Lebanese House Speaker, Nabih Berri, and Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, alongside Energy Minister Walid Fayad and Transport Minister Ali Hamie, have reached the offshore Transocean Barents drilling rig in Block 9. The officials were transported via helicopter from the Beirut International Airport, courtesy of TotalEnergies. Berri expressed his happiness, ...
Lebanese Parliament failed once again to elect a new president, with the votes in the twelfth session distributed between two main hopefuls, Jihad Azour and Sleiman Frangieh. Frangieh – the candidate backed by Hezbollah, Amal movement and their allies – attained 51 votes after the ballots were counted. Azour, backed ...