After testifying Monday at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that the conflict over the Syrian presence in Lebanon had paved the way for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, MP Marwan Hamadeh resumed on Tuesday his testimony before STL , focusing on Syria’s hegemony over Lebanon, according to Lebanese media reports . […]
Suleiman stresses importance of Taef, dialogue
During a meeting at the Beiteddine palace with the Shouf MPs, Lebanese president Michel Suleiman stressed the importance of sticking with the Taef accord, “since it is the only workable formula for Lebanon and abandoning will be too risky.”
Berri: Taif accord is not a sacred document
Speaker Nabih Berri responded to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s call for a new Taif accord by saying that the accord is not a sacred document. Jumblatt said “ the Taif Accord is dead and Lebanon needs a new Taif Accord between the Sunnis and Shiites