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Army Commander Tops List of Lebanese Presidential Candidates

Lebanese Army commander Joseph Aoun’s chances of becoming the next president grew on Tuesday after receiving the backing of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), headed by former MP Walid Jumblatt. A PSP delegation, headed by MP Taymour Jumblatt, Walid’s son, visited Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki to discuss the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Rahi Says Lebanon President Must Be Chosen in Ballot Boxes

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rahi said Monday during a meeting with Lebanese Forces MP Melhem Riachi that there is no need for dialogue in preparation for the presidential elections, affirming that the voting of a new head of state must take place in the Parliament 's ballot boxes. Riachi met…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2023

Hezbollah Ends Impasse with al-Rahi, Says No Differences in Positions

Hezbollah ended on Monday the impasse with Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi. Head of the party’s political council Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed visited al-Rahi at Bkirki on the occasion of the holidays. The two parties discussed political affairs, including the presidential vacuum. They did not, however, tackle differences between them,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 3, 2023

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Lebanon’s Rahi Warns of Coup Against Results of Parliamentary Elections

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi warned Sunday of a coup against the results of the May 15 parliamentary vote, cautioning that some parties might use the security and economic turmoil in the country to control the upcoming election of a Speaker and President. Presiding over Sunday mass in Bkirki, Rahi…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 23, 2022

Rahi Refuses Turning Lebanon into a Dictatorship

Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rahi warned on Sunday from attempts to turn Lebanon into a “police state and dictatorship.” Rahi accused the authority of imposing selective and biased judiciary measures and of fabricating charges to postpone or annul the parliamentary elections scheduled next May. Rahi said those in charge in Lebanon…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 28, 2022

Rahi: Not Returning Syrian Refugees is Conspiracy Against Lebanon

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, saying the absence of such a decision has become a conspiracy against Lebanon's entity, unity, identity and security. “We demand the return of the displaced Syrians to their homeland,” he said while presiding over…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 14, 2022

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