Hasan Lakkis BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri will soon call for a Parliament session to discuss urgent draft laws, his visitors said Tuesday, despite opposition expressed by some Christian parties to legislative activity during the presidential vacuum. Berri said he would call on Parliament’s Secretariat to meet at the start of the legislature’s regular term, which begins… اقرأ المزيد
The contentious diplomatic drama of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.S. Congress last week has now expanded into political farce, after 47 Republican senators sent a letter to the Iranian supreme leader this week. The letter basically insulted the Iranians by suggesting that they did not know how the American political… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun said after talks with Speaker Nabih Berri Monday that minor progress had been made in the presidential crisis, despite the generally gloomy prospects for ending the deadlock that has left Lebanon without a president for more than nine months. The Free Patriotic Movement leader’s… اقرأ المزيد
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi during a visit to Cairo aimed at reaffirming support for moderation in the face of Islamist extremism roiling the Middle East. Speaking to reporters after the one-hour meeting at the Ittihadiah Palace in Cairo, Hariri also said… اقرأ المزيد
Gen. John Allen, the retired Marine who is coordinating the campaign against ISIS, gave an upbeat briefing to Congress last week. He said that because of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, the group has “lost half of its Iraq-based leadership and thousands of hardened fighters.” “Decapitation” is the graphic term for this strategy of… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The United States Friday prodded rival Lebanese leaders to elect a president without counting on foreign deals to help them choose a new head of state and accused Hezbollah of harming Lebanon’s stability over its role in Syria. The remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale were… اقرأ المزيد