The Lebanese parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly granted confidence to the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. 87 lawmakers voted in favor of the government. Kataeb MPs Sami Gemayel, Nadim Gemayel and Samer Saadeh, and MP Khaled Daher withheld their confidence from the cabinet. MP Imad al-Hout, the only representative in ...
Deputy Mayor of a town in Lebanon’s north Bekaa was killed and his brother was critically injured in a bomb attack on Wednesday. Khaled Ali Houry, the deputy mayor of al-Ain town was killed as a bomb ripped through a passenger bus which Houry was riding, al-Manar correspondent reported. Houry’s ...
