Michel Aoun

NOW exclusive: Nicolas calls for trying Rifi

Change and Reform bloc MP Nabil Nicolas told NOW on Sunday that Internal Security Forces Director General Ashraf Rifi’s actions during the past five years are “illegitimate and militia-like,â€_ calling for trying Rifi for...

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FPM reform, not slander, is Abu Jamra’s aim

Former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra told Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday that he does not want to slander the Free Patriotic Movement and has asked FPM leader MP Michel Aoun to make some reforms within the party,...

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Aoun: Politicians control degree of independence

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun told An-Nahar newspaper on Sunday that the Lebanese have not had independence for a long time, although they partially gained it back in 2005 when Syria withdrew its army from the...

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Analysis Donations expected to arrive as Nahr al-Bared reconstruction begins

Analysis BEIRUT: Officials from a dozen donor organizations toured the war-battered Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli on Friday, with construction of new buildings slated to start in the coming days. Formation...

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Baroud boycotts committee meeting over ISF, police row

By Elias Sakr Daily Star staff Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Another conflicting issue between the opposition and the majority emerged over the course of the week; however, this time...

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A loud grumble shakes the Aounist jungle

Issam Abu Jamra has publically voiced his discontent with Michel Aoun in what could be the beginning of the fight over the future of the Aounist movement, now that the general has lost all the major battles that had allowed him...

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Abboud: Hezbollah’s arms should not be addressed in Ministerial Statement

In an interview with Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa published on Friday, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said that “the Resistance’s weapons should not be addressed in the Ministerial Statement, and the March 14 alliance should...

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Political details on Cabinet statement expected soon

BEIRUT: The ministerial committee tasked with drafting the policy statement for Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s newly formed government is holding extensive meetings to finalize its mission before Independence Day on November 22....

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Hariri Names New Lebanese Government After Five-Month Vacuum

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five-month political vacuum since parliamentary elections. The breakthrough comes at a...

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Dead or alive? It’s time we know

Violette Nassif just learned that one of the bodies found in a mass grave belonged to her son, a young soldier when he died. After years of being given conflicting information by Lebanese authorities, she now has closure, but...

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