Lebanon Politics

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Aoun uses Syrian stage to accuse UN of coddling Israel

21 hours ago

Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun accused the United Nations on Thursday of "covering up all harms committed by Israel against the Palestinian people," adding that the world body "resolves world problems …
Sleiman urges foreign countries to deal only with head of state

21 hours ago

President Michel Sleiman on Thursday urged foreign countries to only deal with with his office, which he said was "in charge of [Lebanon's] relations with other states." The remark came during a speech delivered to …
Would multiple arms suppliers be blessing or curse for LAF?

21 hours ago

President Michel Sleiman asked German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung Thursday for military aid in the form of tanks but the request could not be immediately accepted because it would have to be passed by the German …
'Lebanese-American tortured in UAE after Washington-backed arrest'

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An American of Lebanese descent was tortured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Washington requested his arrest, a leading US civil rights group said Wednesday. American Naji Hamdan was released from state …
Making sense of Aoun's latest gambit

21 hours ago

There is more than a dash of spectacle in Michel Aoun's visit to the capital that forced him out of his homeland for a decade and a half, but the reaction of his critics back here in Lebanon is every bit as …