This Is Beirut, 10/07 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Palestine Gebran Bassil
Opposition within the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) against party leader MP Gebran Bassil is increasingly taking shape, with many members reportedly boycotting party meetings. The dissidents have many remarks regarding Bassil’s political positions, especially a recent stance which suggests that he is “longing” to return to Hezbollah’s ...
03/07 18:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
The opposition forces’ actions and stances have been calling for an immediate ceasefire in southern Lebanon and the urgent election of a president, all while being in a state of anticipation. According to sources within the parliamentary opposition, Lebanon's ongoing war and the looming threat of its escalation require immediate parliamentary ...
This Is Beirut, 26/06 22:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki held talks with Lebanese officials on Wednesday, during a visit aiming to prevent an escalation of the military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and help end the presidential deadlock. Zaki arrived in Beirut on Tuesday for a two-day mission at the request of League Secretary-General ...
14/06 13:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil Lebanese Forces
Many political forces, particularly the opposition led by the Lebanese Forces (LF), are aiming to replicate the presidential election scenario of June 14, 2023. In that election session, Sleiman Frangieh, leader of the Marada Movement who is backed by the Hezbollah-Amal duo, received 51 votes, while Dr. Jihad Azour, the candidate supported by the ...
This Is Beirut, 13/06 14:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Launched on Monday, the initiative of the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, which is in line with that of the Amal-Hezbollah tandem for unlocking the presidential deadlock, has raised strong reservations within opposition circles. However, it enjoys the support of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), which is engaged in ...
10/06 17:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The saga of the presidential election in Lebanon keeps unfolding with a series of initiatives that have yet to translate into tangible outcomes. The five-nation Quintet Committee (France, US, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia) is in full swing, in parallel to Qatar's own initiative and the efforts of the French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian. ...
This Is Beirut, 09/06 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil Ghada Aoun
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) chief Gebran Bassil said that the real fear is “laxity with regard to the presidential vacancy, and this issue must be separated from the others.” After meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, Bassil stated that “there is a process aimed at preventing and blocking the election of a president of the ...
This Is Beirut, 26/05 11:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
According to Al-Jadeed media channel, sources within the Free Patriotic Movement announced that the head of the movement, MP Gebran Bassil, apologized for his inability to host the French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian next Wednesday due to a prior commitment to a foreign visit. It is worth mentioning that during Le Drian's last visit to ...
23/05 13:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
Gebran Bassil is wasting no time. The Free Patriotic Movement's leader is pulling out all the stops to secure his political future, on several levels, after receiving a succession of political slaps in the face. The son-in-law of the former president, Michel Aoun, is reportedly not happy with cleaning up the party he was catapulted to lead ...
This Is Beirut, 04/05 15:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), MP Gebran Bassil, lashed out at the European Union for offering Lebanon one billion euros in exchange for keeping displaced Syrians, describing the move as an “attempt to replace the Lebanese with Syrians.” At a press conference on Saturday, Bassil stressed that the financial aid offered by the ...
This Is Beirut, 18/04 18:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The ambassadors of the quintet committee (United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar) continued on Thursday their meetings with various Lebanese parties and officials, which they had started on Tuesday, aiming to unblock the presidential election. Egyptian Ambassador Alaa Moussa announced that the quintet "concluded on Thursday the ...
This Is Beirut, 18/04 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
After being elected vice president of the Free Patriotic Movement, sources close to the Aounist party indicate that May Khreish left the ranks of the FPM and submitted her resignation to join the group of supporters of former President Michel Aoun who had left the orange formation, as they no longer recognized themselves in him after he abandoned ...