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Walid Jumblat steps down as head of his party, why now?

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Long term leader of the PSP short for the progressive socialist party former minister and member of parliament Walid Jumblat has stepped down from his position after decades of leading the party which saw it begin as a left wing socialist party transition into a militia during the civil war …

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Why it is a near impossibility for Gebran Bassil to back Suleiman Franjieh’s election

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The Lebanese presidential race is heating up with now two front running candidates, and with Gebran Bassil the leader of the Free patriotic Movement Party choosing to back Jihad Azour. The move came to end all speculation that Bassil might back Franjieh’s candidacy and keep aligning himself to an extent …

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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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