Geagea

Geagea Hosts Boukhari in Maarab

The political developments in Lebanon and the region were at the heart of discussions held on Thursday in Maarab between the leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Walid Boukhari. Throughout the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour and a half, significant attention was given to the ...

Geagea: 'We Will Continue Until the Last Illegal Immigrant Leaves'

Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea asserted on Monday that the LF will continue everything they are doing "until the last illegal immigrant is removed from Lebanon." In a statement, Geagea emphasized, "Neither international wishes nor UN Billions will stop what we started, because no priority is above our Lebanese identity, ...

Syrian Refugees: Geagea Announces Lebanese Sit-in in Brussels, May 27

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has announced plans for a protest sit-in in Brussels on May 27, simultaneously with the international conference on Syria. During a televised interview on Thursday evening, Geagea criticized “the weakness of Lebanese authorities, particularly successive governments,” in managing the issue of the Syrian ...

Magro Informs Geagea of Quintet’s Plan to End Presidential Deadlock

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro in Meerab on Saturday. They were joined by the French Embassy’s political affairs advisors, Quentin Jeantet and Romain Calvary. The meeting focused on the French initiative to end the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, where ...

Geagea: Three Approaches for Serious Dialogue Without Undermining the Constitution

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea reiterated in a statement on Thursday the three approaches put forth by his party in an effort to resolve the presidential deadlock. He once again accused the Amal-Hezbollah alliance of "using dialogue as a pretext to eventually elect their candidate," Sleiman Frangieh, the head of the Marada party. On ...

Geagea Refuses to 'Take Part in Creating Constitutional Customs'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized those “claiming that 86 MPs are ready to participate” in an official dialogue table chaired by Speaker Nabih Berri. “If it were true,” he questioned, “why don't they follow through by sitting as long as they want around a table chaired by Speaker Berri?” In a statement, Geagea emphasized, ...

Geagea: “Opening the Southern Front Is a Sin, Not a Mistake”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Saturday that “Lebanon cannot wait for a settlement in Gaza,” asserting that “the government needs to take immediate and decisive measures regarding the southern front in implementing 1701.” Speaking at an LF ceremony to hand out party membership cards at Maarab, he affirmed that “opening ...

Geagea: FPM is Responsible for the Crisis in Lebanon

The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, held the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its ally, the Amal-Hezbollah duo, "responsible for the crisis ravaging the country," hence the need to "confront them now that the nature and causes of this collapse are known to all Lebanese." In a speech delivered at the annual dinner for Radio Free ...

Geagea Refuses to Consecrate the "Dialogue Table" Tradition

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea reaffirmed in a statement that “the simplest, safest and most constitutional way to elect a President of the Republic was and remains the immediate and definitive convening of an open session with consecutive sessions”. This came in light of his criticism of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, whom he ...

Geagea Criticizes Berri's New Proposal for Presidential Election Process

Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) party, criticized Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for unveiling a new approach to the presidential election process. In a statement released on Thursday, Geagea accused Berri of proposing a "trilogy" of consultation, consensus and election, which he claims would reduce the election to a mere ...

Ayoub Clarifies Speech Amid 'Misleading Campaign' Against Her

Member of the 'Strong Republic' bloc, MP Ghada Ayoub, stated on Friday that the video that circulated of her speech was not leaked; it has been posted on her X account for four days and on the Lebanese Forces Facebook page in Jezzine. She added that the said event "took place on Saturday, July 26, the anniversary of Dr. Geagea's (Lebanese Forces ...

Geagea Accuses Government of Being Hezbollah's Mailbox and Echo

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed that “the government must take a stance in the supreme Lebanese interest" instead of acting as a mailbox for Hezbollah and echoing its position. In a press conference on Friday, he said, “We do not want a civil war, but we want to present things as they should be,” revealing that “Amos ...