A community portal about Lebanon with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the...
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A community portal about Lebanon with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south. The flag of Lebanon features the Lebanon Cedar in green against a white backdrop, with two horizontal red stripes on the top and bottom. Due to its sectarian diversity, Lebanon follows a special political system, known as confessionalism, meant to distribute power as evenly as possible among different sects.
Lebanese leader Michel Aoun, who had led a "war of liberation" against Syrian forces deployed in the country in 1989, received a warm welcome Wednesday from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
Lebanese Armed Forces troops and peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's French contingent performed joint military maneuvers on Thursday near the coastal town of Naqoura, which hosts UNIFIL's headquarters. Six 155mm artillery guns were used during the exercises, which...
‘AOUN SELLS HIS SOUL’ -- Gen. Michel Aoun is being accused of “selling his soul” to Damascus for political gains ahead next year's parliamentary elections in Lebanon. The photo shows Aoun (right) with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...
Beirut / Damascus - Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun turned the page on a turbulent past with Syria on Wednesday in a visit to Damascus condemned by rivals who still see the neighboring state as a threat.
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun traveled to Syria on Wednesday in a bid to position himself as supreme leader of Lebanon's Christians ahead of next year's pivotal elections, but questions remain whether his sojourn will win him any more votes or followers, a number of analysts told...
Damascus foray into diplomacy with Israel has had little discernable effect on Syrias longstanding, unhelpful policies vis-à-vis Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestinian politics. While moving Syria into the Western camp would be a great accomplishment, its not clear that this development would...
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun turned the page on a turbulent past with Syria on Wednesday in a visit to Damascus condemned by rivals who still see the neighbouring state as a threat. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...
Samir Geagea, head of the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party, said on Tuesday that Lebanon should follow up the pending issues in the relations with Syria, local Naharnet website reported. Addressing a banquet on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Free Lebanon Radio, Geagea said it is in...
A report released Tuesday by the UN's international inquiry team says new evidence may help identify additional suspects and criminal connections in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
DAMASCUS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun kicked off an unprecedented visit to Syria on Wednesday which he hoped could help build "the best relations" between the two neighbors. On his first day of stay, Aoun, who ...
Lebanese Christian opposition leade predicts 'bright future' for ties between Lebanon, Syria. DAMASCUS - Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun on Wednesday predicted a "bright future" for ties between Lebanon and his former foe Syria after ...
DAMASCUS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's Christian opposition Leader Michel Aoun on Wednesday affirmed his dedication to establishing "the best relations" with Syria, the official SANA news agency reported. Aoun, who heads Lebanon's Free Patriotic ...
AFP/HO – Lebanon's Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun smiles during a press conference in Beirut, ahead … BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon's Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun on Monday insisted that his upcoming visit to Syria , his former foe ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon : Hundreds of Lebanese students have demonstrated in Beirut in support of the Palestinians blockaded in the Gaza Strip. Nearly 2,000 students marched toward Lebanon's U.N. headquarters in downtown Beirut on Tuesday morning. They ...