Clashes broke out on Saturday between security forces and students affiliated with the Kataeb party and the National Liberal Party (NLP) who were staging a demonstration against a curriculum proposal for a Lebanese history book in Downtown Beirut near the Grand Serail. Kataeb bloc MP Sami Gemayel on Saturday held the Lebanese cabinet responsible for […]
Phalange: Saifi headquarters not for sale
The Phalange party on Sunday denied as “baseless” a report in the Ad-Diyar newspaper that it was planning to sell its headquarters in Saifi district of Beirut to former Prime Minister Najib Miqati. Miqati’s office also issued a statement denying Ad-Diyar’s report which claimed that the former premier intended to buy the Phalange headquarters for […]
Sakr: The timing of the issue of abolishing political sectarianism is bad
March 14 MP Okab Sakr said that while he fully supports the elimination of political sectarianism, the timing of the issue is bad. Sakr denied reports of any disputes within the March 14 alliance, in particular between the Future Movement and the Kataeb Party. “Anyone who tries to isolate any member of the March 14 […]
Sakr: The timing of the issue of abolishing political sectarianism is bad
March 14 MP Okab Sakr said that while he fully supports the elimination of political sectarianism, the timing of the issue is bad. Sakr denied reports of any disputes within the March 14 alliance, in particular between the Future Movement and the Kataeb Party. “Anyone who tries to isolate any member of the March 14 […]
Phalange quits March 14 to follow an independent path
Al-Afkar magazine: Phalange Party leader and former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel said that his party broke off from the March 14 alliance to follow an independent path. He stressed, however, that the party still believes in the principles of March 14 and the Cedar Revolution. Gemayel also said that keeping Hezbollah’s arms contradicts international resolutions. […]