Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said Friday he is still undecided on whether to attend a new round of talks with Hezbollah following unprecedented political escalation between his Future Movement and the party that threatened to unravel their nearly year-old dialogue. Meanwhile, French Senate President Gerard Larcher voiced support and… اقرأ المزيد
It didn’t take a prodigy to understand what the foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, had in the back of his mind on his recent visit to Iran. Bassil hit all the right buttons with respect to the Iranians, rising up on their list of Lebanese presidential favorites if his father-in-law, Michel Aoun, fails to be elected… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan LakkisHussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri said Wednesday he is determined to hold a legislative session as soon as possible in order to approve the World Bank’s $600 million in soft loans and avert the country’s economic collapse. Meanwhile, Parliament failed Wednesday in the 30th consecutive attempt since April last year… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan LakkisHussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Parliament will meet Tuesday with a secured quorum, not to choose a president or approve urgent draft laws, but rather to re-elect members of its Secretariat, and heads, members and rapporteurs of 16 parliamentary committees. Speaker Nabih Berri has called for the meeting in line with the Constitution,… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun said Tuesday his two ministers would not return to the Cabinet until a new Army commander and a new military council are appointed, in a tough stance likely to throw the already divided government into further disarray. The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement also said… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah Monday threw its weight behind MP Michel Aoun in his current standoff with the government, warning against attempts to break or isolate the Free Patriotic Movement leader. Hezbollah’s stance came a day after Aoun strongly rejected the election of a neutral or consensual president, further prolonging a deadlock that… اقرأ المزيد