BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday met Christian Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, who is unhappy with the delay in forming a government due to the conditions put forward by the president.
The meeting took place as Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace following a similar breach of Lebanese waters on Wednesday night, when Israeli soldiers on a gunboat fired at Lebanese fishing boats, according to the Lebanese army command.
The Aoun-Al-Rai talks continued for 45 minutes. Afterwards, Aoun said that the purpose of the meeting was to wish each other happy holidays because circumstances prevented them from being at the Patriarchate at Christmas.
Iranian statements put southern Lebanon in the line of fire
Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Air Force Ali Haji Zadeh said in statements to Hezbollah’s Al-Manar channel, last Saturday, that “all the missile capabilities that Gaza and Lebanon possess were provided by Iran,” noting that both Gaza and Lebanon “are the two main frontlines for confrontation.”
Wednesday 06/01/2021
Lebanon’s Hezbollah members raise a flag bearing portraits of (L-R) slain Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Hezbollah’s Imad Moghniyeh, and IRGC’s Qasem Soleimani, on a hill facing the Israeli town of Metula on the border with Lebanon, on January 3,
BEIRUT – In light of mutual threats between Iran and the United States, heated debates have broken out over the fate of the region during the transitional period in Washington, during which the Trump administration will leave President-elect Biden with many challenges.
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January 2, 2021 at 2:41 pm | Published in: Lebanon, Middle East, News
Lebanon s Christian Maronite patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi in Beirut, Lebonan on 29 August, 2018 [Lebanese Presidency Handout / Anadolu Agency] January 2, 2021 at 2:41 pm
Top Maronite cleric in Lebanon Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai warned on Friday of a complete collapse in the country due to the delay in forming the new government,
Anadolu Agency reported.
In the New Year s sermon delivered at the Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Bkerke, north of Beirut, he announced: No one or any group of the political spectrum, whether directly or indirectly involved, has the right to hinder the formation of the government for the sake of current or future accounts and interests.
2020 Editor s Picks: Clips In Support Of Peace In The Middle East
December 29, 2020
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