Western countries have made it a norm, if not a policy, to deliberately bypass the Lebanese government institutions when implementing their policies in Lebanon. As Western pressures on Lebanon have increased on issues such as economic reform and the Syrian refugees, efforts have been ramped up to offer an independent ...
Lebanon ramped up political activity on Monday in a bid to reach an agreement on electing a new president, as the exchange rate of the US Dollar kept up its drastic rise, surpassing 94,000 Lebanese Pound. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati paid a visit to Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara ...
