The Lebanese Presidency said on Saturday that President Michel Aoun is to set a date for holding the consultations with parliamentary blocs in a bid to designate a new prime minister. In a statement the Presidency Press Office clarified that President Aoun has been, since the resignation of PM Saad ...
The Lebanese caretaker interior minister Raya Haffar El Hassan told the CNN that despite the painful US sanctions against Hezbollah, the group are part of the country’s social fabric — and aren’t going anywhere. “Hezbollah has been elected to be part of the Parliament, it has its constituency and is ...