While war is raging in neighboring Syria and Iraq, in Lebanon the hot issue is the upcoming dialogue talks between Hezbollah and Future Movement that are expected to lead to peace between the Shiites and the Sunnis in Lebanon. Almost all the Lebanese politicians from the two rival camps ( M8 and M14) have welcomed the anticipated […]
M8 praises Hariri’s support for dialogue with Hezbollah
March 8 officials praised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s support for a dialogue with Hezbollah Friday, with the hope that the talks between the two rival parties would help defuse the Sunni-Shiite tensions. In an interview with LBCI TV at his Paris residence Thursday night, Hariri said he was serious about a dialogue between his Future Movement […]
MP Hobeish and his father receive death threats
Former Minister Fawzi Hobeish confirmed on Tuesday reports that he and his son Future Movement parliamentary bloc MP Hadi Hubeish received death threats. “Five unknown assailants aboard a BMW X5 model with tainted glass blocked the way off my car near Ghazir junction and asked my driver to convey a message to me and to […]
MP Daher: Mawlawi’s arrest is an insult to PM Mikati
Future bloc MP Khaled al-Daher said on Sunday that the way Lebanese citizen Shadi al-Mawlawi was arrested at Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi’s office was an insult to the premier. “Kidnapping Mawlawi from Safadi’s office is an insult to Prime Minister [Najib] Mikati. Whoever did this was acting in a gang-style manner,” Daher told Future TV
Beydoun accepts Wahab’s apology over fake checks
Former Minister Mohammed Abdul Hamid Beydoun told Voice of Lebanon radio station : I thank Wiam Wahhab for apologizing and I accepted his apology .
Wahab admits the alleged checks were forged
Wiam Wahhab’s press office issued the following statement :”We’ve found out that the checks we have recently published had been forged by the person who provided them to us , so we apologize to the people whose names appeared on the fake checks.”
MP Sakr tells Syrian regime, media: Enough lies
Future Movement MP Okab Sakr appeared on Future TV Saturday to assure the Lebanese and Syrians that he is free in Lebanon and not in a Syrian jail. Syria Nobles website on Saturday said that Syrian state television reported that MP Sakr was arrested in Banias.
OTV: Syria issues arrest warrant against MP Sakr, update
OTV reported that the Syrian judiciary issued an arrest warrant against Future Movement MP Okab Sakr accusing him of involvement in the Syrian unrest and has circulated his name to all the Lebanese Syrian border crossings.
MP Sakr in Lebanon, not in Syrian jail, report, update
Future Movement media coordinator Ayman Jezzini denied that MP Okab Saqr was arrested in Banias in Syria, adding that he will hold a press conference to deny the report.
Friday prayers test Assad’s response to protests
The Syrian army deployed overnight in the flashpoint city of Homs, witnesses said, ahead of Friday prayers that have been marked by intensifying protests in the last five weeks against authoritarian rule.