Joanne Naoum, 04/04 20:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Gebran Bassil is reportedly seeking to improve relations with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, but the question of a rapprochement between the two adversaries was utterly denied by the Speaker’s circle. Nonetheless, a new dynamic in relations between the FPM and Berri’s Amal Movement was ushered in ...
This Is Beirut, 30/03 14:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
According to one of the participants, the inter-Christian meetings at Bkerkeh will resume after Easter. These discussions are expected to yield a final document outlining the fundamental principles of a national policy rooted in Lebanese values. The Christian parties of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Kataeb, the National Liberal Party (PNL), and the ...
This Is Beirut, 18/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
Leader of the Kataeb party Sami Gemayel asserted that Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, whom he accuses of obstructing the presidential election, is attempting to balance his alliance with Hezbollah and his relations with the United States. "Berri cannot go against the Americans, as he has interests in the United States where members of his ...
This Is Beirut, 17/03 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
Leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil attended two events organized by his party on Sunday. The first, "Gen to Gen," was attended by young people and FPM executives. During the ceremony, the FPM leader declared that he has no regrets about the Mar Mikhael agreement (signed between the FPM and Hezbollah in 2006), affirming ...
This Is Beirut, 17/03 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces
A former official says that there is no breakthrough on the presidential deadline and no consensus on a candidate. The Amal-Hezbollah duopoly continues to back its candidate, Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh, "to the hilt," as Hezbollah has asserted. Meanwhile, members of the opposition and the Free Patriotic Movement continue to support the ...
This Is Beirut, 16/03 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
“The alliance is broken, and the lovers have parted ways,” presumably stated a Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) official regarding their party's relations with Hezbollah. According to the source, the meeting that took place in Rabieh between President Michel Aoun and a Hezbollah delegation, presided over by the party chief of the Loyalty of ...
This Is Beirut, 24/01 14:24 - Reading : less than a minute
Heated debate within the Free Patriotic Movement. Members of former President Michel Aoun's party have fallen prey to political dissent, increasingly so since Aoun’s son-in-law, Gebran Bassil, took control of the group in 2015. The last conflict to date was about the need for boycotting, or not, Wednesday’s parliamentary session aimed at ...
This Is Beirut, 23/01 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
The Strong Lebanon Bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has decided to tie its participation in parliamentary sessions and the vote on the budget to the deliberations that will take place during these sessions. Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and vote on the 2024 budget. Gebran Bassil, chief of the said ...