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The formation of the Lebanese government has slowed down again, a week after Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said it was still possible for a government to be formed in a matter of days. Mika...
ALBAWABA – Lebanon on the social media has been rife. Top of the list is the formation of the new government now stalled for over a year.
People still find it difficult to fathom that loved ones – parents, daughters, moms, dads are no longer there. They are refusing to become a figment of the imagination of those that are still living. These families are talking about justice but that word has become illusive. In all honesty, for the government to mark this day as a national tragedy is not the best way to go about things or deal with the emotional scars the explosion left behind. Lebanon and its people went through a catastrophe of gigantic proportions according to world standards being as the biggest non-nuclear disaster eve...
Lebanon: One year after Beirut’s deadly blast A lot of locals left Lebanon after the explosion, but the Naggears don't want to leave. However, it was clear from the start that they couldn't rely on the Lebanese judiciary to tell them who was responsible for the explosion, the unsafe storage of the chemicals and thereby also the death of their toddler. "It's very important for us to have the truth, not because it would bring back Lexou, not because it would ease the pain," Awad-Naggear said. "The truth might take 10 years. I have time. Let's wait 10 years." The couple want to see those res...
French FM visits Lebanon in bid to end political deadlock President of Lebanon Michel Aoun (R) receives French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) in Beirut, Lebanon on 6 March 2017 [Handout / Lebanese Presidency - Anadolu Agency] May 7, 2021 at 12:32 pm France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, yesterday and met with President Michael Aoun as part of efforts to end months of political deadlock hindering the formation of a new government. The minister said on Twitter that the visit is an expression of France's solidarity with the Lebanese...