Lebanese Parliament failed once again to elect a new president, with the votes in the twelfth session distributed between two main hopefuls, Jihad Azour and Sleiman Frangieh. Frangieh – the candidate backed by Hezbollah, Amal movement and their allies – attained 51 votes after the ballots were counted. Azour, backed ...
Lebanon ramped up political activity on Monday in a bid to reach an agreement on electing a new president, as the exchange rate of the US Dollar kept up its drastic rise, surpassing 94,000 Lebanese Pound. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati paid a visit to Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara ...
