A session of parliament due on Tuesday to elect Lebanon's next president is expected to be postponed, analysts said on Sunday, after an EU diplomatic mission failed to break a political deadlock.
Lebanon's leading newspapers said on Sunday that a visit by a troika of EU ministers aimed at breaking a months-long political deadlock had failed to achieve a breakthrough.
Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese factions to agree on a consensus candidate, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.
BEIRUT: A session of parliament due tomorrow to elect Lebanon’s next president is expected to be postponed, analysts said yesterday, after an EU diplomatic mission failed to break a political deadlock.
Lebanon's parliamentary session set for Tuesday to elect a new president of the nation may probably be postponed again till November, local Naharnet news website reported on Sunday. The postponement was in light of a tacit agreement ...
The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
US Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday accused Syria of using "bribery and intimidation" to undermine a free vote in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. "We are of course hopeful and a great deal concerned about the future of Lebanon, which will elect a president in the coming weeks," he said in a speech to the Washington.
Lebanon police are investigating an early morning shooting in which a victim has not yet been found. About 3:50 a.m. today, city police were dispatched to the McDonald’s restaurant at Eighth Avenue and East Cumberland Street for a “shots fired” report.
The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain on Saturday reiterated their commitment toward ending a long-running political crisis in Lebanon that is blocking the election of a president.
BEIRUT -- A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon's president is expected to be postponed again, as feuding political parties are unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say.