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Photo courtesy of AFP The Israeli military’s excavation in a Lebanese area sparked tension on the outskirts of the border town of KfarChouba earlier this week. A number of Lebanese demonstrators and soldiers experienced breathing difficulties as a result of Israeli tear gas used to disperse large crowds of protesters …

Taymour Jumblatt Progressive socialist party leader Taymour Jumblatt announces that the block’s 8 members of parliament will be voting for Jihad Azour on the electoral session held on the 14th of June. The declaration comes after much speculation on what will the party’s decision be with regards to the vital …

Map of LImage courtesy of ontheworldmap.com The talk of Lebanon adopting the federal system of governing is not new it has existed ever since the civil war broke out in 1975 as a way of mitigating the cultural and religious tensions that have plagued Lebanon throughout its existence, for long …

Photo courtesy of Reuters Speaker of parliament and Amal mouvement leader Nabih Berri has called for an election session on the 14th of june to elect a new president. The Announcement comes as new developments unfolded since the last session months ago, mainly the candidacy of Jihad Azour and Sleiman …

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 …

MP Gebran Bassil the leader of the Free Patriotic movement has announced this last Sunday in a dinner held in Jbeil one of the Lebanese districts that the party has came to a commune agreement with other parliamentary blocks the nomination of Jihad Azour. Azour 57 currently holds the position …

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 …