Lebanese Forces

LF: Time to Elect a President and Pull the Lebanese Out of This Catastrophe

The Lebanese Forces party strongly denounced the behavior of “certain politicians from the axis of resistance who have not changed their political positions, which have led Lebanon and its people to the current state” and who accuse “the LF of obstructing the election of a president.” In a press release issued on Friday, the LF also ...

Lebanese Forces… No Comment, Just Waiting

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea has instructed party MPs, officials and cadres not to make any statements and to avoid discussing or commenting on current events. They are to wait for clarity on the currently ambiguous situation so that a clear path can emerge. LF officials have refrained from commenting on ongoing events and have ...

Geagea Deplores the Absence of the State Amid War Threats

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea deplored on Friday the “absence of the state” and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s failure to convene an extraordinary session to discuss the crisis facing the Lebanese people in light of the escalating confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah. “Ten deputies had submitted, on July 22, 2024, a ...

Major Controversy About Enrollment of Displaced Syrians in Lebanese Schools

The Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) both called, on Saturday, on private and public schools and technical institutes not to register Syrian migrants in an irregular situation for the academic year 2024-2025. The controversy surrounding this case comes a day after the Ministry of Education issued a circular authorizing ...

LF at Dar al-Fatwa: The Need to Elect a President

During a meeting on Monday with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdellatif Deriane, the Lebanese Forces (LF) reaffirmed their commitment to electing a president, appointing a prime minister and forming a government. They view these three steps as crucial for "Lebanon's recovery and for facilitating the implementation of international resolutions, as well as ...

Geagea to Hezbollah: Review Your Calculations!

The leader of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, made no bones about it: “We will not submit, we will not weaken, we will not compromise, and we will not be afraid. We will continue to fight.” At the annual mass for the martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance organized by the Lebanese Forces (LF) on the first Sunday of September in Meerab, LF ...

Geagea Questions Syria's Refusal to Extradite Sleiman's Suspects

Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, highlighted on Thursday that the full truth behind the assassination of LF coordinator in Jbeil, Pascal Sleiman, has not yet come to light. He noted in a statement that while five individuals are detained by the Intelligence Directorate of the Lebanese Army, the gang leader Zakaria Dhafer ...

Kouyoumjian Accuses Hezb of Creating Environment for Illegal Weapons

Richard Kouyoumjian, head of the foreign relations department of the Lebanese Forces, on Tuesday, accused the “Shiite Duo” of creating an adequate environment for the proliferation of illegal weapons. In an interview with an online media, he considered that “Hezbollah supporters, are thugs in the street.” This group wants to control an ...

LF: Is Calling for Open Consecutive Sessions Now Abnormal?

The Media Office of the Lebanese Forces Party questioned, “Has it become abnormal to insist on electing a president by calling for open consecutive sessions? Is disrupting the presidential elections and setting unconstitutional conditions the right thing to do? Certainly not.” The Lebanese Forces statement is a response to the meeting held by ...

Geagea: Opening the Southern Front Was a Major Sin

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea considered that opening the southern front was not merely a “mistake” but a “major sin” against the Lebanese people as well as the Palestinian cause. He stressed that the situation in Lebanon cannot tolerate waiting for what will happen in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. “The Lebanese ...

Bou Assi: Hezb is not a Resistance but a Scheme to Seize Power

MP Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the “Strong Republic” parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), considered that “Hezbollah is not a resistance but rather a scheme to seize power.” He pointed out that Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, expressed this clearly by saying that “even if Jerusalem falls, we will not surrender our ...