This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Damascus Walid Jumblatt Ahmed al-Sharaa Lebanon
Following Sunday’s visit to Syria by the former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Joumblatt, a 13-point memorandum was submitted to Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa. The memorandum focuses on establishing “healthy and stable relations” between Beirut and Damascus. It also provides a potential roadmap for addressing ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Lebanon Walid Jumblatt Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Lebanese Druze leaders on Sunday that his country would not negatively interfere in Lebanon and would respect its neighbour's sovereignty. Syria will no longer exert "negative interference in Lebanon at all -- it respects Lebanon's sovereignty, the unity of its territories, the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-18 19:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Joseph Aoun PSP Walid Jumblatt Presidential election
The Democratic Gathering bloc led by the Progressive Party (PSP) announced on Wednesday the endorsement of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun for the presidency of the republic. In a meeting attended by former PSP leader Walid Joumblatt, the bloc emphasized the need of electing a president on January 9, the date fixed by parliament Speaker ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-17 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Walid Jumblatt Sami Abi Al-Muna
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt considered that “we can only engage positively with the new Syrian regime.” He remarked, “I am not concerned about an Islamic fundamentalist rule and do not agree with this notion. Let us give the Syrian people, who have emerged from 61 years of a great prison, the opportunity to ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-16 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ain el-Tineh Walid Jumblatt Nabih Berry Lebanon
Former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party and former MP Walid Jumblatt expressed his “optimism” regarding the presidential election session scheduled for January 9. “I believe that President Berri is as determined as we are that by January 9, white smoke will emerge,” Jumblatt stated after meeting with House Speaker Nabih Berri ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-21 23:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Amos Hochstein Walid Jumblatt
Former chief of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Jumblatt called for ending Hezbollah’s so-called support front for Gaza and stopping Iran’s use of Lebanon as a battle ground to serve its own interests. “We cannot continue supporting Gaza. We have to separate Lebanon from the war going on in Gaza,” said Jumblatt, who was hosted ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-02 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Walid Jumblatt PSP Lebanon War
Druze spiritual and political leaders held a meeting on Saturday in Baadaran, located in the Druze heartland of the Chouf Mountain, during which they underscored the importance of safeguarding national unity and coexistence amid concerns of social tensions between the displaced and their hosts. The raging conflict between Hezbollah and the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-07 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Army UN Security Council United Nations Walid Jumblatt
During meetings with the crisis cells in West Aley and Choueifat-Khaldeh on Monday, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt presented a national initiative aimed at halting the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon. The central focus of the plan is the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls ...