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Deputy Parliament Speaker Farid Makari on Tuesday said Hizbullah’s continued refusal to discuss the future of its weapons arsenal “torpedoes the whole idea of national dialogue.”

At a press conference, Makari voiced pessimism over Hizbullah’s demands for veto power in the new government and sa...

MP Saad Hariri on Sunday described June 7 as a “wedding for democracy and Lebanon,” expressing hope that the Lebanese would preserve such a “blessing.”

June 7 is “a wedding day for democracy and Lebanon. We hope that the blessing of democracy would last in this country and that we preserve it,...

MP Saad Hariri pledged Friday to respect the outcome of the elections voicing hope his political opponents will do the same, during a rally at the BIEL center to conclude al-Mustaqbal movement's electoral campaign.

"Democracy cannot be set straight without our full respect of the voters' decis...

The meddling of Qatar’s prime minister convinced Hizbullah to vote for al-Mustaqbal movement’s Sunni candidate in Beirut 2 Nuhad Mashnouq, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Friday.

The newspaper said Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani personally interfered after Hizbullah had insis...