This is Beirut, 08/10 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon president election opposition
Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rai received MPs Marwan Hamadeh and Raji al-Saad in Bkerke on Monday. The parliamentarians were sent as envoys by former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt to emphasize the need for swift presidential elections. "We stressed the urgent need to stop the war and to separate the Gaza front ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-31 16:13 - Reading : less than a minute
In his last Sunday homily of the year, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, called for the swift election of a head of state to initiate a process of reform and recovery, hoping that it "will not take too long so that Lebanon can regain its prosperity, democracy and role." Bishop Audi insisted that Lebanon needs a ...
2023-12-08 22:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At the heart of a severe economic crisis and amid a regional context marked by the war in Gaza, Egypt is gearing up for the presidential election. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is running for a third term, is expected to remain in power without surprise. The election, scheduled from Sunday to Tuesday, pits the incumbent president against ...