The Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, reported on Wednesday that Lebanon’s embassy in Washington sent a confidential cable to the Lebanese authorities in which it rejects inviting Syria to the Arab Economic Summit scheduled to be held in Beirut on January 19 and 20. Washington also threatened to impose sanctions against Lebanon ...
The Iranian ambassador to Beirut visited on Tuesday Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, voicing Tehran’s support to the process of forming the new Lebanese government. After the meeting, Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia said: “It was a very good opportunity that brought us together with Premier Hariri. We talked about the bilateral relations ...