Western countries have made it a norm, if not a policy, to deliberately bypass the Lebanese government institutions when implementing their policies in Lebanon. As Western pressures on Lebanon have increased on issues such as economic reform and the Syrian refugees, efforts have been ramped up to offer an independent ...
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun visited on Friday UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura to offer condolences upon the death of an Irish peacekeeper in an incident in south Lebanon late Wednesday. Mikati and Aoun met UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General ...
