Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet meets Monday amid a wide gap over the issue of military and security appointments, while differences over handling the security situation on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal have been narrowed, Education Minister Elias Bou Saab said Sunday. “We don’t expect any… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A special envoy of Pope Francis arrived in Beirut Friday in the Vatican’s latest attempt to resolve a political crisis that has leftLebanon without a president for more than a year. Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, the former foreign minister of the Holy See, met shortly after his arrival at the head of… اقرأ المزيد
Wassim MrouehHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi assured the public Thursday that political bickering over security appointments would not affect the military’s will to confront terrorists, as the government emerged intact after talks on his successor and the security situation in the northeastern town of Arsal. Prime Minister Tammam… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to hold a stormy session Thursday amid sharp differences among ministers over the issue of security appointments and how to deal with jihadis based on the outskirts of the Bekaa Valley town of Arsal. However, the split over the situation in Arsal and security appointments… اقرأ المزيد
Secretaries of state have had private contacts since the job was created, so it’s a mistake to get too indignant about Hillary Clinton’s email exchanges about Libya with her longtime friend, Sidney Blumenthal. Still, these messages offer some useful insights about the court politics of Washington, and the way policymaking can be overwhelmed by trivia… اقرأ المزيد
On Tuesday evening, in an address marking the one-year anniversary since Lebanon has been without a president, Prime Minister Tammam Salam made a perceptive comment. He warned that the absence of a president had caused damage to the country’s formula of sectarian coexistence, and perhaps even threatened Lebanon’s very existence. Salam may have missed the… اقرأ المزيد