Geagea

Geagea to Papal Ambassador: The Solution for the South Lies in 1701

Party chief of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea said on Sunday that the solution to cease hostilities in southern Lebanon lies in “the implementation of Resolution 1701 and Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the border area.” He emphasized his stance to the Papal Ambassador to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, whom he received in Maarab. Geagea ...

Geagea: The Presidency Is No Consolation Prize

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said Friday that "the presidency is not a consolation prize, neither internally nor under any strategic equation. All we want is for the next head of state to be a president in the true sense of the word.” "We will not accept the election of a president who will allow the current situation to persist,” ...

Geagea Encourages Berri to Hold Side Talks, Not Dialogue

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea reaffirmed on Thursday that his party will not take part in any national dialogue conference pertaining to the election of a president, but welcomed any other political initiative in that regard. In doing so, Geagea anticipated a potential move by Speaker Nabih Berri to revive the Dialogue Conference, in ...

Geagea: We Needed to Protect the Military Institution

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea welcomed Friday evening's parliamentary vote on a bill to delay by one year the retirement of Army Commander-in-Chief Joseph Aoun, Director General of the Internal Security Forces Imad Osman (who holds the rank of Major General and is due to retire in May) and the Acting Director of General Security Elias ...

Geagea: We Insist on Extending Commander Aoun’s Term

The head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) party, Samir Geagea, stated on Wednesday that his party “insists on extending Commander Aoun’s term.” During a press conference in Maarab, Geagea highlighted the crucial role of the Army, considering that security is compromised because of the economic crisis and the Hamas attack that occurred on October ...

Presidential Election: Is the LF Still in Favor of Azour?

The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, admonished one of the party’s bloc MPs from the Metn region for supporting a non-civilian candidate for the presidency. The LF party still seems committed, at least publicly, to the agreement between the anti-Hezbollah sovereign forces and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), around the ...

Geagea Condemns the Formation of 'Al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards'

The leader of the Lebanese Forces (FL), Samir Geagea, strongly denounced Monday's announcement, by Hamas' Lebanon branch, of the creation of a new group called the "Al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards," whose mission is to "liberate Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque." "Such a declaration is unacceptable, both in form and in substance," insisted the head of ...