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Brazilian President to Visit Lebanon, Aoun Affirms 'Historic' Ties

Lebanon is expected to receive Brazilian President Michel Temer, the Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs Hussein Kalout told President Michel Aoun on Tuesday.

Heading a Brazilian delegation to the Presidential Palace, Kalout met Aoun conveying a message from Temer “wishing Aoun success in governance. We look forward to expanding"...

The Guardian: Could Beirut soon become the new cat capital of the Middle East?

Istanbul is the cat capital of the Middle East, but could Beirut be competing for the throne?

As you probably know, street cats are everywhere in Beirut! In trash cans, in front of butcher shops, on college campuses, you name it!

The American University of"...

The beauty pageant where all the contestants miss Lebanon

In the corner of a brightly-lit conference room at the Mytt Beach Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, the 11 finalists of “Miss Lebanon Emigrant” 2018 are getting ready behind a large navy curtain. It’s less than an hour before the opening group dance, and the improvised dressing room is a mess of trestle tables, chairs, clothes-racks and bodies.

Squeezed-out"...

Riachi Says FPM 'Threw Over' the Rest of Maarab Agreement

Riachi to Asharq Al-Awsat: Normalization with Syria is Part of Attempts to Delay Cabinet

US Embassy on Langley's visit: US government is committed to the LebaneseAmerican partnership, supports the Lebanese Armed Forces in their capacity as the sole defender of Lebanon

Syria Ties Further Complicate Lebanon’s Cabinet Formation Process