France's relations with Syria will normalize if the presidential election in Lebanon this month takes place without interference and pressure, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.
MPs could meet outside parliament to elect a new president if a session due on November 12 fails to produce a result in Lebanon's disputed vote, a candidate of the ruling coalition said on Sunday.
A survey of the Middle East's hospitality sector by Ernst and Young has revealed Lebanon's hotels experienced an occupancy rate of 38% in the first eight months of the year, down 19% on the level over the same period in 2006, reported the Daily Star. The rate was the lowest among 20 markets across the region.
The U.S. and Syria sparred over Lebanon Saturday, warning each other not to interfere in the country's upcoming presidential election.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday met two envoys of French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the political crisis in neighboring Lebanon, the official SANA news agency reported. Assad and Sarkozy's top aide Claude Gueant, the ...
BEIRUT: The failure to set up the National Electricity Regulatory Authority (NERA) prevents investors from pumping money into power production in Lebanon to meet growing consumer demand and reduce rationing which has forced many consumers to rely on private generators, a senior official at Electricite du Liban (EDL) says.
Six countries and the Arab League on Saturday warned against outside interference in Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections in a statement clearly targeted at Syria.
Angelina Jolie's luscious lips or Lebanese sex bomb Haifa Wehbe's nose or breasts. Clutching pictures of their idols, Arab women are flocking to Lebanon which has become a hub for plastic surgery in the Middle East. "The boom in plastic surgery started in 2000 in Lebanon, which then became THE destination for 'plastic surgery tourism'.
Two senior envoys dispatched by French President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad on the political crisis in Lebanon, the French presidency said. Just a day after the US and France chastised Syria over Lebanon, warning it against interfering in the Lebanese presidential election.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a rare meeting with Syria's foreign minister on Saturday as the West stepped up pressure on Damascus not to interfere in Lebanon's presidential election process.