Posts Tagged: Michel Aoun
Lebanon Set for Debt Default as Government Decides Not to Pay
Lebanon decided on Saturday not to pay foreign currency debt, official sources said, setting the heavily indebted state on course for a sovereign default and...
Hezbollah: Lebanon’s Next Government Must Heed Protesters
The powerful Lebanese terror group Hezbollah said on Friday a new government must listen to the demands that fueled protests against the country's rulers and...
Israeli Actions in Lebanon a ‘Declaration of War,’ President Aoun Says
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday called recent Israeli actions in his country's territory “a declaration of war.” On Sunday, a drone crashed in a Hezbollah...
Lebanon’s Aoun Affirms Post-Civil War Reconciliation, Amid New Tensions
Lebanon's president on Friday reaffirmed the reconciliation among Lebanese after the 1975-90 civil war, before the funeral of a cabinet minister's aide killed last week...
Lebanon: The Gangland State
General elections were held in Lebanon in May 2018. Why did it take until January 31st, 2019 to finally assemble a government? One of the major...
Is the ‘Pax Iranica’ Fact or Fiction?
Two events that recently occurred in the Middle East may create, or further strengthen, the impression that we are witnessing some type of "Pax Iranica" in the region....
Mideast Analysts: Imminent Election of Hezbollah Ally as Lebanese President to Benefit Iran
The expected election on Monday of a Hezbollah ally as the next president of Lebanon will benefit Iran, two Mideast experts wrote on Friday. In an...
Pro-Western Lebanese Lawmakers Accuse Hezbollah of Exploiting Beirut’s Political Paralysis to Benefit Iran
Lebanese lawmakers accused Hezbollah of using Beirut’s political paralysis to benefit Iran, the Lebanese daily An-Nahar reported on Wednesday. The pro-Western Future Movement party released a...
Leading Christian Politician Endorses Pro-Hezbollah Candidate for Lebanon’s Presidency
A leading Lebanese Christian politician endorsed the presidential candidacy of his pro-Hezbollah rival, Lebanon’s daily An-Nahar reported on Monday. Samir Geagea, the head of the pro-Western...
Lebanese Politicians Fear Hezbollah Exploitation of ‘Trash Crisis’ to Overthrow Government
Politicians in Lebanon are increasingly concerned that local terror group Hezbollah has hijacked the country's ongoing garbage crisis in an effort to overthrow the government...
