Ici Beyrouth - Ashraf Rifi

MP Rifi: The So-Called 'Al-Ezz Brigades' Is a Hezbollah Invention

par This Is Beirut, 15/01 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tripoli MP Ashraf Rifi commented on Monday on a previously unknown group, the so-called "Al-Ezz Brigades,” which claimed responsibility for infiltrating the southern border into Israel on Sunday. Rifi underlined the increasing presence of armed groups operating in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of having accustomed "us to inventing ...

Remembering Lokman Slim

par This Is Beirut, 04/02 12:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ashraf Rifi Hezbollah

On the third anniversary of Lokman Slim’s assassination in an area controlled by Hezbollah in South Lebanon, several political figures took to “X” in his memory. Samir Geagea, the party chief of the Lebanese Forces (LF), wrote on Sunday, “The Lebanese people still believe that Hezbollah’s militia is the source of corruption of the ...

Rifi: Presidency Is a Priority for 'The Gathering of the State of Greater Lebanon'

par This Is Beirut, 06/02 17:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ashraf Rifi Béchara Raï

MP Ashraf Rifi announced on Tuesday that he has organized a series of meetings with all forces that “support the concept of the State of Greater Lebanon.” These gatherings are grounded in the principles of sovereignty, freedom, independence, state-building and the fight against corruption. Following a meeting in Bkerke between Maronite ...

47th Commemoration of the Assassination of Kamal Joumblatt

par This Is Beirut, 16/03 13:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ashraf Rifi Bilal Abdallah Kamal Joumblatt

A symbolic procession was held in Moukhtara on Saturday to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Kamal Joumblatt, the founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). Crowds gathered in the Chouf town to lay roses on his grave to recall his memory. Teymour Joumblatt, Kamal Joumblatt's grandson and current leader of the PSP, ...

EU Grant Parliamentary Session: 'Tajaddod' Announces Participation, Presents Solutions

par This Is Beirut, 13/05 14:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ashraf Rifi

MPs Michel Moawad and Ashraf Rifi, representing the "Tajaddod" bloc, held a press conference during which they discussed the issue of "Syrian displacement," affirming the bloc's participation in the Parliamentary session on Wednesday. "The invitation to Wednesday's session is timely as it is essential to have a national debate on the displaced ...

Petition for Parliamentary Commission to Probe Electricity Sector Negligence

12/09 19:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ashraf Rifi Bilal Houchaymi

Ten MPs – Ashraf Rifi, Michel Moawad, Fouad Makhzoumi, Ghassan Hasbani, Georges Okais, Adib Abdel Massih, Elias Hankach, Marc Daou, Bilal Houchaymi and Michel Douaihy – presented a petition on Thursday, calling for the formation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry to look into “the transgressions and acts of negligence committed in ...