Hasan LakkisHussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: MP Sleiman Frangieh has emerged as the favorite candidate to fill the vacant presidency seat following his reported meeting with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, amid signs of regional and international support for the Marada Movement leader’s presidential bid. Local TV stations said Wednesday night Frangieh’s candidacy for… اقرأ المزيد
Needless to say, Saad Hariri’s decision to open channels to Sleiman Franjieh over the presidency has caused disarray in the ranks of Maronite politicians. The possibility that Franjieh might emerge as a consensus candidate has shaken the precarious equilibrium in place for 18 months. There were many reasons for Hariri’s calculation, not least that Lebanon… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has launched a flurry of political activity aimed at reaching an accord to break the deadlock that has left Lebanon without a president for 18 months, March 14 sources said Monday. “Hariri has received regional and international signals to revive inter-Lebanese dialogue with the… اقرأ المزيد
| The Daily Star Do Western nations think that Muslim lives matter less? Most of us would resist any such characterization of callousness. But Western outrage about the carnage in Paris, coupled with near-indifference to similar killings in the Arab world, suggests to many Muslims that a double standard exists – and they find it… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: More than 300 kilograms of explosive materials to make suicide belts have been seized and five more people have been arrested in connection with last week’s deadly suicide blasts south of Beirut, officials said Wednesday as Lebanon intensifies its clampdown on terror cells. The Internal Security Forces Wednesday said… اقرأ المزيد
While the world has been preoccupied with the ISIS and its global terrorism threat that emanated from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, 17 countries that met in Vienna last weekend agreed on a stunningly ambitious and impressive timetable to wind down the conflict and move Syria toward a political transition within the coming 18… اقرأ المزيد