BEIRUT: Parliament is set to approve the public sector’s long-awaited salary scale bill during its legislative session Wednesday, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday. “I expect the wage hike draft law for the public sector to be approved during Wednesday’s session,” Siniora told The Daily Star. The head of the Future bloc… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Friday praised the U.S.-led international coalition to fight terrorism, but urged friendly and brotherly states to insulate Lebanon from regional conflicts, implicitly rejecting any role for his country in the coalition. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Salam reaffirmed the government’s resolve to free at least 21 Lebanese soldiers… اقرأ المزيد
The Daily Star BEIRUT: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised Prime Minister Tammam Salam Wednesday to help in securing the release of Lebanese servicemen captured by extremist militants, said ministerial sources accompanying Salam on his visit to New York. Speaking to The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, the sources said the Turkish president… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Lebanon will have a defensive role in the fight against ISIS, Prime Minister Tammam Salam said Tuesday after arriving in New York, adding that his country was in need of urgent aid to cope with the huge influx of Syrian refugees. Salam, who is taking part in the 69th session of the… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army has beefed up its positions in and around Arsal and tightened the siege on the Bekaa town’s outskirts in an attempt to cut supply lines to Islamist militants entrenched there, a senior military official said Monday. “The Army is taking precautionary measures to prevent the infiltration of terrorists inside… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Lebanon appeared to be on edge Sunday with the government being helpless to stop militants from carrying out their threats to kill captured Lebanese soldiers, amid warnings by Speaker Nabih Berri and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri that ISIS and Nusra Front were seeking to incite sectarian strife. The government threw its… اقرأ المزيد