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Arab World Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati (Lebanese premier’s office)

Arab Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: Assad, Mikati Held Cordial Meeting

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati have had a cordial encounter on the sidelines of the Arab League’s Jeddah…

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Arab World Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chairing a ministerial meeting at the Grand Serail in Beirut on May 8 (Lebanese Premiership)

Mikati to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Must all Acknowledge Saudi Efforts to Make the Summit a Success

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hopes on Thursday that Arab leaders participating in the Arab League summit in Jeddah, succeed at…

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Arab World Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil. EPA

Lebanon’s Bassil to Asharq Al-Awat: Openness to the Arab World is Necessary

Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil has said that Lebanon’s “openness to the Arab world is necessary”

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Features Lebanon: Divorce between Aoun, Hezbollah Is Final

Lebanon: Divorce between Aoun, Hezbollah Is Final

A Lebanese official following the relations between former President Michel Aoun with Hezbollah said the “marriage” between them, which was held at a Maronite…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanon Confronted with Test of Choices, as Riyadh Judges Projects, Not Names

Lebanon Confronted with Test of Choices, as Riyadh Judges Projects, Not Names

A senior Arab diplomat provided a rational assessment of the situation in Lebanon. He made the assessment away from the local media, effective and ineffective…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Interviews Lebanon: Mikati Says Parties Rejecting Cabinet Meetings Better Elect a President

Lebanon: Mikati Says Parties Rejecting Cabinet Meetings Better Elect a President

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hailed the latest development in the Saudi-Iranian relations, stressing that Lebanon supports any "consensual"…

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Interviews Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim: Politicians’ Performance Destroys Lebanon

Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim: Politicians’ Performance Destroys Lebanon

A week after leaving his post as the head of Lebanon’s General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about his departure, refusing to…

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Arab World Samir Geagea. (Reuters)

Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Will Thwart Quorum to Prevent Election of Hezbollah Candidate

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea believes that there are currently so solutions that can resolve the presidential vacuum in Lebanon. “We have grown…

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