BEIRUT: Lawmakers will meet next week to vote on the extension of Parliament’s mandate for more than two years, despite opposition by the country’s major Christian parties. Speaker Nabih Berri, meanwhile, warned that the session would not be held unless some of the key Christian blocs participated in the vote on the extension of… اقرأ المزيد
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Army chief Wednesday declared there would be no truce with terrorists who attack soldiers, dismissing rumors that a secret compromise with militants was forged to end this week’s crisis in Tripoli. Jean Kahwagi vowed to hunt down Islamist militants during a visit to the families of two soldiers killed… اقرأ المزيد
I suspect that the Tunisian parliamentary elections Sunday were the most significant domestic and national political development in the modern history of the Arab world. Here is why I say this, and also what I believe we learn from the elections. Never in ancient or modern Arab history has a citizenry of a country debated,… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: An international conference on the Syrian refugee crisis vowed Tuesday to extend long-term financial aid to countries struggling with what the U.N. calls the world’s “most dramatic humanitarian crisis,” but did not commit to an overall figure. Around 40 countries and international bodies adopted a declaration saying donors would “mobilize for years to… اقرأ المزيد
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Lebanon stood firmly behind its Army in its war against homegrown terrorism Sunday as the death toll from three days of pitched battles between troops and jihadists rose to at least 28. The Army’s anti-terror push, backed by the country’s political leaders, heralded an open-ended confrontation with militants inspired by ISIS… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT/TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army captured one of its highest value terror suspects yet in a dramatic pre-dawn raid and gunbattle Thursday that led to the arrest of a senior ISIS-linked man accused of recruiting young Lebanese to fight with the group. Three gunmen were killed during the raid to arrest the suspect,… اقرأ المزيد