Politics

How the June 14th Session Might Pan out

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The latest of the presidential election sessions will be resumed om the 14th of June in the parliament building in downtown Beirut, this sessions is the first since about 3 months when the 11th session ended similarly to the 10 that preceded it, no clear cut result no majority for …

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Gebran Bassil Completes his U turn

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image from official twitter account https://twitter.com/Gebran_Bassil Last weekend in an annual fundraiser dinner held for the one of the electoral districts , Free patriotic movement leader MP Gebran Bassil in the presence of former president and party founder Michel Aoun announces that his parliamentary block has come to an agreement …

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The curious case of Nabih Berri

Nabih Berri

Nabih Berri,January 1998, Liban. (Photo by Alexis DUCLOS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) very few can argue that in terms of longevity and consistency Nabih berry tops the pile of post civil war Lebanese politicians, in fact if we add his time as MP during the civil war than Nabih berry is …

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