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2025-06-05 11:52
Hicham Safieddine
Nawaf Salam is failing to rebuild Lebanon - while bending to US-Israeli interests
Lebanon's PM has done little more than pay lip service to economic recovery, while adopting security measures in lockstep with Tel Aviv
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam assumed office last January with a lot of fanfare. The former leading judge at the International Court of Justice was lauded for presiding over the court’s ruling that Israel was plausibly committing genocide in Gaza. As prime minister, he pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” Lebanon.
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2025-05-30 20:32
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Main goal of Nawaf Salam’s sterile govt. is to undermine Lebanon’s Resistance
BEIRUT — Once again, Nawaf Salam’s government continues its political ineptitude, not least the statement by Foreign Minister Youssef Rajai (or rather, the Lebanese Forces Foreign Minister) that “the [Lebanese] people no longer want the wooden equation,” referring to the national triangle of Army-People-Resistance.
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2025-05-27 21:22
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah is more aligned with Aoun than Salam
BEIRUT — Ahead of the uncertain visit of Morgan Ortagus, Donald Trump’s deputy special envoy to West Asia, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s anti-resistance positions have escalated, starting with renaming Resistance and Liberation Day to “Liberation Day”. In his statement during an interview with Sky News Arabia, he said, “The era of exporting the Iranian revolution is over.”
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2025-04-15 22:13
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Saudi team in Beirut to continue external pressure on Hezbollah
BEIRUT — In conjunction with the relentless pressure by Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to West Asia, Morgan Ortagus, on Hezbollah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan visited Beirut.
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2025-04-04 19:23
Israel’s attacks on Lebanon a ‘blatant assault’ on country’s sovereignty: PM
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has condemned Israel’s latest attack on civilians in the country, which took place this morning on the city of Sidon.
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2025-02-18 22:01
By Sondoss Al Asaad
US keen to ignite a Lebanon–Iran diplomatic crisis
BEIRUT – Under direct American orders, and contrary to what has been the norm in successive governments since 2000, Nawaf Salam’s government approved its ministerial statement without the main clause related to the right of the Lebanese to resist the Israeli occupation, replacing it with “Lebanon’s right to self-defense in accordance with the United Nations Charter.”
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2025-02-08 22:11
Lebanon PM forms new government
Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed the Mediterranean nation’s first full-fledged government since 2022.
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2025-02-08 21:57
By Parviz Rashidi
US envoy’s anti-Hezbollah statement dangerously counterproductive
Ortagus’s meddling in Lebanese government formation is outrageously shameless
TEHRAN - A newly appointed U.S. envoy said on Friday that she hoped Lebanese authorities were committed to making sure that Hezbollah isn’t a part of the new government in any form, AP reported on Friday.
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2025-02-02 22:45
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s south rising from rubble amid global pressure to obstruct new cabinet
SOUTH LEBANON – Three weeks have passed since Judge Nawaf Salam was assigned to form a new cabinet amidst complicated negotiations with the political factions, especially those who directly receive orders from the US embassy.
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2025-02-02 19:40
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s south rising from rubble amid global pressure to obstruct new cabinet
SOUTH LEBANON – Three weeks have passed since Judge Nawaf Salam was assigned to form a new cabinet amidst complicated negotiations with the political factions, especially those who directly receive orders from the US embassy.
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2025-01-14 22:06
By Sondoss Al-Asaad
Lebanon’s developments a lesson for those still tricked by so-called US democracy
BEIRUT - The stance of those who have deliberately thwarted Hezbollah’s political victory in the presidential race and who openly declare their absolute loyalty to Washington is not shocking. What is shocking, however, is the stance of Hezbollah’s so-called allies, who have shamefully submitted to the higher foreign orders.
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2025-01-13 22:31
ICJ chief Nawaf Salam named Lebanon’s new PM
Nawaf Salam was named as Lebanon’s next Prime Minister after receiving the support of 84 MPs when they held binding consultations with newly elected President Joseph Aoun on Monday.