2024-03-21 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Discussions among Christian factions in Bkerke are making headway toward a national framework addressing Lebanon's core issues. At the forefront are matters such as state-building, institutional integrity, disarmament and the delegation of war and peace decisions. The forthcoming period is expected to witness intensified meetings aimed at ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-20 19:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri insists that agreement on a candidate must be reached ahead of any parliamentary session to elect a president. According to sources who visited him on Wednesday, Berri “renewed his call for consultations and agreement among all parties involved.” He emphasized that “only consultations can guarantee ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-18 13:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
While supporting Christian unity, the Lebanese Forces clearly stated on Monday that they will not engage with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) unless it stops supporting Hezbollah. Responding to FPM chairman Gebran Bassil’s call on Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai to unify Christian ranks, the party said in a statement, "We see no reason for ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-17 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, 2024-03-15 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Those close to the Lebanese Forces (LF) claim that coordination between Bkerke and the LF is continuing and that the pastor of the Maronite diocese of Antelias, Archbishop Antoine Bou Najem, is playing a role in bringing the Christian forces closer together. Last year, the prelate launched an initiative mandated by Patriarch Bechara ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-11 16:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Forces criticized Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's actions regarding the presidential election process, accusing him of obstructing the constitutional path to electing a new head of state. According to the Lebanese Forces, Berri's proposal for an official dialogue table under his chairmanship implies an undue concentration of power, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-03-04 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
It is becoming increasingly difficult for the National Moderation parliamentary bloc, composed mainly of former Hariri supporters, to push through its initiative to break the deadlock in the presidential election. Kataeb practically rejected it. The Lebanese Forces, for whom "the devil is in the detail," are skeptical about its final outcome. And ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-14 15:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nineteen years after his assassination, the memory of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, who died on February 14, 2005 in a car bombing in the Lebanese capital, remains vivid in the collective memory of many Lebanese people. Politicians paid tribute to him in large numbers on Wednesday, with many lamenting that justice had not been served. Samir ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-14 12:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, reiterated his criticism on Wednesday of the Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, accusing him, without explicitly naming him, of “double standards.” During a meeting in Maarab with the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, Geagea expressed his surprise at the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-12 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Meetings are taking place between MPs of the Democratic Gathering bloc led by the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and the Lebanese Forces’ Strong Republic bloc to review progress made by the five-nation group or Quintet, in their efforts to facilitate the long-stalled presidential election. According to information from circles close to the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-05 21:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (FL), Samir Geagea, asserted that his party remains "in favor of dialogue at any time" but that it "will not succeed because the Shiite tandem (Amal-Hezbollah) is clinging to the candidacy of Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh." In an appearance on MTV on Monday evening, Geagea pointed out that "the extension of the ...
Chelsea Al Arif, 2024-01-26 20:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani said on Friday that even if the budget in its current state is nowhere close to being perfect, some points are still being discussed within Parliament before proceeding with the vote. “We are halfway through the discussions, and the vote might happen later tonight or might require another half a day," he added.