Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun, maintained on Tuesday that organizing the legislative polls according to a new law is a top priority, stressing that proportionality ensures correct representation, and that the concerns of some sides regarding a proportional voting mode are “unjustified.” Aoun’s remarks came during his meeting with the diplomatic ...
Syria’s UN ambassador will head the government delegation to upcoming peace talks, a Syrian daily reported Tuesday, while the foreign-backed armed opposition said it would be represented by Mohammad Alloush. Talks on the nearly six-year-old conflict, organized by Turkey, Russia and Iran, are set to begin on January 23 in ...