Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement and Hezbollah will hold a second round of talks Monday focusing on ways to defuse political and sectarian tensions stoked by the war in Syria, officials said Sunday. MP Michel Aoun, meanwhile, said a planned meeting with his Christian rival, Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea,… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai has lent support for the planned dialogue between the country’s two rival Christian leaders, describing it as an “important step” toward ending the deadlock that has left Lebanon without a president for more than seven months, Bkirki officials said Friday. “Patriarch Rai has given his blessing to… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The parliamentary Future bloc implicitly called Tuesday on MP Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah to end their boycott so that Parliament can convene to elect a president and overcome the 7-month-old “dangerous presidential vacuum.” The bloc also defended its dialogue with Hezbollah, stressing it should be accompanied by “practical steps” to… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Many of Arsal’s residents already have permits to cross to the town’s outskirts and those protesting new restrictions are a minority, an Army source told The Daily Star Monday, hours after a confrontation between soldiers and protesters left three people injured. “A large number of people have already obtained permits and… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Future Movement hopes that its dialogue with Hezbollah will lead to a breakthrough in the 7-month-old presidential deadlock, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Sunday. “We hope that the dialogue with Hezbollah will produce progress and a breakthrough in the presidential vacuum,” he told The Daily Star.… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Sharp differences emerged Friday during a meeting between a Hezbollah delegation and Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai after the party said it was adamant on backing MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, rejecting any alternative candidate, according to Bkirki sources. The Hezbollah delegation, led by the party’s Political Council… اقرأ المزيد