Michel Aoun

Daily Star Political News: Palestinian refugees in the Arab world: the right to have a right

The borders between states in the Arab East were historically porous so that refugees were able to move quite easily. Waves of refugees were able to be managed with tremendous tolerance: 800,000 Palestinians, 1 million Iraqis...

FPM leader MP Michel Aoun speaks before a delegation of Business Faculty students at the Lebanese...

My visit to Syria is very important in order to overcome previous situations and build for the future. -We should preserve our memory and learn from the mistakes of the past. We should not forget our martyrs, who died for...

Sleiman Franjieh says terrorist cells should be investigated for Hariri assassination

Marada Movement leader Sleiman Franjieh told LBC television on Thursday night that the security coordination between Lebanon and Syria was necessary for the two countries to forge normal relations and added that Interior...

Geagea says LF has no dispute with Kataeb

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said there was no dispute between his party and Kataeb Party. He added that there was competition among all March 14 forces to choose candidates for the 2009 parliamentary elections. “This...

Lahoud: The issue of missing persons and detainees in Syrian prisons is in the hands of President...

Minister of State Nasib Lahoud said that neither President Michel Sleiman nor Interior Minister Ziad Baroud had been attacked. He added that “in principleâ€_ there was no problem with Baroud’s recent visit to Syria, but the...

Lebanese National Bloc Party: Aoun is a Militiaman

The Lebanese National Bloc Party on Thursday said the defense strategy proposal made by MP Michel Aoun was a reflection of Hizbullah Deputy chief Sheikh Naeem Qassem's vision. The stand was outlined in a statement by the bloc's...

Suleiman Franjieh: Saudi Role is Similar to Israel's

Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh launched a vehement attack on Saudi Arabia claiming its role in Lebanon is similar to that of Israel. Franjieh, in a television interview aired Thursday evening, also claimed that...

A community of resistance

MP Michel Aoun’s proposal for a national defense strategy, based on his Memorandum of Understanding with Hezbollah, calls for the state, with all its citizens and institutions, to be at the service of the Resistance. It would...

Daily Star Political News: Miliband lauds Syrian-Lebanese ties, but March 14 not so sure

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is expected to visit Lebanon next week, praised Damascus on Thursday for having opened diplomatic relations with Lebanon. "I think that in a significant way there has been important...

Moussawi says Hezbollah gets calls from countries that listed it as terrorist

Hezbollah International Relations Officer Nawwaf Moussawi told New TV on Thursday that Hezbollah has received many calls from countries that have previously listed the party as a terrorist organization, and added that contacts...