Hasan LakkisHussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet will hold a session Thursday designed to clear the air, following tension among ministers over the government’s decision-making system that has prevented meetings for two weeks. The session is seen as a test of fragile Cabinet unity after Prime Minister Tammam Salam declared that… اقرأ المزيد
What was striking in Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday was how the Israeli prime minister exploited the Obama administration’s ambiguities on the broader implications of a nuclear deal with Iran. While Netanyahu’s proposals for how to strengthen the nuclear accord are not likely to be implemented, two issues he… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam called Tuesday for a Cabinet session for Thursday, urging ministers to give utmost priority to ensuring a smooth and effective productivity of the government. Salam’s decision indicated that the row over the government’s decision-making system that has led to the suspension of the… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah Monday made “serious progress” in their latest round of talks on key political and security issues as the two sides discussed the 9-month-old presidential election deadlock and ways of confronting terrorism threatening the country. “Discussions continued and serious progress was made in… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein DakroubHasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet will meet this week under the current decision-making system, Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday, as Prime Minister Tammam Salam scrambled to resolve a widening row over the controversial mechanism that has thrown the government into paralysis. Meanwhile, the Future Movement and Hezbollah will begin Monday… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The Army chief vowed Friday to crush Syria-based jihadis threatening to destabilize Lebanon, as troops geared up for possible retaliatory attacks by militants in response to their expulsion from two key positions on the northeastern border with Syria, a senior military official said. The remarks by Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi came… اقرأ المزيد