May 23rd, 20180BEIRUT — Politician Nabih Berri, a close ally of the Hezbollah group, was re-elected for a sixth term as speaker of Lebanon’s parliament in an uncontested vote on Wednesday.
Reflecting a shift in Lebanon’s political landscape in favor of the heavily armed Shi’a Muslim group, another Hezbollah ally, Elie Ferzli, was elected...
May 10th, 20180BAGHDAD — For the first time since driving out ISIS, Iraqis go to the polls on Saturday in an election that will shape attempts to heal the country’s deep divisions and could shift the regional balance of power.
Iraq’s three main ethnic and religious groups, the majority Shi’a Arabs and the minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds, have...
May 4th, 20180By Farah Harb and Hassan Khalifeh
The Arab American News
DEARBORN — On April 29, the Lebanese community in the U.S. voted for the first time in the Lebanese Parliamentary elections, which will be held in that country on May 6.
In Michigan, Lebanese expatriates came out in droves to the three voting centers located at...
April 27th, 20180DEARBORN – Lebanese Americans are given access to cast their ballots outside of Lebanon and the voting process is set to begin on April 29. Voting stations across Michigan will be overseen by the Consulate General of Lebanon in Detroit.
The six polling stations that fall under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General consist of...
April 23rd, 20180By Farah Harb
The Arab American News
DEARBORN — In a town hall meeting at the Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn on Wednesday, April 18, Suzan Mouzi-Yassine, the Lebanese Consul General of Lebanon in Detroit, joined with other speakers in addressing Lebanese Americans on the process of voting in the upcoming Lebanese...
April 13th, 20182Is voting for Hezbollah candidates considered material support?
DEARBORN – Some Lebanese Americans who are seeking to vote in Lebanon’s May 6 parliamentary elections for the first time are concerned that casting their ballots will label them as supporters of terrorism and lead to their facing persecution and extra...
March 2nd, 20180BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament demanded on Thursday that the government set a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops stationed in the country to help fight ISIS insurgents, a ruling coalition lawmaker said.
A U.S.-led coalition was formed in 2014 and with thousands of troops and air support helped Iraqi security forces and a...
January 2nd, 20180JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament passed an amendment on Tuesday that would make it harder for it to cede control over parts of Jerusalem in any peace deal with the Palestinians, who condemned the move as undermining any chance to revive talks on statehood.
The legislation, sponsored by the far-right Jewish Home coalition party,...
December 26th, 20170CAIRO — Amro Hamroush, head of the Egyptian parliament’s committee on religion, said he was drafting a bill that plans to make atheism a crime in Egypt to fall under the category of ‘contempt of religion’.
Hamroush said that the“phenomenon” -referring to atheism- is widely spreading among youth claiming that it falls under...
March 23rd, 20170LONDON ― The attacker who killed three people near parliament in London before being shot dead was named on Thursday as British-born Khalid Masood, who was once investigated by MI5 intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement issued by its Amaq news agency,...
March 22nd, 20170LONDON- An assailant was shot outside the British parliament by armed police, the leader of the House of Commons said on Wednesday after loud bangs were heard and a Reuters photographer saw at least a dozen injured people on a nearby bridge.
A parliamentary official earlier said two people had been shot outside parliament and the...
