BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Monday implicitly backed premier Tammam Salam’s bid to change the government’s decision-making mechanism, currently at the center of a widening row that has thrown the Cabinet into paralysis and prevented it from meeting for the second consecutive week. Hariri also warned that the failure to elect a… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan LakkisHussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A rift among ministers over the government’s decision-making mechanism during the 9-month-old presidential vacuum widened over the weekend, preventing a Cabinet session for this week. Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai, outraged by Parliament’s repeated failure to elect a president, entered the fray over the Cabinet’s decision-making mechanism, warning… اقرأ المزيد
The public rift between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Iranian nuclear issue is often described as a personality dispute. But a senior Israeli official argued that the break has been building for more than two years and reflects a deep disagreement about how best to limit the threat of a… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri vowed Friday to use his talks with MP Michel Aoun and the ongoing dialogue between his Future Movement and Hezbollah to accelerate the election of a new president, calling it a top priority. He was speaking just hours before visiting Speaker Nabih Berri at… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The government will soon resume its sessions, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday, adding that the swift election of a new Lebanese president was a necessary prelude to the implementation of a national strategy to combat terrorism. Speaking to a delegation of Arab ambassadors at his residence in Downtown Beirut, Hariri stated… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah have begun discussing a joint national strategy to fight terrorism, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said Wednesday night, reflecting the two parties’ concern over growing security threats posed by Islamist militants entrenched in areas near the border with Syria. Machnouk’s remarks came as the… اقرأ المزيد