Lebanon tries yet again to elect a new president
Though Lebanon’s presidency is mostly symbolic, it has a few important powers, like approving prime ministers and cabinets. In a country still haunted by the memory of civil war, symbolism is important too: how the head of state is chosen says much about the balance of power in Lebanon’s factious politics.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati will on Saturday make his first official trip to neighbouring Syria since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, his office told AFP.
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...
Two of Bashar al-Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted ...
The returnees were detained by Syria's new ruling authorities after crossing the border. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities handed over dozens of Syrian nationals, including former officers in the army, to the new ...
An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled, via Lebanon, to the United Arab Emirates, according to Lebanese officials. Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” ...
Rifaat al-Assad arrived in Lebanon overland and "departed from Beirut ... Hafez al-Assad and long-time political adviser to his son Bashar al-Assad, was similarly able to pass through Beirut ...
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 70 Syrians, including former army officers, were handed over ...
Lebanon will deport an Egyptian activist and dissident who celebrated the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad to the United ...
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