Michel Aoun

Aoun is just like the others, says Edde, he goes to Syria to get its blessing

Head of the National Bloc Party Carlos Edde said that he had distanced himself from the March 14 coalition. He added, however, that he was still committed to the principles of the Cedar Revolution. In an interview with...

Syrian-Lebanese relations complicated over Fatah al-Islam feud

by Suzan Haidamous BEIRUT, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The long hostile Lebanese-Syrian relations appeared officially to be improving, but complications persist over mutual accusations by Syria and the Lebanese ruling coalition over...

Press reports US delegation meets with Mashaal, Aoun

In its Monday edition, the pan-Arab daily Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat quoted unnamed sources as saying a US delegation met with Khaled Mashaal, who heads the Palestinian Hamas political bureau, in Syria and Free Patriotic Movement...

War of Magnetic Tapes Continues

The war of magnetic tapes has escalated with a local television station broadcasting an audiotape of a phone conversation between Lebanese police chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and detainee Ahmed Merhi who is known for his links...

MP Franjieh says Aoun’s expected visit to Syria already has political meaning

MP Samir Franjieh said that the expected visit of Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun to Syria "had happened in its political meaning" before the retired general physically went to Syria. Aoun had previously been...

Daily Star Political News: Sleiman calls for 'culture of peace' in Lebanon

President Michel Sleiman will visit Tehran later this month, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said on Monday. "On Azar 4, Michel Sleiman is due to make a trip to Iran," Ghashghavi said, referring to November...

Daily Star Political News: Feud over Fatah al-Islam hampers Lebanon-Syria ties

Although Syrian-Lebanese relations appear to be improving, they have been complicated by the sparring between the Syrian government and members of Lebanon's ruling March 14 alliance over allegations about the funding of a...

Michel Aoun Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat

Interview by Marwan Haddad in Beirut [Asharq Al-Awsat] How long can Lebanon afford to remain an arena for regional and international conflicts, and to what extent the local political forces can isolate themselves from that...

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun addresses reporters following a meeting of his...

One of the majority’s MPs is giving advice to the majority’s ministers. -They are hampering the efforts of our ministers in the reform process but this will not stop them. -If the Syrians had not taken the initiative by...

March 14 Wins 3 of 4 Seats at Beirut Bar Association

The ruling March 14 Forces on Sunday won three of four seats in Beirut's Bar Association elections. The fourth seat went to George Nakhle of Gen. Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement. He won 1945 votes. March 14 candidates...

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