Tag: Michel Aoun

Aoun said in his farewell speech that the country’s judiciary “is not performing its role and the culprits are still outside the courts, perhaps because they are cronies of those in charge,”

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun urged the French Total Energy firm to begin drilling in the Kana gas field as soon as possible to "make up for time lost in the negotiations."

Lebanon agrees to the final version of the maritime border demarcation agreement, but will not recognize the buoy-line as the international border line.

Now it remains to be seen if the Lapid government would be brazen enough to push the latest draft through before the November 1 elections.

Israel’s political-security cabinet is set to meet Thursday – by which time, Lebanon’s answer should be received – to discuss the draft.

"The written offer that Hochstein will send is expected to arrive in Ba’abda before the end of this week."

The deal currently on the table would guarantee Lebanon’s rights to extract natural gas and oil in specific fields in its exclusive economic zone, Pres. Michel Aoun says.

The Hezbollah telegram channel confirmed that the commander was killed while on duty, but did not specify where and when.

The leaders of Qatar, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan were less demanding and a whole lot friendlier.

Michel Aoun is an ally of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and therefore this statement is receiving a lot of attention inside and outside of Lebanon.

Asked for his opinion about the United Arab Emirates’ peace treaty with Israel, Aoun said the UAE “is an independent country.”

The protesters in inside "revolution headquarters" burned documents and pictures of Lebanese President Michel Aoun, whom they blame, alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, for the country's years of political and economic crises.

The blast, which registered a 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, also destroyed both Lebanon's wheat and medicine storage facilities which were located at the harbor.

Late Saturday afternoon, Hezbollah counter-protesters arrived from the Shiite-dominated part of the city, and clashed with the anti-government protesters.

Lebanon's Red Cross Tweeted that three wounded protesters had been hospitalized.

The decision was reportedly made Friday at a meeting between Hariri and Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun.

One protester says he wishes the Jews were ruling over Lebanon.

Seriously? The secretary must be aware that in Lebanon, government institutions, armed forces and internal security are all run or substantially influenced by Hezbollah.

Nevertheless, the United States applauded the development.

Israel demands that both UNIFIL and the Lebanese government respond to the fact that Hezbollah violated Resolution 1701 with its tunnels.

The Americans distinguish between Lebanon and Hezbollah, which is why they agreed on sanctions against the terror organization.

Israel's response to a Hezbollah offensive, the spokesman warned, would target the southern Beirut suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold that was attacked by Israel during the 2006 war.

The IDF believes Hezbollah has 120,000 short-range missiles and that Iran has been equipping them with GPS guides to improve accuracy.

Prime Minister-designate Sa’ad Hariri, however, has declined to allocate any cabinet seats to Sunni allies of Hezbollah, regardless of Nasrallah's demands.

The Russians also insist that the only acceptable outcome to the civil war must be reinstating Bashar al-Assad as the president of all of Syria.

Hariri is considered Lebanon's leading Sunni politician.

Iran is again attempted to seduce Lebanon into accepting arms for its military, thereby winning total control over the country.

Former Lebanese PM Sa'ad Hariri is returning to power at the head of a wall-to-wall government coalition, hoping to hold Syria, Hezbollah and Iran at bay.

Lebanon has elected a new president, Maronite Christian Michel Aoun, age 81. Former PM Sa'ad Hariri rejoins him for a second time around.