par This Is Beirut, 08/01 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Lebanese Forces
An Opposition MP described the alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah as one purely based on necessity and interest, even though it is often weakened when important deadlines approach. "Hezbollah puts its interests ahead of those of its ally," he said. A Lebanese Forces MP also described this alliance as "a marriage of ...
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 10/01 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) chief Gebran Bassil is presently equidistant from all political forces, even from Hezbollah (supposedly his Mar Mikhael Agreement ally). This position is the result of the blow he suffered from his closest allies when it came to extending the tenure of the Army Commander-in-Chief. As such, the prolongation of ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/01 23:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ridicule won't kill Gebran Bassil any time soon. Between lies, half-truths, and fabrications, Batroun’s MP is willing to say anything and everything to make himself interesting and relevant. During a televised interview on OTV on Wednesday, the son-in-law of the ex-President of the Republic complimented Speaker of the House Nabih Berry, with ...
par Alissar Boulos, 23/01 12:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The adoption of the budget by Parliament may seem like a routine procedure. However, if approved before the end of January, it would mark the first instance of a budget being adopted within the legally prescribed timeframe in nearly two decades. Members of Parliament are scheduled to convene on January 24 and 25 to discuss and vote on the 2024 ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/01 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
The Strong Lebanon Bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has decided to tie its participation in parliamentary sessions and the vote on the budget to the deliberations that will take place during these sessions. Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and vote on the 2024 budget. Gebran Bassil, chief of the said ...
par Roger Merheb, 06/02 17:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Gebran Bassil Hezbollah Israel
It takes a little bit of everything to make up this world. Even someone like Abdallah Bou Habib. The caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs has only one thing on his mind: to accumulate political and media babbling and gesticulation. For some time now, Bou Habib has been letting loose with outrageous and nonsensical statements clearly unworthy of ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/02 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Qatari envoy to Lebanon Jassim bin Fahd al-Thani (Abu Fahd) did not succeed in convincing the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, to elect either Marada Party leader Sleiman Franjieh or Army Commander-in-chief General Joseph Aoun to the presidency. The envoy spent days in Lebanon during which he met with Franjieh, Bassil ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/02 21:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and MP, Gebran Bassil, is determined to go all the way in his confrontation with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the government, accusing them of violating the Constitution and taking over the role of the president of the Republic. Bassil announced on Tuesday that he will submit "a ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/03 00:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In an interview with LBCI on Thursday evening, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil criticized Hezbollah's military involvement in South Lebanon, in support of Hamas in its war with Israel, stressing that “it is not Lebanon's job to liberate Palestine.” At the same time, he underlined the "sanctity of Hezbollah's mission ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/03 10:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s leadership instructed the party’s officials, cadres and its electronic army, not to react to declarations made by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and avoid entering into debates or arguments with the movement’s leader and “former ally” Gebran Bassil. Hezbollah’s argument is that it is too preoccupied with the battle ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/03 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
Leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil attended two events organized by his party on Sunday. The first, "Gen to Gen," was attended by young people and FPM executives. During the ceremony, the FPM leader declared that he has no regrets about the Mar Mikhael agreement (signed between the FPM and Hezbollah in 2006), affirming ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/03 13:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Gebran Bassil Lebanese Forces
While supporting Christian unity, the Lebanese Forces clearly stated on Monday that they will not engage with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) unless it stops supporting Hezbollah. Responding to FPM chairman Gebran Bassil’s call on Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai to unify Christian ranks, the party said in a statement, "We see no reason for ...
