Nizar HasanPhilip Issa| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Anger and the foul odor of rotting waste seeped through the capital’s streets Tuesday, as trash here and in Mount Lebanon went uncollected for the third day. Officials remain deadlocked over where to dispose of garbage after the Environment Ministry closed the region’s primary landfill Friday, and citizens… اقرأ المزيد
Mohammed Zaatari| The Daily Star ANSAR, Lebanon: Mystery surrounds the case of five Czech nationals who went missing in the Bekaa Valley over the weekend, as the family of the Lebanese national who drove them there dismissed reports that he was involved in a possible kidnapping. The news of the disappearance of the five Czechs… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: No signs have so far emerged of a breakthrough in the crisis over the Cabinet’s decision-making mechanism, ministerial sources in the Free Patriotic Movement said Monday, signaling a new showdown at next week’s session. Meanwhile, senior officials from the Future Movement and Hezbollah met Monday night in a fresh… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he would not veto any presidential candidate who won national consensus, and called for the revival of state institutions under the auspices of the Taif Accord. Hariri also criticized Hezbollah for its continued involvement in the Syrian civil war, and dismissed remarks made by the party’s leader, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, in which… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubNizar Hassan| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A direct dialogue between the Future Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement is the key to resolving the crisis over the Cabinet’s decision-making mechanism, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Friday. Nasrallah also said that neither Hezbollah nor FPM chief MP Michel Aoun wants to topple the government… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan LakkisWassim Mroueh BEIRUT: The Lebanese Cabinet is set for a heated confrontation Thursday over security appointments and the decision-making mechanism of the executive branch unless a last-minute deal is reached to avert a seemingly inevitable showdown. In a show of force, hundreds of motorists supportive of MP Michel Aoun cruised the streets of Beirut,… اقرأ المزيد