious and responsible” dialogue with the aim...
BEIRUT: Officials from the Future Movement and Hezbollah will sit face to face Tuesday, marking the start of a dialogue aimed at easing sectarian tensions in...
BEIRUT: The government is set to receive a long-awaited draft of a unified history curriculum covering Lebanon’s modern history, Education Minister...
BEIRUT: The heaviest punishments for traffic violations under a new law came into force last week, as road safety organizations stressed strict and continuous...
BEIRUT: Contrary to a commonly held belief, the popularity of printed books is on the rise in Lebanon, as evidenced by the turnover of this year’s...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanon’s largest Christian parties, are working on holding a meeting between their two...
FAYADIEH, Lebanon: In light of the recent road floods, the Public Works and Transportation Ministry has put forth a series of "radical" solutions to...
BEIRUT: The Muslim Scholars Committee is making the headlines again. The committee’s head, Sheikh Salem Rafei, met Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian...
BEIRUT: A meeting held Thursday between Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil and Nader Hariri to prepare for dialogue between the Future Movement and Hezbollah...
BAALBEK, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army is in “good situation” and ready to confront terrorist groups on the frontier with Syria, a senior military...
BEIRUT: In October 1989, Lebanese MPs signed the Taif agreement in Saudi Arabia in a bid to put an end to the country’s 15-year Civil War. But few would...
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is expected to highlight Thursday the need for dialogue between his Future Movement and Hezbollah to facilitate the...
BEIRUT: Unfazed by the instability gripping many Arab countries, the Beirut International Arab Book Fair will open its doors to the public Friday. For its...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Violence could erupt again in the north at any moment, according to Future bloc MP Khaled Daher, who accused the Army of using more force...
BEIRUT: Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib said Tuesday he issued a decision to temporarily close down Beirut’s infamous slaughterhouse to carry our renovation and...
BEIRUT: Lebanon settled a months-old debate Wednesday when Parliament extended its term for more than two years, paving the way for possible dialogue between...
BEIRUT: The day had finally arrived: MPs were ready to extend their term for more than two years under various pretexts, in the process turning a blind eye to...
BEIRUT: Parliament voted Wednesday to extend its mandate by an additional two years and seven months, as protesters rallied downtown to denounce the...
BEIRUT: The 1989 Taif Agreement will be under scrutiny during a conference marking the 25th anniversary of the deal, which ended 15 years of bloody civil war....