The thousands of Arab demonstrators marching in the streets of an Arab capital city this week demanding political reform and the release of their jailed leaders were met with riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them. These events Wednesday and Thursday night were typical for a hot summer evening in today’s… اقرأ المزيد
Hasan Lakkis| The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Cabinet failed Thursday to approve key appointments at the Lebanese University due to differences among ministers and rival parties, resolving to resume discussion of the issue next week. Cabinet members told Education Minister Elias Bou Saab that his agreement with the head of the parliamentary Future bloc, former… اقرأ المزيد
You have to hand it to Michel Aoun. He can say whatever he wants, no matter how foolish or contradictory, and still retain the backing of a substantial number of Christians. Take Aoun’s latest proposal for a presidential election. The general called earlier this week for the president to be elected in two rounds of… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army arrested two wanted suspects while raiding several buildings in a Beirut neighborhood Wednesday, in another preemptive strike against the mounting threat of terrorism. Soldiers deployed heavily in Al-Tariq al-Jadideh and near the Cola roundabout, searching apartments in five buildings in the area, a security source, speaking on condition of anonymity,… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: A Parliament session to pick a successor to former President Michel Sleiman will not be held Wednesday for a lack of quorum in the eighth thwarted attempt since April 23, raising fears of a prolonged vacuum in the country’s top Christian post, political sources said Tuesday. Further complicating efforts to break the… اقرأ المزيد
BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun proposed Monday that the Constitution be amended to allow the Lebanese people to vote for their head of state, drawing criticism from his political rivals as his allies continue their reticence on his presidential bid. “I suggest a limited constitutional amendment that allows the presidential election to be… اقرأ المزيد