State Minister for Planning Affairs Michel Pharaon said on Wednesday that payments of the so-called “secret funds” for the State Security agency must be approved so the agency is capable of carrying out its duties.
Full StoryLeader of the Democratic Gathering bloc MP Walid Jumblat said he insists on “positive dialogue” as for discussions on a new electoral law for the parliamentary polls, and stressed that endorsing a new law is a delicate matter that requires “precision, patience and dialogue.”
Likening the electoral process to a medical operation, he said on Twitter: “The electoral law is a delicate operation. Its successfulness requires precision, patience, consultations and dialogue.”
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Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq confirmed Tuesday that Hamra's Costa cafe was the target of the would-be suicide bomber Omar al-Assi.
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Tuesday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri.
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Conflicting reports emerged Tuesday evening about whether or not gunshots were fired towards an Israeli force near the border with Lebanon.
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French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron held talks with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday and said his country needs a more "balanced" policy toward Syria.
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri met Tuesday at the Grand Serail with the ambassadors of the European Union member states to Lebanon and discussed with them the political situation in Lebanon and the region.
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After two days of search operations, the dead body of Lebanese citizen Majid Raji al-Hashem, 61, was found Tuesday buried in sand at a stone factory in the Jbeil town of Akoura, state-run National News Agency reported.
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The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc stressed Tuesday that “there will be no extension of the parliament's term or a return to the 1960 law.”
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held talks Tuesday with a visiting Iranian official, Hizbullah said in a statement.
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